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Premature ejaculation
Premature ejaculation is ejecting semen from the penis, usually accompanied by orgasm occurring sooner than a man wishes during sexual activity. Premature ejaculation is characterized by a lack of voluntary control over ejaculation that…
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- Macerate To soften tissues after death by soaking and by enzymatic digestion, as occurs with a stillborn. The word…
- Esophageal cancer Esophageal cancer: A malignant tumor of the esophagus. The risk of cancer of the esophagus is increased by…
- Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor A class of oral medications for type 2 diabetes that decrease the absorption of carbohydrates from the…
- Sequence, complementary Nucleic acid sequence of bases that can form a double- stranded structure by matching base pairs. For…
- Pleurisy Pleurisy: Inflammation of the pleura, the linings surrounding the lungs. There are two layers of pleura; one…
- Urine hemoglobin The presence of free hemoglobin in the urine, an abnormal finding, that may make the urine look dark…
- Familial breast cancer A number of factors have been identified that increase the risk of breast cancer. One of the strongest of…
- Syndromic Part of a syndrome. Hearing loss, for instance, can be syndromic or nonsyndromic
- Food insecure When people must live with hunger and fear starvation