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Fear of intercourse
An abnormal and persistent fear of male-female sexual intercourse. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety because they are preoccupied with failing in some way while having heterosexual intercourse. Among the symptoms of…
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Show more- Sore, canker Sore, canker: A small ulcer crater in the lining of the mouth that is often painful and very sensitive. Also…
- Facultative heterochromatin Chromosome material that can be either heterochromatin or euchromatin. The inactive X chromosome is made up…
- Compression 1. The act of pressing together. As in a compression fracture, nerve compression, or spinal cord compression…
- Homicide 1. The killing of a person. 2. Strictly speaking, the killing of a man. femicide. From the Latin meaning…
- SLV Sapporo-like virus. See: Sapovirus
- Fetoscope (1) A flexible fiberoptic device used to view or operate upon a fetus within the womb (to do fetal…
- Mutagenesis The development and production of mutations in the genome
- Thoraxes Plural of thorax
- Syndrome, Cushing The constellation of symptoms and signs caused by an excess of cortisol hormone. Cushing syndrome is an…
- Syndrome, third and fourth pharyngeal pouch See: DiGeorge syndrome
- HHV-5 Human herpesvirus 5. See cytomegalovirus.
- Condom Although the word 'condom' usually refers to the male condom, there is also a female condom. Both male and…