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Radiation menopause
Menopause: Menopause induced by radiation. Radiation menopause is a type of 'induced menopause', menopause induced by an unusual event, such as occurs when the ovaries are damaged by radiation, chemotherapy or other medications; or as…
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Show more- Multisection computed tomography See: Multidetector computed tomography
- MD Abbreviation for the Latin Medicinae Doctor, Doctor of Medicine
- Microhematuria Hematuria means blood in the urine and microhematuria refers to hematuria that is visible only under a…
- Heights, fear of An irrational unreasonable fear of heights is called acrophobia. From the Greek 'acron', height + 'phobos'…
- Cramp, writer's A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during handwriting…
- Concatemer Multiple copies of a DNA sequence arranged end to end in tandem. Concatenate means to link together in a…
- Cranial nerve, twelfth See: Twelfth cranial nerve
- C. difficile Clostridium difficile
- Bunion A bunion is a localized painful swelling at the base of the big toe (the great toe). The joint is enlarged…
- EOS The gene for familial eosinophilia. EOS has been mapped to chromosome region 5q31-33 containing the cytokine…
- Large bowel Another name for the large intestine. The word 'bowel' originated from the Latin 'botulus' meaning 'sausage.'
- Amniotic fluid The fluid bathing the fetus and serving as a shock absorber.