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Venereal
Having to do with sexual contact. The word venereal comes from Venus, the Roman goddess of love. A venereal disease (morbus venereus) is contracted and transmitted by sexual contact. Today the more common term is sexually transmitted, as…
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Show more- Male gonad The male gonad, the testicle (or testis), located behind the penis in a pouch of skin (the scrotum). The…
- Node, AV AV node: The AV node (AV stands for atrioventricular) is an electrical relay station between the atria (the…
- Leishmania infection A parasitic disease, also called leishmaniasis, spread by the bite of sand flies infected with a protozoa…
- Pharmacy benefit manager A company under contract with managed care organizations, self-insured companies, and government programs to…
- Familial juvenile nephronophthisis (FJN) A childhood genetic kidney disease in which there is progressive symmetrical destruction of the kidneys…
- Fear of nudity An abnormal and persistent fear of nudity is called gymnophobia. Sufferers of this phobia experience undue…
- Naris One of the two nares, the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow in and out or, more simply, a…
- NBIA Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation. See: Hallervorden-Spatz disease
- Alkaptonuria Alkaptonuria: A genetic metabolic disorder due to deficiency of the enzyme homogentisic acid (HGA)…
- Homeobox gene A gene containing a short DNA sequence of about 180 base pairs referred to as a homeobox. Homeobox genes…
- Fomentation A quaint old term for the application of hot packs or the substance so applied. From the Latin 'fovimentum'…
- Foreskin, inflammation of the Inflammation of the foreskin of the penis (the prepuce) is called posthitis. In the uncircumcised male…