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Zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT)
A technique in which a woman's egg is fertilized outside the body, then implanted in one of her fallopian tubes. This technique is one of the methods used to overcome infertility, the inability of couples to produce offspring on their own…
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- Roach-2 Or roaches. Street term for Rohypnol
- Motoneuron The term motoneuron is an elision of motor and neuron. See: Motor neuron
- Vitamin B12-responsive methylmalonicaciduria An inherited metabolic (biochemical) disease that, unless effectively treated, causes young children to…
- Goldenhar syndrome Congenital malformation of the jaw, cheek and ear associated with vertebral defects. There is deformity of…
- Ear bones The malleus, incus, and stapes
- Autoimmune hepatitis A disease in which the body's immune system attacks liver cells, causing inflammation of the liver…
- Disease, Werner-His Named for the German physician Heinrich Werner (who did not describe Werner's premature aging syndrome) and…
- Trench fever Fever: A disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of World War I, when it is…
- STD Sexually transmitted disease
- Melancholia Old term for depression.
- Fibrin The protein formed during normal blood clotting that is the essence of the clot.