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Vaginal introitus
The vaginal opening is called the introitus of the vagina. The Latin word 'introitus' comes from 'intro', into, within + 'ire', to go = to go into. In anatomy, an introitus is thus an entrance, one that goes into a canal or hollow organ…
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- Fibrosis, pulmonary See: Pulmonary fibrosis
- Refractory Not yielding (at least not yielding readily) to treatment
- Oligonucleotide probe A short sequence of nucleotides synthesized to match a region where a mutation is known to occur and then…
- Code, emergency While there is no formal definition for a 'Code,' doctors often use the term as slang to refer to a patient…
- Myelination The formation of the myelin sheath around a nerve fiber. Also known as myelinization
- Disease, Fong See Nail-patella syndrome
- Transmission, vertical Transmission of a disease-causing agent (a pathogen) vertically from mother directly to baby during the…
- Deafness and Communication Disorders, Institute Institute on (NIDCD): One of the US National Institutes of Health. The mission of the National Institute on…
- Berzelius, Jons Jacob Celebrated Swedish chemist (1779-1848). Berzelius's early life was marked by a struggle to obtain a…
- Cervical rib >True ribs: The first seven ribs attach to the sternum (the breast bone) in the front and are known as true…
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