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Syndrome, complete androgen insensitivity
A genetic disorder that makes XY fetuses insensitive (unresponsive) to androgens (male hormones). Instead, they are born looking externally like normal girls. Internally, there is a short blind-pouch vagina and no uterus, fallopian tubes…
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- Obstetrical forceps An instrument with two blades and a handle designed to aid in the vaginal delivery of a baby. Forceps may be…
- Ligament, patellar See: Patellar tendon
- Stickler syndrome, type II See: Stickler syndrome
- Sleep jerk See: Hypnic jerk
- Acceptable daily intake Estimate of the amount of a substance in food or drinking water, expressed on a body mass basis (usually…
- Xanthoma, eruptive See: Eruptive xanthoma
- Erectile dysfunction A common men's health problem characterized by the consistent inability to sustain an erection sufficient for…
- Congenital brevicollis See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Forensic Dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings as, for example…
- Prophylactic cranial irradiation Radiation therapy to the head intended to prevent cancer from spreading (metastasizing) to the brain.
- Clitorectomy A surgical procedure in which all or part of the clitoris and sometimes also the labia are removed…