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Donor insemination
A procedure in which a fine catheter (tube) is inserted through the cervix (the natural opening of the uterus) into the uterus (the womb) to deposit a sperm sample from a man other than the woman's mate directly into the uterus. The…
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- Trismus Inability to open the mouth fully. This may be due to spasm of the jaw muscles and be a symptom of tetanus…
- Neuroplasticity The brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life. Neuroplasticity…
- Open fracture A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin. Also called a compound fracture. NTER> Note that…
- Breast, Paget disease of See: Paget disease of the breast
- Yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan An anticancer drug that is a combination of the radioisotope yttrium-90 and a monoclonal antibody, a produced…
- Did not attend (DNA) In the UK, DNA is an abbreviation for 'did not attend.' (In the US, the term used for a patient who missed an…
- Shock, secondary Shock that occurs as a side effect of another problem, such as a crushing injury or heart attack.
- Pachy- (prefix) Thick. As in pachydactyly (thick fingers), pachydermatous (thick fingers) and pachyonychia (thick nails)…
- Spider fear See: Arachnophobia
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