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Prostatitis, nonbacterial
Prostatitis, nonbacterial: Inflammation of the prostate not due to bacterial infection. The prostate is a walnut-sized organ below the male bladder that surrounds the urethra and contributes fluid to the semen. Nonbacterial prostatitis is…
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- Cloacal exstrophy A birth defect involving the pelvic area that is termed a malformation sequence and involves the cloaca. A…
- Parrot fever (psittacosis) An infectious disease due to a bacteria (Chlamydia psittaci) contracted from psittacine birds, especially…
- Cerebral fornix An arching fibrous band in the brain connecting the two lobes of the cerebrum. (The cerebrum is the largest…
- Cortex The outer portion of an organ. The outer portion of the adrenal gland is called the adrenal cortex; the outer…
- Virus, Nipah A virus that infects pigs and people in whom it causes a sometimes fatal form of viral encephalitis (brain…
- Hypnos The Greek and Roman god of sleep. From his name is derived the term hypnosis. Hypnos was the twin of…
- Anesthetic, local An anesthetic that causes loss of feeling in a small part of the body
- Genetic Having to do with genes and genetic information.
- Bone, cranial Part of the top portion of the skull which protects the brain. The bones of the cranium include the frontal…
- Eschar The scab formed when a wound or skin is sealed by the heat of cautery or burning. Also the dark crusted ulcer…
- Ptosis of the eyelids, congenital Drooping of the upper eyelids at birth. The lids may droop only slightly or they may cover the pupils and…