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Therapy, testosterone replacement
The practice of giving testosterone to treat conditions in which the testes do not produce enough testosterone. This may be due to absence, injury, or disease. Testosterone is available in oral, IV, and patch forms. As with estrogen…
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Show more- Infection, Leishmania See: Leishmania infection
- CpG island In molecular genetics, a short region of DNA rich in CpG sites, often located near the promoters of genes…
- Acid, amino One of the 20 building blocks of protein. The sequence of amino acids in a protein and, hence, the function…
- Marx See: Marx, Gertie F.
- Clinical psychology A professional specialty concerned with diagnosing and treating diseases of the brain, emotional disturbance…
- Coryza A cold in the head. The word 'coryza' came from the Greek 'koryza' which is thought to have been compounded…
- Somniloquy Sleep talking. Talking in one's sleep is considered a normal phenomenon that is of no medical or…
- Purpura, Henoch-Schonlein See: Schönlein-Henoch purpura.
- Leukemia, acute myelogenous Leukemia, acute myelogenous: Abbreviated AML. Also called acute myeloid leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic…
- Antiparasitic Effective in the treatment of parasites. For example, nitazoxanide (Alinis) is an antiparasitic medication…
- Black eye Bruising of the eyelid and/or under- eye area as a result of trauma to the eye. Colloquially called a shiner
- Strep test, rapid A diagnostic test commonly used to demonstrate whether streptococcus bacteria ('strep') are present in the…