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- Prostatodynia A type of inflammation of the prostate not due to bacterial infection and in which there are no objective…
- Cancer, thyroid See: Thyroid cancer
- Hysteroscopy A procedure to see inside the uterus (the womb) using a viewing tube that is inserted into the vagina up…
- Genome, bee See: Honey bee genome
- Spectrophotometer A device which measures the amount of ultraviolet light absorbed by a substance. For example, vitamin A…
- Mittelschmerz The occurrence of symptoms of mania and depression together. A person may feel sad and hopeless while at the…
- Diabetic dermopathy A skin condition characteristic of diabetes involving light brown or reddish oval or round scaly patches…
- Migraine without aura See: Common migraine
- Pachyderma Thick skin, like that of a pachyderm (an elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus). From the Greek pachydermos…
- Base in DNA A unit of the DNA. There are 4 bases: adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T), and cytosine (C). The sequence…