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Wilson disease
Women. A late 20th century creation. A feminist spelling to avoid the suffix men.
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- Bladder Any pouch or other flexible enclosure that can hold liquids or gases but usually refers to the hollow organ…
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- Corneal dystrophy, microcystic A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows dots (or microcysts)…
- LLL Acronym for the left lower lobe (of the lung). The left lung has but two lobes. The other lobe is the left…
- Crick, Francis British biologist (1916-2004) who shared the 1962 Nobel prize in Medicine and Physiology with James Watson…
- Fifth disease See Lymphatic filariasis.
- Fetoscopy A technique for looking directly at the fetus within the uterus (using a fetoscope).
- Loiasis The disease caused by the eye worm known as loa loa, a parasite that lives in humans and other primates…
- Diaphragm (contraceptive) A barrier method of contraception that is available by prescription only and must be sized by a health…
- Viral Of or pertaining to a virus. For example, 'My daughter has a viral rash.