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False labor
Intermittent non-productive muscular contractions of the womb (uterus) during pregnancy, most commonly in the last two months before full term. These contractions are non-productive in the sense that they do not produce any flattening…
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Show more- Familial adenomatous polyposis See: MYH.
- Encephalomyelitis Inflammation of both the brain and the spinal cord. Encephalomyelitis can be caused by a variety of…
- Mucous Pertaining to mucus, a thick fluid produced by the lining of some tissues of the body. 'Mucus' without an 'o'…
- Sly syndrome A disorder of mucopolysaccharide metabolism characterized by short stature, coarsening of the facial…
- Annals of Internal Medicine : A medical journal especially concerned with information in the field of internal medicine (adult medicine)…
- Vertebrae The preferred plural of vertebra. (The alternate plural is vertebras.) See also: Cervical vertebrae…
- Blastomyces dermatitidis The fungus that causes a disease called blastomycosis
- Aplasia of the breast Breast: A rare condition wherein the normal growth of the breast or nipple never takes place. They are…
- CMV (cytomegalovirus) A virus that infects 50-85% of adults in the US by age 40 and is also the virus most frequently transmitted…
- Illness, acute An illness with an abrupt onset and usually a short course
- Loss-of-function mutation A mutation that results in reduced or abolished protein function. Gain-of-function mutations,which are much…
- Receptor, chemokine Receptor, chemokine: A molecule that receives a chemokine and a chemokine dock. A chemokine is a protein that…