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- Midwife, empirical See: Empirical midwife.
- Erectile dysfunction A common men's health problem characterized by the consistent inability to sustain an erection sufficient for…
- Mollaret meningitis Benign recurrent aseptic meningitis. The cause of Mollaret meningitis is not known. Mollaret meningitis is…
- Premature birth A birth that takes place before 37 weeks of gestation have passed. Historically, the definition of…
- Systole The time period when the heart is contracting. The period specifically during which the left ventricle of the…
- Janiceps Conjoined twins whose heads are fused together, with the faces looking in opposite directions, like the…
- Defibrillator storm A condition that arises when a defibrillator implanted in the chest to right an arrhythmia (an abnormal heart…
- Resistance, vascular The opposition to the flow of blood across a vascular bed.
- Splenectomy An operation to remove the spleen