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Cancer of the clitoris
See: Cancer of the vulva
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Show more- Bunion A bunion is a localized painful swelling at the base of the big toe (the great toe). The joint is enlarged…
- Tumor, ear Benign (noncancerous) bumps on the pinna of the ear (the external ear) or within the external ear canal. Most…
- Excess selenium Too much selenium (selenosis) which may cause reversible balding and brittle nails, give a garlic odor to the…
- Virilize To cause a female to develop male characteristics such as a deepened voice, an increase in body and facial…
- Morgue A place where bodies of the dead are kept before autopsy, funeral, or burial. The first Morgue was in Paris…
- Sac, amniotic Amniotic sac
- Tricho- (prefix) Pertaining to hair. As in trichobezoar (a hair ball), trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling)…
- Soper, Fred L. (1893-1977) American physician, epidemiologist and public health administrator. Soper won a Lasker Award in…
- CD8+ T cell See: Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte
- Septum, interventricular The wall separating the lower chambers (the ventricles) of the heart. A hole in the interventricular septum…
- Chondrodysplasia, metaphyseal (McKusick type) See: Cartilage hair hypoplasia syndrome
- Tarantismo See: Tarantism.