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Prepuce
The fold of skin that covers the head of the penis. Also known as the foreskin. Only about 1 in every 20 boys is born with a retractable foreskin. This reflects the fact that the histologic (tissue) development of the foreskin is usually…
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- VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor, a substance made by cells that stimulates the formation of new blood…
- Geriatric medicine The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease in older people and…
- Suicidal Pertaining to suicide. the taking of ones own life. As in a suicidal gesture, suicidal thought, or suicidal…
- Voice disorder One of a group of problems involving abnormal pitch, loudness, or quality of the sounds produced by the…
- Weaver syndrome An overgrowth syndrome characterized by accelerated growth and advanced bone age (evident at birth), unusual…
- Recalcitrant Stubborn. For example, a recalcitrant case of pneumonia stubbornly resists treatment
- Yeast A group of single-celled fungi that reproduce by budding. Most yeast are harmless (some are used in baking…
- Basilar fracture A break in bone at the base of the skull. About a half of basilar fractures are caused by bicycle or motor…