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Female genitalia
The genital organs of the female. These are usually separated by convention into the external and internal genitalia. The female external genitalia comprise the pudendum, the clitoris, and the female urethra. The female internal genitalia…
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Show more- Disease, Hansen See: Hansen disease
- Non-rapid eye movement sleep Sleep: NREM (non-rapid eye movement) sleep is dreamless sleep. During NREM, the brain waves on the…
- Saddle sore 1. Sore from riding on a saddle such as on a horse or bike. 2. A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitting…
- Mastectomy, radical Removal of all breast tissue, from just under the collar bone to the abdomen, including the chest wall…
- Shank 1. In anatomy, the tibia, the larger bone in the lower leg. The term is rarely used in this sense today.2. In…
- Captioning The text display of spoken words, presented on a movie screen or a television (or another type of monitor)…
- Phenomenon, knee See: Knee jerk
- Euthanasia The word 'euthanasia' comes straight out of the Greek -- 'eu', goodly or well + 'thanatos', death = the good…
- Medical helminthology The field of medicine that pertains to helminths (worms) capable of disease in people. For more about these…
- Endoscopic sphincterotomy An operation to cut the muscle between the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct. The operation uses a…
- Sleep, twilight Sleep, twilight: A term applied to the combination of analgesia (pain relief) and amnesia (loss of memory)…
- Cider vinegar diet The cedar vinegar diet is a weight loss plan based upon the consumption of one, two, or three teaspoons of…