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Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
Ascending infection of the female upper genital tract (the female structures above the cervix). PID is the most common and serious complication of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), aside from AIDS, among women. The signs and symptoms…
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- Gastric outlet obstruction Any disease that mechanically impedes gastric emptying, the normal emptying of the stomach. There is…
- Ramsay Hunt syndrome Ramsay Hunt syndrome: A herpes virus infection of the geniculate nerve ganglion that causes paralysis of the…
- Bernard-Horner syndrome See: Horner syndrome
- Periodic abstinence Also known as fertility awareness, natural family planning, and the rhythm method, this approach entails not…
- Keratoma An area of hardened skin, usually called a callus
- Gastric emptying study Gastric emptying study: A gastric emptying study evaluates the emptying of food from the stomach. For a…
- Ventricular arrhythmias Abnormal rapid heart rhythms (arrhythmias) that originate in the lower chambers of the heart (the…
- Hobbit Nickname for the Flores man (Homo floresiensis). Derived from the fictional race from J. R. R. Tolkien's…
- Humoralism In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally…
- Blood count The calculated number of white or red blood cells (WBCs or RBCs) in a cubic millimeter of blood
- Grief therapy >Develop the ability to experience, express, and adjust to painful grief-related changes. >Find effective…