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Cancer, penis
S: Cancer of the penis is a disease in which malignant cells originate in the tissues of the penis. Cancer of the penis is rare in the United States. Men who are not circumcised at birth may have a higher risk for getting cancer of the…
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- Hamstring The prominent tendons at the back of the knee. They are the sidewalls of the hollow behind the knee. (This…
- Quasidominant Pattern of inheritance that seems due to a dominant trait but is in fact due to the mating of a person who…
- Laryngoscopist A person who uses a laryngoscope, a flexible, lighted tube used to look at the inside of the larynx (the…
- Study, linkage A study aimed at establishing linkage between genes. Linkage is the tendency for genes and other genetic…
- Family planning, natural Also known as fertility awareness, periodic abstinence and the rhythm method, this approach entails not…
- Angina, Vincent Angina, Vincent: This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and…
- Reciprocal translocation A type of chromosome rearrangement involving the exchange of chromosome segments between two chromosomes that…
- Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy A technique for shattering stones such as kidney stones or gallstones with a shock wave produced outside the…
- Effusion, pleural See: Pleural effusion
- Caspase-3 See: Caspase 3
- Campylobacter jejuni A bacterium that typically infects the bowels. Now the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning…