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Cancer of the clitoris
See: Cancer of the vulva
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- Sprained ankle Sprained ankle: See: Ankle sprain.
- Morton neuroma See Morton's neuroma
- Syndrome, radial aplasia-thrombocytopenia See Syndrome, TAR
- Cryo-electron microscopy An electron microscopic technique that involves freezing the biological sample in order to view the sample…
- Metabolic Relating to metabolism, the whole range of biochemical processes that occur within us (or any living…
- Sapporo-like virus See: Sapovirus
- Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) A supplement that has been promoted as an aid to weight loss and muscle building and as a deterrent to…
- Nurse-midwifery The practice engaged in by a nurse-midwife
- Desert fever A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of…
- Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer See: Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer
- Deuterium A non-radioactive isotope of hydrogen that contains a neutron in its nucleus in addition to the one proton…