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Pregnancy calendar
A pregnancy calendar is a chronological depiction of changes in a pregnant woman and the embryo/fetus during the 40-week course of pregnancy. Pregnancy calendars usually describe development and growth of the fetus and changes in the…
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- Radiation therapy, conformational A procedure that uses computers to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in order to target the tumor…
- Intron Part of a gene that is initially transcribed into the primary RNA transcript but then removed from it when…
- Jimmy Fund A children's cancer fund that has been responsible for highly significant work, especially on chemotherapy…
- Cervical dysplasia Changes from normal in the cells lining the cervix of the uterus. Cervical dysplasia involves a sequence of…
- Descending pathway A nerve pathway that goes down the spinal cord and allows the brain to control movement of the body below the…
- Hip bursitis Hip bursitis: A bursa is a fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between…
- Crohn ileocolitis Crohn disease involving the ileum (the lowest portion of the small intestine) and the colon (the large…
- Churg-Strauss syndrome Churg-Strauss syndrome: A disease characterized by inflammation of small arteries and veins in persons with a…
- Xanthoma, diabetic See: Eruptive xanthoma
- Fabry disease A genetic disease due to deficiency of the enzyme alpha-galactosidase A. This enzyme is essential to the…
- Retina, detached A retina that separates from its connection at the back of the eye. The process of retinal detachment is…