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Hyperplasia of the prostate, nodular
See: Benign prostatic hyperplasia
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- Gingivitis, acute necrotizing ulcerative (ANUG) This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Study, linkage A study aimed at establishing linkage between genes. Linkage is the tendency for genes and other genetic…
- Pericentric chromosome inversion A basic type of chromosome rearrangement in which a segment that includes the centromere (and so is…
- Safer sex See: Safe sex
- VDRL test A blood test for syphilis (VDRL stands for Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) that detects an antibody…
- Vector In medicine, a vector is a carrier. The best way to understand a vector is to recall its origin as a word…
- Signal transduction pathway The course by which a signal from outside a cell is converted to a functional change within the cell
- VCUG Voiding cystourethrography. Or voiding cystourethrogram
- Popcorn worker's lung A form of bronchiolitis obliterans, a severe obstructive lung disease, in workers who mix and package…
- Dermatologic Having to do with the skin
- Total hip replacement Total hip replacement: Surgery in which the diseased ball and socket of the hip joint are completely removed…