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Prostate
A gland within the male reproductive system that is located just below the bladder. Chestnut shaped, the prostate surrounds the beginning of the urethra, the canal that empties the bladder. The prostate is actually not one but many glands…
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- Ragweed Any of a number of weedy composite herbs that produce a pollen that is a frequent cause of allergies. Of all…
- Remodeling, chromatin See: Chromatin remodeling
- Parentectomy A slang term meaning removal of a parent (or both parents) from the child. It is of relevance to the…
- Kinetics Kinetics (with an 's' at the end) refers to the rate of change in a biochemical (or other) reaction, the…
- Registry, tumor See: Tumor registry. And, for more information, see: Cancer registry
- Bone marrow transplantation See: Bone marrow transplant
- Cys-Cys Cystine
- Environmental tobacco smoke Abbreviated ETS. Secondhand smoke. See: ETS.
- Cerclage Encircling with a ring, loop, wire, or ligature. Cerlage can be around bone fragments to hold them together…
- Flail chest When enough ribs are broken (usually from a crush injury) to compromise the rigidity of the chest wall. On…
- Amebic colitis Amebic dysentery (inflammation of the intestine) with ulcers in the colon due to infection with an ameba…