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Galactorrhea
The spontaneous flow of milk from the nipple at any time other than during nursing. Galactorrhea can be due to 'normal' factors such as an unrecognized pregnancy, trauma, surgery, overexercise or one of a number of drugs (including…
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Show more- Tumor marker Tumor markers are substances that can be detected in higher-than-normal amounts in the blood, urine, or body…
- Study, synchronic See: Study, cross-sectional.
- Fibula The lateral (outside) and smaller of the two long bones in the lower leg between the knee and ankle. (The…
- Estrogen-associated hypercoagulability >esterified estrogens >esterified estrogens and methyltestosterone >estradiol >estrogens (conjugated) and…
- Hemiplegia Paralysis of one side of the body. From hemi- (half) + plege (a blow, stroke)
- Calculi The plural of calculus. (Calculi is the proper Latin plural. The alternate English plural is calculuses.
- Diabetes, insulin-dependent Also called type 1 diabetes. See Diabetes, type 1
- Flavoproteins Flavoproteins are yellow proteins that serve as enzymes critical to the ability of cells in the body to…
- Antipyretic Something that reduces fever or quells it. There are 3 classes of antipyretic medications that are sold OTC…
- Stenosis, carotid See: Carotid stenosis
- Langerhans, islets of Best known as the insulin-producing tissue, the islets of Langerhans do more than that. They are groups of…
- Rebound effect The characteristic of a drug to produce reverse effects when the effect of the drug has passed or the patient…