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Orgasmic dysfunction
See: Anorgasmia
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- Pathologic fracture A bone broken, not by trauma alone, but so weakened by disease as to break with abnormal ease. Pathologic…
- Chromosome, acrocentric An abnormal chromosome that is distinctive in appearance but not fully identified. A marker chromosome is not…
- Schistosoma japonicum A species of trematode worm that parasitizes humans and that (like S. mansoni) causes liver and…
- Knee, artificial Total knee replacement, a surgical procedure in which damaged parts of the knee joint are replaced with…
- Claudication, venous Claudication, venous: Limping and/or pain due to inadequate venous drainage, poor return of blood by the…
- Lethal gene, zygotic A gene that is lethal (fatal) for the zygote, the cell formed by the union of a sperm (male sex cell) and an…
- Stretch, quadriceps An exercise to stretch the quadriceps muscle, the large muscle in the front of the thigh. To do this…
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