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Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
The combination therapy of estrogen plus progestogen, termed hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) is used to treat menopause. It reduces or stops the short-term changes of menopause such as hot flashes…
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- Livedo reticularis A mottled purplish discoloration of the skin. Livedo reticularis can be a normal condition that is simply…
- Curette A spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge. The word 'curette' comes from the French and means a 'scraper.'…
- Rhinoplasty Rhinoplasty: Plastic surgery on the nose, known familiarly as a nose job. Rhinoplasty is a facial cosmetic…
- Recent memory Short-term memory. Also called working memory. Recent memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing…
- Compound 118 Trade name of the insecticide aldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
- Hardy, James D. Pioneering American transplant surgeon responsible for three epochal operations: the first human lung…
- Acute-phase proteins See: Acute-phase protein
- Ova Plural form of ovum
- Disease, Minamata A disorder caused by methyl mercury poisoning that was first described in the inhabitants of Minamata Bay…
- Eye, absent Also called anophthalmia, a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the globe. Anophthalmia refers…
- Berry aneurysm A berry aneurysm is a small outpouching (an aneurysm) that looks like a berry and classically occurs at the…