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Venereal disease
A disease that is contracted and transmitted by sexual contact, caused by microorganisms that survive on the skin or mucus membranes, or that are transmitted via semen, vaginal secretions, or blood during intercourse. Because the genital…
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Show more- Vein, hepatic One of the veins which drains blood from the liver
- Pulmonary edema Fluid in the lungs.
- FMRP As stated in the entry for FMR1, FMRP is an acronym composed of the first letters of Familial Mental…
- Chorea, senile See: Senile chorea
- Alcohol, pregnancy The consumption of alcohol during pregnancy carries the danger of damaging the fetus.
- Endometrial ablation Removal of the lining of the womb. Removing the uterine lining decreases menstrual flow or stops it…
- Hybrid The word 'hybrid' has a number of different biomedical meanings. In transmission genetics, a hybrid is the…
- Tzanck test The examination of fluid from a bulla (a blister) in search of Tzanck cells characteristic of varicella…
- Hypoplasia Underdevelopment or incomplete development of a tissue or organ. For example, there can be hypoplasia…
- Reaction, allergic A reaction that occurs when the immune system attacks a usually harmless substance (an allergen) that gains…
- Immunopig
- Human reproductive cloning HTLV. A retrovirus that causes adult T-cell leukemia. HTLV is endemic (constantly present) in southern Japan…