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- Incontinence, urinary Incontinence, urinary: The unintentional loss of urine. Inability to hold urine in the bladder due to loss of…
- Guided imagery An alternative medicine technique in which patients use their imagination to visualize improved health, or to…
- Fear of bridges An abnormal and persistent fear of bridges, especially crossing bridges. Sufferers of this phobia experience…
- Doctor-assisted suicide The term in the UK for physician-assisted suicide
- Test, EPO A test of the hormone EPO (erythropoietin) in blood. The EPO level can indicate bone marrow disorders, kidney…
- Aplasia Failure to develop. If something develops and then wastes away, that is atrophy.
- Transmission, perinatal Transmission of a disease-causing agent (a pathogen) from mother to baby during the perinatal period, the…