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Premature ejaculation
Premature ejaculation is ejecting semen from the penis, usually accompanied by orgasm occurring sooner than a man wishes during sexual activity. Premature ejaculation is characterized by a lack of voluntary control over ejaculation that…
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- SRY Sex region Y, a region on the Y chromosome that determines the sex of the individual. SRY is necessary and…
- Framingham Study A landmark study begun in 1948 in which some 12,000 residents of the town of Framingham, Massachusetts were…
- Osteopathy A system of therapy founded in the 19th century based on the concept that the body can formulate its own…
- Cranial nerve VIII The eighth cranial nerve is the vestibulocochlear nerve. The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the…
- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross See: Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
- Disease, Quincke's This is angioneurotic edema (or angioedema), a form of localized swelling of the deeper layers of the skin…
- Placenta praevia A placenta implanted near the outlet of the uterus, so that at the time of delivery the placenta precedes the…
- Cat cry syndrome A disorder caused by the loss of part of the short (p) arm from chromosome 5. Also called the cri du chat (or…
- MAC To soften tissues after death by soaking and by enzymatic digestion, as occurs with a stillborn. The word…
- Section, Cesarian The obstetrical procedure is often spelled this way in the U.S. with just an 'e'although the Roman emperor…
- SHP Schonlein-Henoch purpura