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Stem cell, spermatogonial
See: Sperm stem cell
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- Shaken baby syndrome Syndrome: Ines, particularly to the head, caused by violently shaking an infant. The syndrome is the…
- Watson, James American biologist (1928-) who, with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, shared the 1962 Nobel prize in…
- Goiter-deafness syndrome See Pendred syndrome
- Kostmann disease Children born with this condition lack neutrophils (a type of white blood cell that is important in fighting…
- Fever, breakbone An acute mosquito-borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache…
- Prostate cancer gene Prostate cancer gene: One of the genes that influences the origin and/or progression of prostate cancer…
- Hyperplasia, endometrial A condition characterized by overgrowth of the lining of the uterus. Hyperplasia means overgrowth. The…
- Blood poisoning The medical term is 'septicemia.' No matter which of these two terms-blood poisoning or septicemia-you…
- Vulvar pain, chronic Also called essential vulvodynia (literally means 'painful vulva'), pain in the vulva, the female external…