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SERM
Selective Estrogen-Receptor Modulator
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- Graft-versus-host disease A complication of bone marrow transplants in which T cells in the donor bone marrow graft go on the offensive…
- Fracture, stress A fracture caused by repetitive stress, as may occur in sports, strenuous exercise, or heavy physical labor…
- Score, Gleason A grading system for prostate carcinoma. See Gleason score
- Regurgitation, mitral See: Mitral regurgitation
- Colography, computed tomography Virtual colonoscopy
- ERG Electroretinography
- Bow-legs A condition in which the legs curve out to leave a gap between the knees after the period of infancy has…
- Multiparous 1) Having two or more offspring at one birth. 2) Related to a multipara. See also uniparous.
- Phytodermatitis Inflammation of the skin caused by a plant. The basic clinical patterns of phytodermatitis are allergic…
- Joint hypermobility syndrome A common benign childhood condition involving hypermobile joints (that can move beyond the normal range of…