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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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Show more- Colinear Arranged in the same linear order. See: Colinearity
- Syndrome, Asperger See: Asperger syndrome
- Block, caudal See Caudal anesthesia
- Roseola Roseola: Roseola is a childhood illness caused by virus infection characterized by high fevers followed by a…
- Miscarriage Miscarriage: Inadvertent loss of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable. A considerable proportion of…
- His disease This is a parasite (louse-borne) disease that was first recognized in the trenches of World War I and so was…
- Syndecan One of a family of core proteins with sugars attached to the cell surfaces that control or influence tissue…
- Mucus, nasal See: Nasal mucus
- CC chemokine receptor 5 See: CCR5
- Egg Ovum (plural: ova).
- Popliteal fossa The hollow behind the knee
- Medicine, occupational The field of medicine encompassing diseases due to factors in the occupation of people. Occupational medicine…