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Skin Diseases, National Institute of...
Is and Musculoskeletal and (NIAMS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. As its somewhat cumbersome name indicates, NIAMS's mission is a broad and important one, namely to 'conduct and support a broad spectrum of research…
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Show more- Zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT) A technique in which a woman's egg is fertilized outside the body, then implanted in one of her fallopian…
- Angiosarcoma A type of cancer that begins in the lining of blood vessels. This type of tumor tends to be aggressive, recur…
- Elbow, cellulitis of the Inflammation of the skin around the elbow due to infection (cellulitis) commonly occurs as a result of…
- Virulent Extremely noxious, damaging, deleterious, disease-causing (pathogenic). Marked by a rapid, severe, and…
- Dysphasia One in a group of speech disorders in which there is impairment of the power of expression by speech…
- Total knee replacement Total knee replacement: A surgical procedure in which damaged parts of the knee joint are replaced with…
- Aneurysm A localized widening (dilatation) of an artery, vein, or the heart. At the area of an aneurysm, there is…
- Endovaginal ultrasound This type of imaging test is a special form of ultrasound developed to examine the pelvic organs and is the…
- Syphilis, congenital The third stage of syphilis, in which the syphilis spirochetes infect the brain and other organs of the body…
- Placenta praevia A placenta implanted near the outlet of the uterus, so that at the time of delivery the placenta precedes the…
- Foramen magnum The large hole at the base of the skull which allows passage of the spinal cord.
- Proctocele See: Rectocele