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Show more- Menstrual cramps Menstrual cramps: Cramping in the lower abdomen, usually in the first or second day of the menstrual cycle…
- Cochlear Pertaining to the cochlea, the organ of hearing
- Proprioception The ability to sense stimuli arising within the body. Even if you are blindfolded, you know through…
- Syndrome, Launois-Bensaude A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…
- Protozoa A single-cell organism that can only divide within a host organism. Malaria is caused by a protozoa…
- Medication 1. A drug or medicine. 2. The administration of a drug or medicine. (Note that 'medication' does not have the…
- Tobacco smoke, environmental Abbreviated ETS. See: ETS.
- Phlebotomus fever See: Sandfly fever
- Anti-reflux surgery (fundoplication) A surgical technique that strengthens the barrier to acid reflux when the lower esophageal sphincter does not…
- Dysphoria Anxiety
- Cramp, writer's A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during handwriting…
- Phenotype The appearance of an individual, which results from the interaction of the person's genetic makeup and his or…