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Andrology
The branch of medicine concerned with men's health, particularly male infertility and sexual dysfunction. Andrology is literally the study of man (Greek andros, man). It is the male counterpart of gynecology
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- Alactasia Lack of the enzyme lactase which is needed to digest the milk sugar lactose. See: Lactase deficiency
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- Lacrimal Pertaining to tears, as in lacrimal gland (tear gland). From the Indo-European dakru meaning a tear (from a…
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