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Organs of reproduction, female
The internal genital structures of the female include the ovaries, the Fallopian tubes, the uterus (womb) and the vagina. The ovaries or 'egg sacs' are a pair of female reproductive organs located in the pelvis, one on each side of the…
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- Cluster headache Headache: A distinctive syndrome of headaches, also known as migrainous neuralgia. There are two main…
- Gyrus A convolution on the surface of a cerebral hemisphere caused by the infolding of the cerebral cortex. The…
- Lynch syndrome See: Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer
- Tag, ear Common minor anomaly, a rudimentary tag of ear tissue, often containing a core cartilage, usually located…
- Childbirth assistant See: Doula (the first meaning)
- Myomectomy Surgery to remove a fibroid from the uterus. A fibroid, or leiomyoma, is a benign tumor that arises from the…
- Aldose reductase inhibitor A class of drugs used to prevent eye and nerve damage in diabetes. Aldose reductase is an enzyme that is…
- Life support 1. A therapy or device designed to preserve someone's life when an essential bodily system is not doing so…
- Laryngeal palsy Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve (a long and important nerve that…
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) Spontaneous tearing in parallel with the normal salivation of eating. The crocodile tears syndrome occurs…
- Rubella immunization The standard MMR vaccine is given to prevent measles, mumps and rubella (German measles). The MMR vaccine is…