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Ear, cauliflower
An acquired deformity of the external ear to which wrestlers and boxers are particularly vulnerable. The cause is damage due to trauma. When trauma causes a blood clot under the skin of the ear, the clot disrupts the connection of the skin…
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- Vaginal vestibule The vaginal opening is called the vestibule of the vagina. In medicine, a vestibule is a space or cavity at…
- Thyroiditis, Hashimoto See: Hashimoto thyroiditis
- Adenomyoma A nodule that forms around tissue of the inner uterus (endometrial tissue) as a result of adenomyosis. See…
- Jugular The principal vein in the front of either side of the neck. The word comes from the Latin jugulum meaning…
- Cyst, ovarian A fluid-filled sac in the ovary. The most common type of ovarian cyst is called a follicular cyst. It results…
- Shock, vasogenic Shock caused by widening of the blood vessels, usually from medication
- RNA, transfer In cooperation with the ribosomes, transfer RNA brings (transfers) activated amino acids into position along…
- Foreign body airway obstruction Partial or complete blockage of the breathing tubes to the lungs due to a foreign body (e.g., food, a bead…
- Rickettsial diseases The infectious diseases caused by the rickettsiae fall into 4 groups:(1) typhus: epidemic typhus…
- Dysfunction, orgasmic See: Anorgasmia
- Dacryo- A combining form denoting tears, as in dacryocyst (tear sac) and dacryocystorhinostomy (surgery to open up a…