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- Placental dystocia Difficulty delivering the placenta (the afterbirth). Dystocia comes from the Greek 'dys' meaning 'difficult…
- Quasidominant Pattern of inheritance that seems due to a dominant trait but is in fact due to the mating of a person who…
- Therapy, behavior A treatment program that involves substituting desirable behavior responses for undesirable ones
- Glans penis, inflammation of the Inflammation of the rounded head (the glans) of the penis is called balanitis. In the uncircumcised male…
- Cardiology The study and treatment of heart disorders
- Bowel sounds The gurgling, rumbling, or growling noises from the abdomen caused by the muscular contractions of…
- C-peptide A byproduct of insulin production, usually by the pancreas. The level of C-peptide is a gauge of how much…
- Venomous 1. Full of venom. 2. Having venom, like some snakes and insects. 3. By extension, noxious, as a venomous…
- Nephroblastomatosis The presence of multiple embryonic rests of tissue within the kidney. These nephrogenic rests usually are…
- NIAMS Stands for National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, one of the National…
- Retinoid Retinol is vitamin A. Carotene compounds (found, for example, in egg yolk, butter and cream) are gradually…