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Dysuria
Painful or difficult urination. This includes burning on urination. Dysuria is most commonly due to bacterial infection of the urinary tract causing inflammation of the bladder (cystitis) or kidney (pyelonephritis). In women, dysuria may…
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- Achlorhydria A lack of hydrochloric acid in the digestive juices in the stomach (in technical terms, so that the pH of the…
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- Schizophrenia Schizophrenia: One of several brain diseases whose symptoms that may include loss of personality (flat…
- GAD Generalized anxiety disorder
- Intercurrent disease A disease that intervenes during the course of another disease. A patient with AIDS may develop an…
- Male condom The male condom is a sheath placed over the erect penis before penetration, preventing pregnancy by blocking…
- Cytoskeleton The scaffolding structure of the cell cytoplasm. The cytoskeleton consists of intermediate filaments, actin…
- Iodine An essential element in the diet used by the thyroid gland to make thyroid hormones. The two most important…
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