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Depo-Provera contraceptive
Injectable progestin (Depo-Provera) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for contraception in 1992. It is injected by a health professional into the woman's buttocks or arm muscle every three months. Depo-Provera…
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- Line, germ A sequence of cells, each descended from earlier cells in the lineage, which will develop into new sperm and…
- Seizure, tonic-clonic See: Tonic-clonic seizure
- Gertie F. Marx See: Marx, Gertie F.
- Pecs Slang for the pectoral muscles, muscles of the 'anterior chest' (the front of the chest). The Latin 'pectus'…
- ER 1. Emergency room. 2. Endoplasmic reticulum. 3. Estrogen receptor. 4. Extended release.
- Ubidecarenone See: Coenzyme Q10
- Acellular Not made up of cells or divided into cells. Or lacking intact cells as, for example, an acellular vaccine…
- Chorioangioma, placental A benign vascular (blood vessel) tumor of the placenta (afterbirth). Large chorioangiomas cause complications…
- Gnathostomiasis A disease due to the migration of an immature roundworm called Gnathostoma. Migration just under the skin…
- Frostbite Frostbite: Damage to tissues from freezing due to the formation of ice crystals within cells, rupturing the…
- Nodular Bumpy.