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Sterilization, male surgical
Male surgical sterilization is done by vasectomy which involves sealing, tying or cutting a man's vas deferens, the tube which otherwise would carry the sperm from the testicle to the penis. Vasectomy is a relatively short operation…
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Show more- Eyetooth An upper canine tooth which is immediately lateral to the second incisor. So-named in the mistaken belief…
- Gland, salivary One of the glands in the mouth that produce saliva. There are 3 major salivary glands. They are the parotid…
- Spit 1. As a noun: Popular term for sputum.2. As a verb: To eject sputum; to expectorate.See: Sputum
- Category two hurricane A hurricane with winds 96-110 mph (83-95 kt or 154-177 km/hr). Storm surge generally 6-8 feet above normal…
- Disease, Rendu-Osler-Weber See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Lymphoreticulosis, benign Cat scratch disease, a mild flu-like infection, with swollen lymph nodes (lymphadenitis) and mild fever of…
- Sequela A pathological condition resulting from a prior disease, injury, or attack. As for example, a sequela of…
- Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura A 'wastepaper basket' for those cases of immune thrombocytopenic purpura whose cause is still unknown. See…
- Puncture, lumbar A lumbar puncture or 'LP' is a procedure whereby spinal fluid is removed from the spinal canal for the…
- Octogenarian Someone in his or her eighties, that is, between 80 and 89 years of age. See also: Age by decade
- AFO (ankle-foot orthosis) Ankle-foot orthosis
- Scanning electron microscope Abbreviated SEM. A microscope in which a finely focused beam of electrons is scanned across a specimen, and…