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ZIFT
Stands for zygote intrafallopian transfer, a method used to treat infertility in which an egg fertilized in vitro (outside the body) is placed into a woman's fallopian tube. This technique is one used to overcome infertility, the inability…
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- Incest Sexual activity between individuals so closely related that marriage is prohibited. Incest involving a child…
- Beals, Rodney K. The hair that normally grows on the male face after puberty. Testosterone, the most potent of the naturally…
- Hepatico- A combining form used before a consonant to indicate a relationship to a hepatic duct or the liver. From the…
- DPT Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus vaccine. Today the more frequent abbreviation is DTP (for…
- Reflex, pressor A pressor reflex is a neurological (nerve) reflex that constricts arterioles (small blood vessels) and…
- Disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary (COPD) Any disorder that persistently obstructs bronchial airflow. COPD mainly involves two related diseases --…
- Deerfly fever An infection in rabbits and other wild rodents caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis that can be…
- Deficiency, zinc According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Recommended Dietary Allowances of zinc are 12 milligrams…
- Prescription abbreviations A prescription, as is well known, is a physician's order for the preparation and administration of a drug or…
- Hereditary spherocytosis A genetic disorder of the red blood cell membrane clinically characterized by anemia, jaundice (yellowing)…
- Ankle The ankle joint is complex. It is made up of two joints: the true ankle joint and the subtalar joint: > >The…