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- Obesity Obesity: The state of being well above one's normal weight. A person has traditionally been considered to be…
- Respiratory therapy Exercises and treatments designed to help patients maintain and recover lung function, such as with cystic…
- Genes, breast cancer susceptibility Breast cancer susceptibility: Inherited factors that predispose to breast cancer. Put otherwise, these genes…
- Abortifacient A substance that causes pregnancy to end prematurely and causes an abortion
- Dual X-ray absorptometry See: DXA
- Osteogenesis, electrically stimulated Bone growth caused by implanting electrodes in an area of bone and sending electrical current to them. This…
- Age-related deafness See: Presbycusis
- Lupus Lupus: A chronic inflammatory condition caused by an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease occurs when…
- Autoimmune Pertaining to autoimmunity, a misdirected immune response that occurs when the immune system goes awry and…
- Ovarian cancer gene BRCA2 Ovarian cancer gene BRCA2: Ovarian cancer due to mutation of the BRCA2 gene. Mutation of this gene also…