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Venous catheterization
See: Catherization, venous
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- Hereditary prostate cancer Prostate cancer: A genetic form of prostate cancer. The risk of prostate cancer is clearly genetic. Men with…
- Vascular hemophilia See: Von Willebrand disease
- Cat scratch disease Cat scratch disease: A bacterial infection due to a cat scratch seen most often today in people with HIV. The…
- SEER program The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), an…
- Anesthetic, local An anesthetic that causes loss of feeling in a small part of the body
- Exacerbate To make worse. For example, smoking may exacerbate systemic lupus erythematosus
- Partial hysterectomy Hysterectomy: In a partial hysterectomy, the uterus is surgically removed but the cervix is left in place…
- Quarantine The period of isolation decreed to control the spread of infectious disease. Before the era of antibiotics…
- Polyphenol A kind of chemical that (at least in theory) may protect against some common health problems and possibly…
- Vulvar vestibulitis Inflammation of small glands at the entrance to the vagina. Vulvar vestibulitis is the most common physical…
- Inflammation, bladder See: Bladder inflammation