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Hereditary prostate cancer
Prostate cancer: A genetic form of prostate cancer. The risk of prostate cancer is clearly genetic. Men with a father or brother with prostate cancer are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer as men with no affected relatives. The…
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- Hemolytic disease of the newborn Abnormal breakup of red blood cells in the fetus or newborn. This is usually due to antibodies made by the…
- Scleromalacia Degenerative thinning of the sclera, the tough white coat that covers most of the back of the eyeball and…
- Finger stick A procedure in which a finger is pricked with a lancet to obtain a small quantity of capillary blood for…
- Random sample A group selected randomly, solely by chance
- Vaginal contraceptive sponge A contraceptive device that is donut-shaped, made of plastic, contains a spermicide (nonoxynol-9) and is…
- Polio vaccine, Sabin The oral polio vaccine (OPV) developed by the Polish-born American microbiologist Albert Sabin (1906-93)
- Resuscitate To restore to life. Derived from the Latin resuscitare, to reawaken
- Poisoning, ethylene glycol Poisoning from ethylene glycol (a clear, colorless, odorless liquid with a sweet taste) that can produce…
- Muscular dystrophy One of a group of genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal or…