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Vulvar cancer
See: Cancer of the vulva
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- Bunion A bunion is a localized painful swelling at the base of the big toe (the great toe). The joint is enlarged…
- Coxa vara Inward curvature of the hip. Malformation of the hip at birth, such as coxa vara, can increase one's risk for…
- Kidney Dis, Nat'l Inst of Diabetes and Digestive Igestive and (NIDDK): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name…
- Gram-positive Gram-positive bacteria retain the color of the crystal violet stain in the Gram stain. This is characteristic…
- Psychosis, Othello See: Othello syndrome
- Soporific Something such as a drug that causes or induces profound sleep. Tending to cause sleep or to dull the sense…
- Antiprotozoal Something that destroys protozoa or inhibits their growth and ability to reproduce. A few of the protozoa of…
- Immunotherapy, allergy Stimulation of the immune system with gradually increasing doses of the substances to which a person is…