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Inguinal
Having to do with the groin.
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- Cardiopulmonary Having to do with both the heart and lungs
- Keratitis, acanthamoeba See: Acanthamoeba keratitis
- Dizziness, anxiety as a cause of One cause of dizziness is overbreathing (hyperventilation) due to anxiety. The overbreathing also causes…
- Trabecula A partition which divides or partly divides a cavity. > >One of the strands of connective tissue projecting…
- Nephrolithotripsy, percutaneous (PNL) A technique for removing large and/or dense stones and staghorn stones. PNL is done via a port created by…
- Hyperthyroid Excess of thyroid hormone resulting from an overactive thyroid gland (or taking too much thyroid hormone)…
- Defect, atrial septal (ASD) A hole in the septum, the wall, between the atria, the upper chambers of the heart. Commonly called an ASD…
- Android pelvis There are significant differences in the anatomy of the pelvis in the female and male. The android or male…
- Hypotensive Having abnormally low blood pressure (hypotension). See also: Hypertensive; Normotensive
- Entero- Pinworm infection, an infection caused by a small, white intestinal worm -- the pinworm or, more formally…
- SCYA2 Small inducible cytokine A2. See: MPC1