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IVF
In vitro fertilization, a laboratory procedure in which sperm are placed with an unfertilized egg in a Petri dish to achieve fertilization. The embryo is then transferred into the uterus to begin a pregnancy or cryopreserved (frozen) for…
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Show more- Medicine, homeopathic See: Homeopathy
- Ambient Surrounding, present on all sides; encompassing. As, the ambient noise is deafening, or the ambient light is…
- Leukemia, acute Cancer of the blood cells (leukemia) that progresses rapidly, as opposed to chronic leukemia which progresses…
- Chargaff's rule See: Chargaff rule
- Syndrome, Bernard A complex of abnormal findings, namely sinking in of one eyeball, ipsilateral ptosis (drooping of the upper…
- Scleredema adultorum A misleading term since scleredema can also occur in children. See: Scleredema
- Lentiginosis profusa syndrome See: LEOPARD syndrome
- Hospitalist A hospital-based general physician. Hospitalists assume the care of hospitalized patients in the place of…
- Passive exercise Movement of the body, usually of the limbs, without effort by the patient. The patient is passive
- Suction-assisted lipectomy Another name for liposuction, the surgical removal of fat deposits from specific parts of the body, the most…
- Cell, delta (pancreatic) A type of cell in the pancreas (the organ of the digestive system located behind the stomach). Within the…
- Anaphylactoid purpura See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura