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Meditation
A self-directed practice for relaxing the body and calming the mind. Most meditative techniques have come to the West from Eastern religious practices, particularly India, China, and Japan, but can be found in all cultures of the world…
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Show more- Adnexa This Latin word (in the plural) is used in medicine in reference to appendages. For example, in gynecology…
- LAM Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
- Epicanthal fold A fold of skin that comes down across the inner angle (canthus) of the eye. The epicanthal fold is more…
- PARK9 Familial Parkinson disease type 9
- Tocolytic Relating to the inhibition of labor, delaying or halting labor
- Candidate gene Any gene thought likely to cause a disease. The gene may be a candidate because it is located in a particular…
- Quater in die (on prescription) Seen on a prescription, qid (or q.i.d.) means 4 times a day (from the Latin quater in die). The abbreviation…
- Muscle, subscapularis >The subscapularis muscle; >The supraspinatus muscle, which is responsible for elevating the arm and moving…
- Urethral opening, female The urethra is the transport tube leading from the bladder to discharge urine outside the body. In females…
- Vulvar pain, chronic Also called essential vulvodynia (literally means 'painful vulva'), pain in the vulva, the female external…
- Hepatitis C PCR See: HCV PCR
- Gonadotropin, human chorionic See: Human chorionic gonadotropin