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Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
Ascending infection of the female upper genital tract (the female structures above the cervix). PID is the most common and serious complication of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), aside from AIDS, among women. The signs and symptoms…
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- Science, cognitive Cognitive science is the study of the mind. It is an interdisciplinary science that draws upon many fields…
- Bell's palsy Paralysis of the facial nerve, the nerve that supplies the facial muscles on one side of the face. Bell's…
- Nocturnal enuresis Bedwetting at night. From the Greek 'enourin' meaning 'to urinate in.'
- Natural family planning Also known as fertility awareness, periodic abstinence and the rhythm method, this approach entails not…
- Generic drug >The chemical name of a drug. >A term referring to the chemical makeup of a drug rather than to the…
- Neuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth See Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Transjugular, intrahepatic, portosystemic shunt S): A shunt (tube) placed between the portal vein which carries blood from the intestines to the liver and…
- Keratitis, vaccinia See Vaccinia keratitis
- Narcolepsy Narcolepsy: A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep…
- Lymphoid Referring to lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. Also refers to tissue in which lymphocytes develop.