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Gonad, indifferent
In embryonic life, the gonad in males and females is initially identical. This gonad is said to be 'indifferent' before it differentiates into a definitive testis or ovary. An indifferent gonad becomes a testis if the embryo has a Y…
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- Aerophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of flying. Sufferers experience severe anxiety even though they usually…
- Hematology-oncology The diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood diseases (hematology) and cancer (oncology) and research…
- Adenitis Inflammation of a gland. From the aden-, gland + -itis, inflammation
- Nonlymphocytic leukemia, acute Leukemia, acute: Abbreviated ANLL. More commonly called acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A quickly progressive…
- Xuezhikang One of the three major preparations of red yeast rice, a tradition Chinese medicine now used to lower…
- Caliciviridae See: Calicivirus; Norovirus
- Giardiasis Infection with Giardia lamblia
- Jenny Craig Jenny Craig is a diet program that originated in Australia in 1983 in Australia and started U.S. operations…
- Julius Axelrod See: Axelrod, Julius
- Arthritis, reactive Arthritis, reactive: Reiter's syndrome is also called 'reactive arthritis' since it is thought to involve the…
- Resectable Able to be removed (resected) by surgery