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Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT)
A technique in which the male and female germ cells required to begin formation of a human embryo are injected into a woman's fallopian tubes of the female for fertilization. This technique is one of the methods doctors use to overcome…
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- Silk Road disease Behcet's disease. Called Silk Road disease because it is most common and more severe in people originating…
- Carotenemia Temporary yellowing of the skin due to excessive beta carotene in the diet. The offending substance, beta…
- Fifth disease See Lymphatic filariasis.
- Intermittent insomnia See Insomnia, intermittent
- Sarcoma, metastatic A sarcoma that is spreading into other body tissues through the lymphatic system. The most common site for…
- Sex chromosome The X chromosome or the Y chromosome, in humans. The sex chromosomes determine the sex of an individual. As a…
- Urinary Having to do with the kidneys, ureters, and bladder. The urinary system represents the functional and…
- Queensland tick typhus One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere. Queensland tick typhus is similar to…
- Test, prostate specific antigen See: PSA
- Endoderm One of the three primary germ cell layers -- the other two are the mesoderm and ectoderm -- in the very early…
- Bony syndactyly A condition in which the bones of fingers or toes are joined together. Bony syndactyly is the opposite of…