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Vaginoscopy
The use of a viewing instrument to visualize the vaginal canal. Most commonly, a form of endoscope is used in vaginoscopy. Vaginoscopy is performed to diagnose anatomical abnormalities or lesions affecting the vaginal wall. The procedure…
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- Sore, cold A small sore situated on the face or in the mouth that causes pain, burning, or itching before bursting and…
- Urolithiasis The process of forming stones in the kidney, bladder, and/or urethra (urinary tract). Kidney stones are a…
- Adenomyoma A nodule that forms around tissue of the inner uterus (endometrial tissue) as a result of adenomyosis. See…
- ORF Open reading frame
- Replication A turning back, repetition, duplication, reproduction
- Rupture of appendix A break or tear in the appendix, usually due to appendicitis. Also called perforation of the appendix…
- Sarcoma, soft tissue See: Soft tissue sarcoma
- Vernix caseosa A white cheesy substance that covers and protects the skin of the fetus and is still all over the skin of a…
- Taenia solium The pork tapeworm. Contracted from eating undercooked or measly pork (pork infected with the larval forms of…
- Tunica albuginea of the testis The layer of dense whitish inelastic tissue that surrounds the testis
- Gigantism, eunuchoid Extremely tall stature due to the delayed onset of puberty which permits the continued growth of the long…