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- Douching Using water or a medicated solution to clean the vagina. Vaginal douching has been done for many, many years…
- Milligram A unit of measurement of mass in the metric system equal to a thousandth of a gram. A gram is equal to the…
- Prenatal care During pregnancy, women should receive regular health care from an obstetrician or midwife. Services needed…
- Pouch of Douglas >Culdoscopy, the introduction of an endoscope through the vagina into the cul-de-sac; >Culdoscope, the…
- Orthodontic treatment (dental braces) Dental braces: The use of devices to move teeth or adjust underlying bone. The ideal age for starting…
- NIDDK (Nat'l Institute of Diabetes and Kidney) And Kidney Diseases): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name…
- Trench mouth A progressive painful infection of the mouth and throat with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Meningitis, viral Inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord) caused by a virus, usually…
- Laryngitis, reflux Inflammation of the voice box (the larynx) caused by stomach acid backing up into the esophagus. Reflux…
- Rodbell See: Rodbell, Martin