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Vagina, septate
A vagina that is divided, usually longitudinally, to create a double vagina. This situation can be easily missed by the patient and even by the doctor on exam. If the patient becomes sexually active prior to diagnosis, one of the vaginas…
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- Sensorineural deafness with XX gonadal dysgenesis See: Perrault syndrome.
- CNS prophylaxis Chemotherapy or radiation therapy to the central nervous system (CNS). This is preventative treatment. It is…
- Circumflex Curved like a bow. In anatomy, circumflex describes a structure that bends around like a bow. For example…
- Reciprocal translocation A type of chromosome rearrangement involving the exchange of chromosome segments between two chromosomes that…
- Blood group, ABO The major human blood group system. The ABO type of a person depends upon the presence or absence of two…
- Nominal aphasia See Anomia
- Cor biloculare A two-chambered heart. Cor biloculare is due to failure of development of the walls that normally separate…
- Neuroblastoma Neuroblastoma: A leading childhood form of cancer that arises in the adrenal gland or in tissue in the…
- Xerosis Abnormal dryness of the skin (xeroderma), of the conjunctiva of the eye (xerophthalmia), or of the mucous…
- Monilia A yeast-like fungus now called Candida.
- Pregnancy, dangerous drugs during A teratogen is an agent that can disturb the development of the embryo or fetus. Teratogens halt the…