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The traditional definition of male was 'an individual of the sex that produces sperm' (or some such). However, things are not so simple today. Male can be defined by physical appearance, by chromosome constitution (see Male chromosome…
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Show more- Garlic A perennial herb of the lily family cultivated for its pungent, edible bulbs. Garlic has been used with the…
- Incontinent Unable to control excretions, to hold urine in the bladder or keep feces in the rectum. This is the usual…
- RDA Abbreviation for the Recommended Dietary Allowance. Or, popularly, the Recommended Daily Allowance
- Third degree burn See: Burn, third degree
- Bile Bile is a yellow-green fluid that is made by the liver, stored in the gallbladder and passes through the…
- Tenth cranial nerve The tenth cranial nerve, and one of the most important, is the vagus nerve. All twelve of the cranial nerves…
- Cyst, ovarian A fluid-filled sac in the ovary. The most common type of ovarian cyst is called a follicular cyst. It results…
- Cystitis Inflammation of the bladder. Cystitis can be due for example to infection from bacteria that ascend the…
- Bilharziasis A parasite infection by a trematode worm acquired from infested water. Also known as schistosomiasis. Species…
- Angina trachealis Angina trachealis: This has nothing whatsoever to do with the usual type of angina (angina pectoris) which is…
- Quadriplegia Paralysis of all four limbs, both arms and both legs, as from a high spinal cord accident or stroke.
- Cerebrospinal fluid CSF. A watery fluid, continuously produced and absorbed, which flows in the ventricles (cavities) within the…