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Cowper's gland
Painful muscle spasms in the abdomen, arms, or legs following strenuous activity. The skin is usually moist and cool and the pulse is normal or slightly raised. Body temperature is mostly normal. Heat cramps often are caused by a lack of…
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Show more- Sylvatic plague Plague that is spread by ground squirrels and other wild rodents, for example, in the western portion of the…
- Duchenne-Erb paralysis See: Erb palsy
- Stickler syndrome, type II See: Stickler syndrome
- Materteral 1. Literally, relating to a maternal aunt.2. Figuratively, suggestive of an aunt on either side of the…
- Mesodermal Pertaining to the mesoderm or to tissues derived from the mesoderm
- Physics, medical See: Medical physics
- Vaccination, DTaP Like DPT, DTaP protects from diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. DTaP is the same as DTP…
- Breast reduction Breast reduction: Surgical reduction of breast size in order to reduce the weight of the breasts and relieve…
- Seizure, local See: Partial seizure
- Uterus cancer See: Uterine cancer
- Multifocal Having to do with two or more foci or arising from two or more places. For example, aortic aneurysm disease…
- Puerperium The time immediately after the delivery of a baby. (In Latin a 'puerpera' is a woman in childbirth since…