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- Macro- (prefix) Prefix from the Greek 'makros' meaning large or long. Examples of terms involving macro- include macrobiotic…
- Calculi, renal Kidney stones, by another name. A common cause of blood in the urine and pain in the abdomen, flank, or…
- Stromal Pertaining to the stroma of an organ. See: Stroma
- Culdoscopy The introduction of a viewing tube (called an endoscope or culdoscope) through the end of the vagina into the…
- CISM Critical incident stress management
- Lymph An almost colorless fluid that travels through vessels called lymphatics in the lymphatic system and carries…
- Gephyrophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of crossing bridges. Sufferers of this phobia experience undue anxiety even…
- Osteopetrosis Thickening of the bones which become abnormally dense due an inherited defect in bone resorption -- the…
- Clinical trial See: Clinical trials. See also: Inconclusive clinical trial; Negative clinical trial; Non-inferior clinical…
- Ecstatic Pertaining to ecstasy, a state of rapture and trancelike elation
- Villi Plural of villus, a tiny finger-like or vascular projection