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Premenstrual syndrome
Premenstrual syndrome: A combination of physical and mood disturbances that occur in the last half of a woman's menstrual cycle after ovulation and normally end with the onset of the menstrual flow. Physical features of the premenstrual…
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Show more- Dermopathy, diabetic See: Diabetic dermopathy
- Tamponade, chronic A situation in which a chronic excess of fluid inside the pericardial sac and thickening of the pericardial…
- Latent Hidden, dormant, inactive. The virus that causes chickenpox remains latent after the initial attack of…
- Spleen An organ located in the upper left part of the abdomen near the stomach. The spleen produces lymphocytes; it…
- Intraventricular In the ventricle of the heart or brain.
- PAT Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia
- Nidus The Latin word for 'nest', nidus is used in medicine to refer to any structure that resembles a nest in…
- Syphilitic 1. Relating to syphilis, caused by it, or suffering from it.2. A person with syphilis. From the French…
- Premenstrual syndrome Premenstrual syndrome: A combination of physical and mood disturbances that occur in the last half of a…
- Pediatric kidney infection See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Tassinari syndrome Taste belongs to our chemical sensing system, or the chemosenses. The complicated process of tasting begins…
- Gyno- Combining form pertaining to women. From the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman