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Teratoma
A type of germ cell tumor that may contain several different types of tissue and sometimes mature elements such as hair, muscle, and bone. Teratomas occur most often in the ovary, testis, and in the sacrococcygeal region (near the…
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Show more- Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: Abbreviated as DISH. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is a…
- Hemodialysis catheter See: Catheter, hemodialysis
- BF Abbreviation for 'black female' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical…
- Eastern equine encephalitis Abbreviated EEE. A mosquito-born viral disease. The EEE virus normally is found in freshwater swamp birds and…
- FXTAS Fragile X tremor/ataxia syndrome
- Carcinoma of the breast, infiltrating lobular Breast, infiltrating lobular: Infiltrating lobular carcinoma is the second most common type of invasive…
- Tongue cancer Cancer: Malignancy of the tongue; squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. Risk factors include smoking…
- UV radiation Ultraviolet radiation. Invisible rays that are part of the energy that comes from the sun, can burn the skin…
- Nerve palsy, laryngeal Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve (a long and important nerve that…
- Policosanol A product derived from the waxy coating of sugar cane that lowers both the total cholesterol and the 'bad'…
- Azoospermia No sperm at all. The ejaculate is completely devoid of sperm. By contrast, in oligospermia (literally, few…
- Hangman injury (Hangman's fracture) A broken neck involving a fracture of an upper cervical vertebra similar to the injury suffered in death by…