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Gland, prostate
A gland within the male reproductive system that is located just below the bladder. Chestnut shaped, the prostate surrounds the beginning of the urethra, the canal that empties the bladder. The prostate is actually not one but many glands…
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Show more- Leukemia, juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- RNA silencing See: RNA inactivation; and RNA interference
- Vagus nerve A remarkable nerve that supplies nerve fibers to the pharynx (throat), larynx (voice box), trachea…
- Post Short for postmortem examination (an autopsy)
- Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of lactate to pyruvate. This is an important step in energy…
- DSS1 Or Dss1. A small protein important to the process of error-free DNA repair by recombination
- Neuritis Inflammation of nerves.
- STOP (selective tubal occlusion procedure) A nonsurgical form of permanent birth control in which a physician inserts a 4-centimeter (1.6 inch) long…
- Coma, diabetic Coma in a diabetic due to the buildup of ketones in the bloodstream. Ketones are a product of metabolizing…
- Meadow syndrome After Dr. Roy Meadow, the pediatrician who coined the term Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Dissection, axillary Surgery in which the axilla (the armpit) is opened -- to 'dissect' means to 'cut apart' -- in order to…
- Iridology The practice of diagnosing disease by examining the iris of the eye. Although some diseases do affect the…