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Intersexual genitalia
Genitalia that are neither typically female nor typically male. Known in clinical medicine as ambiguous genitalia. See: Ambiguous genitalia
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- Androgen A male sex hormone that promotes the development and maintenance of the male sex characteristics. The major…
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- Brain swelling See: Cerebral edema
- Transformation, genetic A process by which the genetic material carried by an individual cell is altered by the incorporation of…
- Kirklin See: Kirklin, John W.
- Sir Charles Bell See: Bell, Charles
- Hem-onc Short for Hematology-oncology
- Microcephalin 1 Mutation of this gene is responsible for an autosomal recessive form of primary microcephaly with no other…
- Eyelid The lid or cover of the eye, a movable fold of skin and muscle that can be closed over the eyeball or opened…