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Internal genitalia, male
See: Male internal genitalia
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- Biomarker A biochemical feature or facet that can be used to measure the progress of disease or the effects of treatment
- Limb The arm or leg.
- Syndrome, reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSDS) A condition that features a group of typical symptoms, including pain (often 'burning' type), tenderness, and…
- Spastic pseudoparalysis Better known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). A dementing disease of the brain. CJD is believed to be due…
- Herpes A family of viruses. Herpes also refers to infection with one of the human herpesviruses, especially herpes…
- Trichomonas vaginalis A protozoan parasite that causes vaginitis. See: Trichomonas
- Liver transplant Liver transplant: Surgery to remove a diseased liver and replace it with a healthy liver (or part of one)…
- Bernard-Soulier syndrome Nt platelet syndrome): The Bernard-Soulier syndrome is a primary problem of platelets in which the platelets…
- Hydroxyapatite Hydroxyapatite: A major component and an essential ingredient of normal bone and teeth. Hydroxyapatite makes…
- Normoxia Normal levels of oxygen. From norm- (normal) + -ox- (oxygen) + -ia = a normal oxygen state.