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Intraductal papilloma
A benign, wart-like growth that occurs in breast ducts
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- South Sudan disease Disease in South Sudan, one of the poorest areas in the world and home to many maladies including malaria…
- GBV-C GB virus C, a virus first identified in 1995 that is genetically related to the hepatitis C virus but which…
- Abortion In medicine, an abortion is the premature exit of the products of conception (the fetus, fetal membranes, and…
- Superficial See: Melanoma, superficial spreading.
- Stem cell, spermatogonial See: Sperm stem cell
- Curettement Curettage
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- Involuntary Done other than in accordance with the conscious will of the individual. The opposite of voluntary. The terms…
- Expulsion, stage of The part of labor from the full dilatation of the cervix until the baby is completely out of the birth canal…