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- Tap, spinal Also known as a lumbar puncture or 'LP', a spinal tap is a procedure whereby spinal fluid is removed from the…
- Inconclusive clinical trial A clinical trial that shows that a new treatment is neither clearly superior nor clearly inferior to standard…
- Infuse In medicine, to introduce a solution into the body through a vein. An infusion is the therapeutic…
- Peripheral nervous system ): That portion of the nervous system that is outside the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous…
- Lipodystrophy syndrome A disturbance of lipid (fat) metabolism that involves the partial or total absence of fat and often the…
- Yeast infection Yeast infection: Overgrowth of yeast can affect the skin (yeast rash), mouth (thrush), digestive tract…
- Campylobacteriosis Disease caused by Campylobacter jejuni, now the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning, most often spread…
- Cold, summer A popular term for hay fever. Although the symptoms of a 'summer cold' may be similar to those of a real…
- Aneurysm, berry A berry aneurysm is a small outpouching (aneurysm) that looks like a berry and classically occurs at the…
- Hormone, follicle-stimulating (FSH) A hormone produced by the pituitary gland that controls estrogen production by the ovaries