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Intracorporeal
Within the body or any structure anatomically called the corpus. For example, when men with erectile dysfunction fail intracorporeal (penile) injection therapy, sildenafil (Viagra) alone or added to the injection regimen may prove…
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- Sac, dural See: Dural sac
- Chorioangioma, placental A benign vascular (blood vessel) tumor of the placenta (afterbirth). Large chorioangiomas cause complications…
- Karyotyping, flow Use of flow cytometry to analyze and/or separate chromosomes on the basis of their DNA content. Flow…
- Tricho- (prefix) Pertaining to hair. As in trichobezoar (a hair ball), trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling)…
- Hepatitis G A virus first identified in 1995 that is genetically related to the hepatitis C virus but which does not…
- Osteonecrosis Bone death resulting from poor blood supply to an area of bone. Also known as aseptic necrosis or avascular…
- Fatty alcohol: NAD+ oxidoreductase deficiency Clinically known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized…
- Temporal arteritis Also called giant cell arteritis or cranial arteritis, this is a serious disease characterized by…
- Renal cell cancer Cancer that develops in the lining of the renal tubules, which filter the blood and produce urine. Also…
- Blood transfusion Ding=0 width='100%' border=0> ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%'…
- Quinquagenarian Someone in his or her fifties. See also: Age by decade