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Subcutaneous
Under the skin. 'Subcutaneous' implies just under the skin. With a subcutaneous injection, a needle is inserted just under the skin. A drug (for example, insulin) can then be delivered into the subcutaneous tissues. After the injection…
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- Cells, germ The eggs and sperm are the germ cells: the reproductive cells. Each mature germ cell is haploid in that it…
- Opportunistic microorganism A bacteria, virus, or fungus that takes advantage of certain opportunities to cause disease. Those…
- Vestibule In medicine and dentistry, a vestibule is a space or cavity at the entrance to a canal, channel, tube…
- Xerostomia Dry mouth. The condition of not having enough saliva to keep the mouth wet due to inadequate function of the…
- Cohort study A study in which a particular outcome, such as death from a heart attack, is compared in groups of people who…
- Labia The lips, either the lips around the mouth (the oral labia) or the lip-like external female genitalia (the…
- Jejunal Having to do with the jejunum.
- Genome, Vibrio cholerae The genome of the bacterium that causes cholera. This genome contains over 4 million bases in its DNA…
- ERG Electroretinography
- Hysterectomy, laparoscopically assisted vaginal Rocedure using laparoscopic techniques to remove the uterus (womb) and/or tubes and ovaries through the…
- Glomerular Pertaining to the glomerulus, a tiny structure in the kidney that filters the blood to form urine