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Menstrual
Pertaining to menstruation (the menses), as in last menstrual period, menstrual cramps, menstrual cycle, and premenstrual syndrome. From the Latin menstrualis, from mensis meaning month
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- Vaccine, rubella A vaccine designed to prevent rubella, or German measles. German measles was once seen merely as a child's…
- Rh incompatibility The difference in Rh blood group types between an Rh negative mother and her Rh positive baby that leads to…
- Knockout mouse A mouse missing a single gene (that has been knocked out). Knockout mice are used in biomedical research
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- Amnesic aphasia See Anomia.