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Female condom
Although the word 'condom' usually conjures up the male condom, there is a female condom. The Reality Female Condom was approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in April 1993. It consists of a lubricated polyurethane sheath…
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Show more- Amazia A condition wherein the breast tissue is absent, but the nipple is present. Amazia typically is a result of…
- Trypanosomiasis, African See: African sleeping sickness
- Shigella Epidemic and opportunistic bacillary dysentery due to infection with the Shigella bacteria. Shigellosis…
- Nature (journal) The name of a venerable British scientific journal that has over the past century or so published much of…
- Lower motor neuron A nerve cell that goes from the spinal cord to a muscle. The cell body of a lower motor neuron is in the…
- Orthopox The family of viruses to which belongs vaccinia, the virus that causes smallpox. Other members of the…
- Typhoid See: Typhoid fever
- Ketone bodies Chemicals that the body makes when there is not enough insulin in the blood and it must break down fat…
- Dermatome (1) A localized area of skin that is has its sensation via a single nerve from a single nerve root of the…
- FGFR2 A mutation (change) in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) gene on chromosome 10 causes the…
- Virus, lymphadenopathy Another name for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS. Please see: Virus, human…
- Syndrome, Gareis-Mason See Syndrome, MASA