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Show more- Ventilation, positive pressure The provision of oxygen under pressure by a mechanical respirator, a machine designed to improve the exchange…
- Replacement therapy, hormone (HRT) The combination therapy of estrogen plus progestogen, termed hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Estrogen…
- Disorder, bipolar See: Bipolar disorder
- Reflex, quadriceps See: Knee jerk
- Ovulatory Relating to ovulation, the release of the ovum (the egg) from the ovary
- Vitiligo Vitiligo: Pronounced vit-uh-LIE- go. A condition in which the skin turns white due to the loss of…
- Reflux, esophageal A condition wherein stomach contents regurgitate or back up (reflux) into the esophagus (a long cylindrical…
- Osteochondrosis Any disease that affects the progress of bone growth by killing bone tissue. Osteochondrosis is seen only in…
- Fever, relapsing See: Relapsing fever
- Digestive system The organs that are responsible for getting food into and out of the body and for making use of it. These…
- Germ line 1. The sequence of cells which develop into eggs and sperm. 2. Inherited material that comes from the eggs or…
- MALT Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue.