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Estrogen-associated blood clots
>esterified estrogens >esterified estrogens and methyltestosterone >estradiol >estrogens (conjugated) and medroxyprogesterone >estrogens conjugated The brand names of the estrogen therapy preparations carrying this risk include:CLIMARA…
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- PYY A hormone concerned with hunger and the lack of hunger (satiety). Soon after eating, PYY is secreted into the…
- Vesiculitis Inflammation of a vesicle, and particularly of the seminal vesicles behind the male bladder
- MAM Menstrually associated migraine. See: Menstrual migraine
- Litmus A pigment used as a test for acidity and alkalinity. Litmus paper turns red in acid and blue in an alkaline…
- Anemia, Addison Anemia, Addison: A blood disorder caused by a lack of vitamin B12. Patients who have this disorder do not…
- Fear of loneliness An abnormal and persistent fear of loneliness, of being alone. Sufferers of this fear experience undue…
- G (gram) Symbol for gram, a unit of measurement of weight and mass in the metric system. In weight, a gram is equal to…
- Infantile hypothyroidism Hypothyroidism (subnormal activity of the thyroid gland) that starts after birth and is manifest by features…
- Epilepsy (seizure disorder): When nerve cells in the brain fire electrical impulses at a rate of up to four times…
- Hereditary progressive arthro-ophthalmopathy See: Stickler syndrome
- Aux- Prefix indicating growth or increase