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Saphenous vein
The saphenous veins -- there are two, the great and the small saphenous veins - serve as the principal veins running superficially (near the surface) up the leg. The great saphenous vein (also called the large saphenous vein) goes from the…
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- Back pain Pain felt in the low or upper back. There are many causes of back pain. Pain in the low back can relate to…
- Becker muscular dystrophy A chronic, progressive muscle degeneration disease. A form of muscular dystrophy that is quite similar to…
- Aromasin Brand name of exemestane, an oral antiestrogen. Aromasin inhibits the enzyme aromatase in the adrenal glands…
- Bezoar A clump or wad of swallowed food and/or hair. Bezoars can sometimes be found to cause blockage of the…
- Heterosexual A person sexually attracted to persons of the opposite sex. Or a person who has sexual relations with the…
- Radial keratotomy An eye surgery procedure designed to flatten the cornea, reducing its optical power, to correct…
- Fear of pleasure An abnormal, excessive, and persistent fear of pleasure. Sufferers with this most puritanical of phobias…
- Neutropenia, severe congenital (SCN) Neutropenia, severe congenital (SCN): Children born with this condition lack neutrophils (a type of white…
- Abortion, spontaneous A miscarriage, that is, any pregnancy that is not viable (the fetus cannot survive) or in which the fetus is…
- IgD Immunoglobulin D, a class of immunoglobulins found as antibodies on the surface of B cells (B lymphocytes)…
- Bilateral Having, or relating to, two sides. Bilateral is as opposed, for example, to unilateral (which means having…