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Ovary, polycystic
See: Polycystic ovary syndrome
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- Avian influenza Also called fowl plague, avian flu, and bird flu. A highly contagious viral disease with up to 100% mortality…
- Disease, pelvic inflammatory (PID) Despite its seeming lack of gender, this term is applied to women only. PID refers exclusively to ascending…
- Reed-Sternberg cell A type of cell that appears in patients with Hodgkin's disease. The number of these cells increases as the…
- Keratitis, vaccinia See Vaccinia keratitis
- Breast pain Pain in the breast or mammary gland, known medically as mastalgia. From the Greek masto-, breast + algos, pain
- American Association for Advancement of Science Spoken of as the 'triple-AS', the American Association for the Advancement of Science is an organization…
- Dip, wax A treatment for the symptoms of joint and muscle conditions, such as arthritis, that consists of melted…
- Zoll, Paul M. American cardiologist (1911-1999) and pioneer in the development of the cardiac monitor, pacemaker and…
- Trabecula A partition which divides or partly divides a cavity. > >One of the strands of connective tissue projecting…
- Atloaxoid joint The joint between the atlas and axis bones. The atlas is the first cervical (neck) vertebra which is just…
- Orthologous gene 1. A term coined by the chemist Linus Pauling who defined it as "the preservation of good health and the…