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- Urinary calculus A stone in the urinary tract. The word 'calculus' in Latin means 'a pebble.' Pebbles were once used for…
- Therapy, hormone replacement (HRT) The combination therapy of estrogen plus progestogen, termed hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Estrogen…
- VCJD Stands for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as…
- Fraction, ejection The portion of blood that is pumped out of a filled ventricle as a result of a heartbeat. The heart does not…
- Interval malignancy In mammography, a malignancy that becomes evident during the period between annual screening mammograms. The…
- Herpes, genital See: Genital herpes
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- Pituitary dwarfism Dwarfism caused by a lack of growth hormone, usually due to malfunction of the pituitary gland. Children with…