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Hypogonadism
A condition in which decreased production of gonadal hormones leads to below-normal function of the gonads and to retardation of sexual growth and development. (The gonads are the ovaries and testes and the hormones they normally produce…
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Show more- Fracture, spiral A fracture, sometimes called a torsion fracture, in which a bone has been twisted apart. NTER> A fracture is…
- ENT 1. Abbreviation for ears, nose and throat. A field of medicine also called otolaryngology. 2. Abbreviation…
- Materfamilias The female head of the family; the mother figure. Materfamilias is the Latin for mother of the household. It…
- Paraplegic Pertaining to paraplegia (paralysis of the lower part of the body including the legs)
- Electronystagmogram A recording of the eye movements, usually done to confirm the presence of nystagmus. Electronystagmogram may…
- Orthopox The family of viruses to which belongs vaccinia, the virus that causes smallpox. Other members of the…
- Deficiency, fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…
- Zeitgeber An environmental agent or event that provides the cue for setting or resetting a biological clock. To be…
- Radial >Pertaining to the radius, the smaller bone in the forearm. The radial artery is so named because of its…
- Neurectomy The removal of part or all of a nerve
- Podocyte A cell with branching tentacle-shaped extensions that constitutes the barrier through which blood is filtered…
- Gallbladder absence This condition, also known as agenesis (failure of development) of the gallbladder, occurs in approximately…