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Vesicles
In dermatology, vesicles are small blisters, most often on the skin. Vesicles also can crop up on the mucous membranes, such as the buccal mucosa (the lining of the mouth). In anatomy, a vesicle is any small pouch. The word vesicle comes…
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Show more- Lesbianism Female homosexuality. Also called sapphism (after the lesbian poet Sappho)
- Listeria A group of bacteria capable of causing miscarriage (spontaneous abortion), stillbirth and premature birth and…
- Recurrent aural vertigo A condition, also known as Meniere's disease, with recurrent vertigo accompanied by ringing in the ears…
- Suboxone Brand name for buprenorphine in combination with naloxone
- Cancer, prostatic Cancer of the gland (prostate) that produces some of the components of semen fluid. The second leading cause…
- P in population genetics The frequency of the more common of two different alternative (allelic) versions of a gene. (The frequency of…
- Whitehead A familiar term for what is medically called a closed comedo. A comedo, the primary sign of acne, consists of…
- Tylosis A callus or thickening. See: Tylosis with esophageal cancer
- Tonotopic Pertaining to the spatial arrangement of where sound is perceived, transmitted, or received. There is…
- Otoacoustic emission test A physician specialized in diagnosing and treating diseases of the head and neck, especially those involving…
- Jordi Casals-Ariet See: Casals-Ariet, Jordi
- Viral hemorrhagic fever Viral hepatitis is liver inflammation caused by viruses. Specific hepatitis viruses have been labeled A, B…