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Testicular self-examination
A monthly procedure for detecting the early signs of testicular cancer. Men should check the testes visually for new swelling or other changes on the skin of the scrotum, roll each testicle between thumb and fingers to detect internal…
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Show more- Pain, breast Pain in the breast or mammary gland, known medically as mastalgia. From the Greek masto-, breast + algos, pain
- Sequencing Learning the order of nucleotides (base sequences) in a DNA or RNA molecule or the order of amino acids in a…
- Lichenification Thick, leathery skin, usually the result of constant scratching and rubbing. With prolonged rubbing or…
- Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis A genetic disorder characterized by multiple subcutaneous nodules and gingival hypertrophy (overgrowth of the…
- Matricectomy The process of surgically, chemically, or electrically destroying all or part of the base nail portion called…
- Cataract with poikiloderma atrophicans Also known as the Rothmund-Thomson syndrome, this is an hereditary disease characterized by progressive…
- Xeromammography Xeroradiography of the breast. Xeroradiography is a photoelectric method of recording an x-ray image on a…
- IOP (intraocular pressure) The pressure created by the continual renewal of fluids within the eye. The normal IOP varies among…
- Venereal Having to do with sexual contact. The word venereal comes from Venus, the Roman goddess of love. A venereal…
- Macrobiotic Macrobiotic refers to the macrobiota, a region's living organisms (or flora and fauna) large enough to be…
- First do no harm Slogan used in medicine often in the Latin wording 'primum non nocere,' a fundamental medical precept of…
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