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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 the entrance to a canal, channel, tube, vessel. In ancient Rome, the 'vestibulum' was an entrance or enclosed porch leading into…
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Show more- Sleepiness, excessive daytime (EDS) A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep. Also known as…
- Hematoma, subdural See: Subdural hematoma
- NIDA Stands for the National Institute on Drug Abuse, one of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., whose…
- Childbirth fever Fever due to an infection usually of the placental site within the uterus. The fever is also called childbed…
- Myotonic dystrophy An inherited disease in which the muscles contract but have decreasing power to relax -- this phenomenon is…
- Parainfectious Occurring at the time of and in association with an acute infection or an episode of infection. For example…
- Cerebral vascular disease See: Cerebrovascular disease
- Reservoir 1. A place where something such as water is kept in reserve.2. The part of a device in which something is…
- Cancer symptoms Cancer symptoms: Abnormal sensations or conditions that persons can notice that are a result of a cancer. It…
- Brainerd diarrhea A syndrome characterized by the acute onset of watery nonbloody diarrhea (3 or more loose stools per day)…
- Transmission distortion Distortion in the transmission of genes or chromosomes to the offspring, resulting in a significant…
- Pimple A small papule or pustule. Pimples are sebaceous glands (oil glands) that are infected with bacteria, become…