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Menopause transition
Menopause transition: A woman can usually tell if she is approaching menopause because her menstrual periods starts changing. The medical terms used to describe this time are the 'menopause transition' and 'perimenopause'. The changes of…
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Show more- Gray's Anatomy A book entitled 'Anatomy Descriptive and Surgical' by Henry Gray appeared in 1858. Little could Dr. Gray have…
- CEA See carcinoembryonic antigen
- Diuresis The increased formation of urine by the kidney. See diuretic for more detail
- Stanley B. Prusiner See: Prusiner, Stanley B.
- Diving injury An injury incurred from diving into water that is too shallow or has hidden hazards. These injuries may be to…
- Alkalosis A dangerous decrease in the normal acidity of the blood. There is too much base in the blood and body. This…
- Bone type One of the four basic bone shapes in the human skeleton -- long bones, short bones, flat bones, and irregular…
- Test, exercise A test (sometimes called the treadmill test or exercise treadmill test) in which a continuous…
- Pollex The thumb. Pollex is derived from the Latin pollere, to be strong, because in a contest of strength the thumb…
- Health care proxy A health care proxy is one form of advance medical directive. Advance medical directives pertain to treatment…
- Cannula Simply a slender tube that can be inserted into a body cavity or duct. During the insertion of the cannula…
- Osteogenesis The production of bone