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Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT)
Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) is used to treat menopause. It reduces or stops the short-term changes of menopause such as hot flashes, disturbed sleep, and vaginal dryness. ERT can prevent osteoporosis, a consequence of lowered…
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- Very low calorie diet (VLCD) The Very low calorie diet (VLCD) is a doctor-supervised weight loss plan that uses commercially prepared…
- Syphilis A sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum, a microscopic organism called a spirochete. This…
- Casting, serial The use of successive casts to reshape deformed or spastic limbs
- Quotient The result of mathematical division. The I.Q. (Intelligence Quotient) is arrived at by dividing the person's…
- PVNS Pigmented villonodular synovitis
- PERV Acronym for the porcine endogenous retrovirus, a pig virus that splices into DNA. PERV belongs to the same…
- Immune thrombocytopenic purpura A blood disorder characterized by the destruction of blood platelets due to the presence of antiplatelet…
- Listeriosis An important public health problem in N America involving infection caused by eating food contaminated with…
- Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus (a type of staph bacteria) resistant to the antibiotic methicillin. Abbreviated MRSA…