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Cloaca
A common passageway for feces, urine and reproduction. At one point in the development of the human embryo, there is a cloaca. It is the far end of a structure called the hindgut. This structure then divides to form a rectum, a bladder…
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- Circinate balanitis A form of skin inflammation around the penis in males with Reiter's syndrome. The skin around the shaft and…
- Aneurysm, racemose An aneurysm is a localized widening (dilatation) of an artery, vein, or the heart. At the area of an…
- Menstruation, retrograde The flow of menstrual blood from the uterus into the fallopian tubes, and potentially into the abdomen. This…
- Lactose intolerance Lactose intolerance: Inability to digest lactose, a component of milk and most other dairy products. Lactose…
- Shopaholic Someone obsessed with shopping. A compulsive shopper. From shop + -aholic, alteration of -oholic (as in…
- Duodenal biliary drainage Duodenal biliary drainage: A procedure used to diagnose gallstones when suspicion is high but other tests are…
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome See: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, dermatosparaxis type.
- Tritium Hydrogen-3, an isotope of hydrogen. Tritium is a long-lived weak emitter of radiation and can be easily…
- KB 1. The skin disease Keratodermia blennorrhagicum. 2. Kilobase of DNA. The preferred abbreviation for kilobase…
- Penrose drain A soft tube-shaped rubber or silicone drain. Named for the American gynecologist Charles Bingham Penrose…