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Atrophic vaginitis
Thinning of the lining (the endothelium) of the vagina due to decreased production of estrogen. This may occur with menopause. Vaginitis means inflammation of the vagina, the muscular canal extending from the cervix to the outside of the…
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- Gonorrhea A sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoea. Although gonorrhea is…
- Pinnate 1. Like the pinna, the part of the ear that projects ('wings out') from the head. 2. Like a feather or leaf…
- Scabies Scabies: Infestation of the skin by the human itch mite, Sarcaptes scabies. The initial symptom of scabies…
- Cardiac myxoma A benign tumor of the heart and the most common type of heart tumor in adults. Cardiac myxomas can appear in…
- Blood pressure, high Also known as hypertension, high blood pressure is, by definition, a repeatedly elevated blood pressure…
- Nerve, fifth cranial The fifth cranial nerve is the trigeminal nerve. The trigeminal nerve is quite complex. It functions both as…
- Chronic pain L ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Chronic pain Main…
- Snake antivenom See: Snake antivenin. Other spellings: Snake antivenin
- Twenty-twenty Perfectly normal vision. From the ability to score 20/20 on the test of visual acuity with the eye chart…
- Marker A piece of DNA that lies on a chromosome so close to a gene that the marker and the gene are inherited…
- Guarding, abdominal Involuntary tensing of the abdominal wall muscles to guard inflamed organs within the abdomen from the pain…