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Show more- VCUG Voiding cystourethrography. Or voiding cystourethrogram
- Labra The plural of labrum, a ring of fibrocartilage (fibrous cartilage) around the edge of the articular (joint)…
- Osteoclast A cell that nibbles at and breaks down bone and is responsible for bone resorption. Osteoclasts are large…
- Chart, Snellen's The familiar eye chart used to measure how well you see at various distances. Snellen's chart is imprinted…
- Adverse effect A harmful or abnormal result. An adverse effect may be caused by administration of a medication or by…
- Event, adverse See: Adverse event
- Polle syndrome The Munchhausen syndrome by proxy. Polle was the fictional Baron Munchausen's only child and died at a year…
- Nulliparous Never having given birth to a child.
- Sensitivity 1. In psychology, the quality of being sensitive. As, for example, sensitivity training, training in small…
- Circulation, fetal The blood circulation in the fetus (the unborn baby). Before birth, the blood from the heart that is destined…
- Skeleton, bones of the The human body has 206 bones. These consist of 80 axial (head and trunk) bones and 126 appendicular (upper…
- Melanoma, superficial spreading One of the four clinical types of malignant melanoma, the most common type in whites, typically presents as a…