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Orchiopexy
Surgery to bring down an undescended testicle
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- Helminth A worm classified as a parasite. (A parasite is a disease-causing organism that lives on or in a human or…
- Salmonella genome The entire genetic complement (the DNA) of Salmonella bacteria. The genomes of two strains of Salmonella…
- Device, assistive Any device that is designed, made, and/or adapted to assist a person to perform a particular task. For…
- Verruca A wart by another name, a local growth of the outer layer of the skin (the epidermis) caused by a virus. The…
- Dyspeptic Pertaining to dyspepsia, a term that is probably more often encountered today in advertising than in…
- Syndrome, Menkes See: Menkes syndrome
- Anti-citrulline antibody See: Citrulline antibody
- Obstruction Blockage of a passageway. See, for example: Airway obstruction; Intestinal obstruction
- Carbon monoxide hemoglobin See: Carboxyhemoglobin
- Keratosis, senile Synonymous with actinic keratosis. See: Keratosis, actinic
- Fetal fibronectin A protein produced during pregnancy and the basis of a test for preterm delivery. Fetal fibronectin (fFN)…