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Sterilization, surgical
Surgical sterilization is a contraceptive option for people who do not want children in the future. It is considered permanent because reversal requires major surgery that is often unsuccessful. Female sterilization blocks the fallopian…
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- USDA US Department of Agriculture
- Ship fever An old name for epidemic typhus, which was common in the crowded conditions aboard ship. Ship Fever and Other…
- Scrub 1. As a verb, to wash the hands and forearms very thoroughly, as before engaging in surgery. To scrub implies…
- Martinus W. Beijerinck See: Beijerinck, Martinus W.
- Familial mental retardation protein See FMRP.
- Atherogenesis The process of forming atheromas, plaques in the inner lining (the intima) of arteries
- ATP 1. Adenosine triphosphate. 2. Acute thrombocytopenic purpura
- Fear of age An abnormal and persistent fear of growing old is termed gerascophobia. Sufferers of gerascophobia feel undue…
- Fever of Unknown Origin Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a fever greater than 38.3°C (101 °F) that has occurred intermittently for…
- Open-angle glaucoma Glaucoma: Glaucoma in which the aqueous (fluid) that flows through the pupil into the anterior (front)…
- Orthopaedics The branch of surgery broadly concerned with the skeletal system (bones). This particular term is commonly…