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Venereal disease
A disease that is contracted and transmitted by sexual contact, caused by microorganisms that survive on the skin or mucus membranes, or that are transmitted via semen, vaginal secretions, or blood during intercourse. Because the genital…
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Show more- Doyne honeycomb retinal dystrophy Abbreviated DHRD. An eye disease also known as malattia leventinese. See: Malattia leventinese
- Reticulocyte A young red blood cell that usually remains in the bone marrow with only a few venturing out into the…
- AFIP The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
- Tick typhus, Queensland See: Queensland tick typhus
- Forensic Dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings as, for example…
- Climacteric 1. The menopause in women.2. The corresponding time in the life of men.From the Greek klimakter, meaning…
- Night sweats Night sweats: Severe hot flashes which occur at night and result in a drenching sweat. Night sweats can have…
- Pericarditis Pericarditis: Inflammation of the lining around the heart (the pericardium) causing chest pain and…
- Edwards syndrome Trisomy 18 syndrome. Children with the syndrome have an extra chromosome 18 with a characteristic pattern of…
- Abuse, sexual child Child abuse comprises four basic types of mistreatment: child neglect, physical abuse of a child, emotional…
- CST3 The gene for cystatin C
- DNA technology, recombinant A series of procedures used to join together (recombine) DNA segments. A recombinant DNA molecule is…