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Incontinent
Unable to control excretions, to hold urine in the bladder or keep feces in the rectum. This is the usual medical meaning of the word incontinent. Incontinent can also refer to a lack of self-restraint in the sexual arena or failure to…
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- Lateral X-ray An X-ray picture taken from the side
- ALA 1. Alpha-linolenic acid 2.Aminolevulinic acid, a naturally occurring chemical in the body that is converted…
- Nerve growth factor Abbreviated NGF. A naturally occurring molecule in the body which stimulates the growth and differentiation…
- Microscopy The examination of minute objects by means of a microscope, an instrument which provides an enlarged image of…
- Herbicide A chemical pesticide designed to control or destroy plants, weeds, or grasses. Herbicides tend to have…
- Piriformis syndrome Irritation of the sciatic nerve caused by compression of the nerve within the buttock by the piriformis…
- Hypotonic solution A solution with a lower salt concentration than in normal cells of the body and the blood. As opposed to an…
- Chimera In medicine, a person composed of two genetically distinct types of cells. Human chimeras were first…
- Cancer cluster A greater-than-expected number of cancer cases that occurs within a group of people in a geographic area over…