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Incontinent
Unable to control excretions, to hold urine in the bladder or keep feces in the rectum. This is the usual medical meaning of the word incontinent. Incontinent can also refer to a lack of self-restraint in the sexual arena or failure to…
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Show more- Q in population genetics The frequency of the less common of two different alternative (allelic) versions of a gene. (The frequency of…
- Eye, no Also called anophthalmia, a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the globe. Anophthalmia refers…
- Chest X-ray Chest X-ray: Commonly used to detect abnormalities in the lungs, but can also detect abnormalities in the…
- Finger prick A procedure in which a finger is pricked with a lancet to obtain a small quantity of capillary blood for…
- Hemoglobin F Normal fetal hemoglobin, the predominant type of hemoglobin in the fetus and newborn. The F stands for Fetal.
- Inherited immunodeficiency disease See: Primary immunodeficiency disease
- LDL cholesterol Lipoproteins which are combinations of lipids (fats) and proteins are the form in which lipids are…
- Heterochromatin, facultative Heterochromatin that need not always be heterochromatic but which has the faculty to return to the normal…
- Barium swallow An upper gastrointestinal series (barium swallow) is an X-ray test used to define the anatomy of the upper…
- Angle-closure glaucoma, acute Increased pressure in the front chamber (anterior chamber) of the eye due to sudden (acute) blockage of the…
- Postpartum depression Postpartum depression: A form of severe depression after delivery that requires treatment. It is sometimes…
- Eyelid granulation See Blepharitis