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Endometrial ablation
Removal of the lining of the womb. Removing the uterine lining decreases menstrual flow or stops it completely. The endometrium is the inner layer of the uterus (womb), the uterine lining which is normally shed monthly in response to the…
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Show more- Keratoderma hereditarium mutilans See: Vohwinkel syndrome
- Lentiginosis profusa syndrome See: LEOPARD syndrome
- Mind That which thinks, reasons, perceives, wills, and feels. The mind now appears in no way separate from the…
- Word deafness See: Auditory aphasia
- Wax, ear The ear canal is shaped somewhat like an hourglass. The skin on the outer part of the canal has special…
- Drug, over-the-counter (OTC) A drug for which a prescription is not needed
- Maneuver, Valsalva See: Valsalva maneuver
- Extremophile An organism that lives under extreme conditions. An example of an extremophile is Methanococcus jannaschii, a…
- Balanitis Inflammation of the rounded head (the glans) of the penis. Inflammation of the foreskin is called posthitis…
- Great pox Syphilis. An old name to distinguish it from the smallpox
- Artemidorus Artemidorus of Daldis. Greek physician who wrote Oneirocritica, a work dedicated to the interpretation of…
- RPR test Rapid plasma reagin, a blood test for syphilis that looks for an antibody that is present in the bloodstream…