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Homosexual
A person sexually attracted to persons of the same sex. Homosexuals include males (gays) and females (lesbians). The term 'homosexual' can also be an adjective.
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- Ht Abbreviation for height (and also heart)
- Craniopagus parasiticus Conjoined twins joined at the head (craniopagus) in which a rudimentary head (with little or no body) is…
- Face, masklike A surgical procedure designed to make the face appear younger by pulling loose facial skin taut. With age or…
- Gastrectomy Surgery to remove part of all of the stomach.
- Genome, Caenorhabditis elegans See: Dog genome.
- Nerve, twelfth cranial See: Twelfth cranial nerve
- Enteritis, Crohn Crohn disease involving only the small intestine. Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder, primarily…
- Amusia The inability to recognize musical tones or to reproduce them. Amusia can be congenital (present at birth) or…
- Amplification Making multiple copies of a gene or of any sequence of DNA. Repeated copying of a piece of DNA. In…
- Crossover study A type of clinical trial in which the study subjects receive each treatment in a random order. With this type…