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Corpus luteum cyst
This type of functional ovarian cyst occurs after an egg has been released from a follicle. After this happens, the follicle becomes what is known as a corpus luteum. If a pregnancy doesn't occur, the corpus luteum usually breaks down and…
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Show more- Kidney Dis, Nat'l Inst of Diabetes and Digestive Igestive and (NIDDK): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name…
- EM (electron microscope) A microscope in which an electron beam replaces light to form the image. EM stands for electron microscope…
- Pronation A type of foot that rolls far inward during the weight-bearing phase of the stride. This type of foot is…
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia Acute promyelocytic leukemia: Commonly called APL, a malignancy of the bone marrow in which there is a…
- Precursor Forerunner. That which precedes or is derived from an available source. The term 'precursor' is applied to an…
- Sumycin See: Tetracycline
- Steele-Richardson-Olszewksi syndrome A hormonal problem that causes women to have various symptoms, including irregular or no menstruation, acne…
- LMP Abbreviation for 'last menstrual period.' By convention, pregnancies are dated in weeks starting from the…
- VES (Voluntary Euthanasia Society) The first society of its kind in the world -- its founders included doctors, lawyers and churchmen -- the VES…
- Wt Weight. Wt 80 lbs = weight 80 pounds.
- Female external genitalia The external genital organs of the female, comprising the pudendum, clitoris, and female urethra
- Neurectomy The removal of part or all of a nerve