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Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
The combination therapy of estrogen plus progestogen, termed hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) is used to treat menopause. It reduces or stops the short-term changes of menopause such as hot flashes…
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Show more- Para- (prefix) A prefix with many meanings, including: alongside of, beside, near, resembling, beyond, apart from, and…
- Reproductive cells The eggs and sperm are the reproductive cells. Each mature reproductive cell is haploid in that it has a…
- Third ventricle >Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres, one in each hemisphere. Each…
- Oligo- (prefix) Means just a few or scanty. From the Greek 'oligos', few, scanty. Examples of terms starting with oligo-…
- Quasidiploid Describing a cell that seems to have the usual two full sets of 23 chromosomes, but does not. Many malignant…
- Meningitis, Mollaret Benign recurrent aseptic meningitis. The cause of Mollaret meningitis is not known. Mollaret meningitis is…
- Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) A liver disease caused by an abnormality of the immune system. Small bile ducts within the liver become…
- Purine One of the two classes of bases in DNA and RNA. The purine bases are guanine (G) and adenine (A). Uric acid…
- Fibrosis, radiation Scarring of the lungs from radiation. Radiation fibrosis is a sequel of radiation pneumonitis (inflammation…
- Melena Stools or vomit stained black by blood pigment or dark blood products.
- Neuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth See Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Papillomatosis A disorder with numerous papillomas wart growths). For example, laryngeal papillomatosis is the presence of…