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Urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence: The unintentional loss of urine. Inability to hold urine in the bladder due to loss of voluntary control over the urinary sphincters resulting in the involuntary passage of urine. One cause of urinary incontinence is…
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- Clubfoot A common malformation of the foot that is evident at birth. The foot is turned in sharply so that the person…
- VIG Vaccinia immune globulin
- Albright syndrome Tough white fibrous tissue. The tunica albuginea of the testis, for example, is the layer of dense whitish…
- Therapy, external beam radiation Radiation focused from a source outside the body on the affected area (for example, the cancer) within the…
- Spermatogonial stem cell See: Sperm stem cell
- Reading frame, open See: Open reading frame
- Cyclin One of a group of proteins that regulate the cell cycle. The cyclins bind to and activate cyclin-dependent…
- Familial Parkinson disease type 4 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome…
- Acetylcholinesterase An enzyme that breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine at the synaptic cleft (the space between two…
- Ft. Abbreviation for foot, a measure of length. For example, 6 ft. is 1.83 meters
- Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor See: G-CSF