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Squamous-cell carcinoma
See: Squamous cell carcinoma
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- EUS Endoscopic ultrasound
- Endocrinology The study of hormones, their receptors, the intracellular signalling pathways they invoke, and the diseases…
- Lymphangioleiomyomatosis A structure consisting of a collection of blood vessels and lymph vessels that are overgrown and clumped…
- Renal infection in children See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Vulvar pain, chronic Also called essential vulvodynia (literally means 'painful vulva'), pain in the vulva, the female external…
- Back pain, low Back pain, low: Pain in the lower back area that can relate to problems with the lumbar spine, the discs…
- UROD deficiency Lack of the enzyme uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) which is the basic cause of porphyria cutanea tarda…
- Federal Emergency Management Agency Better known as FEMA, an agency of the US government dedicated to rapid response to disasters, both man-made…
- Binaural Relating to both ears. From the Latin bini, a pair, + auris, ear = a pair (of) ears = both ears. Synonymous…