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Cancer, ovarian
Cancer of the ovary, the egg sac of females. The anatomic location of the ovaries: NTER>Most ovarian growths (tumors) in women under age 30 are benign, fluid- filled cysts. These cysts are not cancerous. There are several types of ovarian…
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Show more- Noncompliance The failure or refusal to comply: the failure or refusal to conform and adapt one's actions to a rule or to…
- Trichotillomania Compulsive hair pulling. A disorder characterized by the repeated urge to pull out scalp hair, eyelashes…
- Germ cell The eggs and sperm are the germ cells: the reproductive cells. Each mature germ cell is haploid in that it…
- Coarctation A narrowing, a stricture, a constriction. Although the best known coarctation is of the aorta, any artery can…
- Penicillin-resistant bacteria Bacteria that are unaffected by penicillin. Such organisms can sometimes be killed using sulfa drugs…
- Nonsense codon See: Stop codon
- Tumor, primary See: Primary tumor
- Nausea Nausea, is the urge to vomit. It can be brought by many causes including, systemic illnesses, such as…
- Cassette A pre-existing structure into which an insert can be moved. In molecular biology, a gene conversion process…
- CAD Coronary artery disease. CAD is a major cause of illness and death. It begins when hard cholesterol…
- Case-to-infection proportion See: Case-to-infection ratio
- Ataxia Wobbliness. Incoordination and unsteadiness due to the brain's failure to regulate the body's posture and…