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Curable
Amenable to a cure, capable of being cured, to being healed and made well. Most skin cancers, fortunately, are curable. From the word cure, from the Latin cura meaning care, concern or attention
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- Jaundice, neonatal Yellowish staining of the skin and whites of the newborn's eyes (sclerae) by pigment of bile (bilirubin). In…
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- Osteoarthropathy Any disease of the bones and joints. From osteo-, bone + -arthro-, joint, + pathy, disease
- Anotia No ear. The term 'anotia' usually refers to congenital (from birth) absence of the external ear, the auricle…
- Uterine fibroids The fornix of the uterus (known in medical Latin as the "fornix uteri") refers to the anterior (front) and…
- Capsaicin A component of certain plants, including cayenne and red pepper, used topically to relieve minor arthritis…
- Human reproductive cloning HTLV. A retrovirus that causes adult T-cell leukemia. HTLV is endemic (constantly present) in southern Japan…
- Autonomic nervous system Part of the nervous system that was once thought to be functionally independent of the brain. The autonomic…
- Stage of dilatation The part of labor when the cervix dilates fully (to 10 centimeters). Also called the first stage of labor
- Midgut volvulus See: Volvulus