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Depo-Provera contraceptive
Injectable progestin (Depo-Provera) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for contraception in 1992. It is injected by a health professional into the woman's buttocks or arm muscle every three months. Depo-Provera…
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- Nadir The lowest point as, for example, the lowest blood count after chemotherapy, the lowest concentration of a…
- Arsenic >Breathing workplace air with sawdust or burning smoke from wood containing arsenic >Ingesting contaminated…
- Heart rehab See: Cardiac rehabilitation
- Oral moniliasis Yeast infection of the mouth and throat caused by a fungus formerly called Monilia, now known as Candida…
- Aortitis Inflammation of the aorta. The causes of aortitis include syphilis or rheumatic fever
- Immunotherapy, allergy Stimulation of the immune system with gradually increasing doses of the substances to which a person is…
- Salvage chemotherapy Chemotherapy given after recurrence of a tumor. See: Salvage therapy
- Beverly Hills diet The Beverly Hills diet is a weight loss plan based upon the premise that eating certain fruits leads to…
- CNR1 Cannabinoid receptor 1
- Cell, cone A type of specialized light-sensitive cell (photoreceptor) in the retina of the eye that provide sharp…
- Binucleate Having two nuclei. Binucleate cells are due to a defect in cytokinesis, the process by which two daughter…