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Prepuce, inflammation of the
Inflammation of the prepuce (the foreskin of the penis) is called posthitis. In the uncircumcised male, posthitis and balanitis (inflammation of the glans, the rounded head of the penis) usually occur together as balanoposthitis…
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Show more- HCFA The Health Care Finance Administration, the part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
- DHHS Acronym for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Also known as HHS. The U.S. Department of…
- Hepatic vein One of the veins which drains blood from the liver
- Minor anomaly An unusual anatomic feature that is of no serious medical or cosmetic consequence to the patient. A minor…
- Kit, emergency supplies A group of bacteria normally living in the intestinal tract and frequently the cause of nosocomial infections…
- Illness, acute An illness with an abrupt onset and usually a short course
- Epidural Outside the dura, the outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes (meninges) covering the…
- External fixation A procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of fractured (broken) bones by a splint or cast. External…
- Breast development, early The beginning of breast development at puberty is known medically as thelarche. It is now a normal event at…
- Pain, elbow Elbow pain is most often the result of tendinitis, which can affect the inner or outer elbow. Treatment…
- Extradural hematoma See: Epidural hematoma
- Myo- (prefix) A prefix denoting a relationship to muscle. Myo- enters into many words and terms in medicine including…