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Female organs of reproduction
The internal genital structures of the female include the ovaries, the Fallopian tubes, the uterus (womb) and the vagina. The ovaries or 'egg sacs' are a pair of female reproductive organs located in the pelvis, one on each side of the…
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Show more- Meningococcal infection Infection with the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis. (Neisseria was formerly called Meningococcus and the…
- P arm of a chromosome The short arm of a chromosome. The 'p' comes from the French 'petit' meaning small. All human chromosomes…
- Tuberculosis vaccination A vaccination for tuberculosis (TB). The vaccine, known as BCG (bacille Calmette Guerin), is used in most…
- Menangle virus A virus that causes a disease first found in a piggery near Sydney, Australia in 1997. The virus was highly…
- Carbon dioxide A gas which is the byproduct of cellular metabolism and which collects in the tissues, is cleared from the…
- Stem cell harvest The taking of stem cells for use in cancer or other treatment. Usually these cells are taken from the…
- Radioactive tracer A radioactive molecule that can be sent through the body's circulatory or urinary system, with its progress…
- Vein, mesenteric One of the large veins which return blood from the intestines. The inferior (lower) mesenteric vein empties…
- Syndrome, autoimmune polyendocrinopathy A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…
- Anemia, Fanconi See Fanconi anemia
- Donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) A cancer treatment in which lymphocytes from a bone marrow donor are infused into the person who…
- Tension pneumothorax The pressure of the blood within an artery, the arterial pressure. Also called the intra-arterial pressure…