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Gynecologist
A doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the female reproductive organs. The word 'gynecologist' comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman + logia meaning study, so a gynecologist is literally a student of women, a women's…
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- Robotripping Street name for the high produced by abuse of the cough syrup Robitussin which contains dextromethorphan
- Cystitis Inflammation of the bladder. Cystitis can be due for example to infection from bacteria that ascend the…
- Fredrickson, Donald (1924-2002) American physiologist and biomedical research leader who made significant contributions to…
- Dentin Dentin is the hard tissue of the tooth surrounding the central core of nerves and blood vessels (pulp).
- Retinoic acid syndrome A syndrome that occurs from treatment with retinoic acid and is characterized by fever, dyspnea (difficulty…
- Molecule The smallest unit of a substance that can exist alone and retain the character of that substance.
- IL-4 Interleukin-4
- Guinea pig 1.Cavia porcellus, also known as Cavia cobaya, a plump rodent native to South America brought to Europe by…
- Italian disease Syphilis. Depending upon someone's thoughts as to where the disease came from, syphilis was also known as the…
- Corrigan pulse A pulse that is full and then suddenly collapses. Named for the Irish physician Dominic John Corrigan…
- Foramen of Magendie An opening from the fourth ventricle, which is one in a system of four communicating cavities called…