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Endovaginal ultrasound
This type of imaging test is a special form of ultrasound developed to examine the pelvic organs and is the best test for diagnosing an ovarian cyst. A cyst can be diagnosed based on its appearance on the ultrasound. An endovaginal…
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- Syndrome, Pagon See: Pagon syndrome
- LOD score In genetics, a statistical estimate of whether two loci (the sites of genes) are likely to lie near each…
- Node Literally a knot, a node is a collection of tissue. For example a lymph node, is a collection of lymphoid…
- Decompression 1. In general, the removal of pressure.2. In surgery, a procedure to remove pressure on a structure, as in…
- Transcription factor A protein that controls when genes are switched on or off -- whether genes are transcribed or not…
- Pes Latin word meaning foot.
- Bones of the head There are 29 bones in the human head. They consist of 8 cranial bones, 14 facial bones, the hyoid bone, and 6…
- Tumescent Swelling; slightly tumid (swollen). For example, tumescent liposuction involves pumping a solution beneath…
- Facultative heterochromatin Chromosome material that can be either heterochromatin or euchromatin. The inactive X chromosome is made up…
- Vision, tubular See: Tubular vision; Tunnel vision
- Juvenile intestinal polyposis See: Juvenile polyposis