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Penis, cancer of the
Cancer of the penis is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells originate in the tissues of the penis. Cancer of the penis is rare in the United States. Men who are not circumcised at birth may have a higher risk for getting cancer of…
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Show more- Chromosome inversion, paracentric The chart of the linear array of genes on a chromosome. A chromosome map can also refer to the visual…
- Cancer, esophagus See: Esophageal cancer
- Enzyme, lysosomal An enzyme in an organelle (a little organ) called the lysosome within the cell. Lysosomal enzymes degrade…
- Diverticulum, hypopharyngeal See: Zenker diverticulum
- Intractable Unstoppable. For example, intractable diarrhea or intractable pain.
- Plantar Having to do with the sole of the foot. The plantar response (also known as the Babinski reflex) is elicited…
- Syndrome, keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness See Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome
- Sleep drug Any drug used to help sleep. Most prescription sleep drugs are sedative hypnotic agents. They include Valium…
- Reinstein syndrome A heritable syndrome characterized by eye disease (specifically, macular degeneration and inverse retinitis…
- Clitorectomy A surgical procedure in which all or part of the clitoris and sometimes also the labia are removed…
- Syndrome, Barlow Barlow syndrome is mitral valve prolapse (also known as 'click murmur syndrome'), the most common heart valve…
- Radiation therapy, targeted A procedure that uses computers to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in order to target the tumor…