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Vaginal spermicide
A vaginal spermicide is a substance that will kill sperm in the vagina. Vaginal spermicides are available in foam, cream, jelly, film, suppository, or tablet forms. All types contain a sperm-killing chemical. Studies have not produced…
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Show more- Tenosynovitis, De Quervain's 1) The pressure within a vessel, such as blood pressure: the pressure within the blood vessels. For example…
- Pressure, intraocular The pressure created by the continual renewal of fluids within the eye. The intraocular pressure is increased…
- Postmenopause The period of time after the menopause. The postmenopause is formally defined as the time after which a woman…
- Nude mouse A mutant mouse said to be nude because it is hairless due to the presence two copies of the gene 'nu' (for…
- Acrocentric chromosome A chromosome (one of the microscopically visible carriers of the genetic material DNA) with its centromere…
- Weasand 1. The windpipe (trachea). 2. More loosely, the throat. 'Cut his weasand with thy knife.' The Tempest…
- Oscillopsia Oscillating vision. Swinging vision. In oscillopsia, objects seem to swing, move back and forth, jerk, or…
- Down syndrome features Children with Down syndrome have multiple malformations and mental impairment due to the presence of extra…
- Metabolomics The global analysis of metabolites, small molecules generated in the process of metabolism. See also…
- Alstrom syndrome A progressive genetic disorder characterized by obesity, deafness, and visual problems in childhood and…
- A- Prefix very much employed in medicine and all of the health sciences, indicating 'not, without, -less' as…
- Allergy to cockroaches Allergy to cockroaches: A condition that manifests as an allergic reaction when one is exposed to tiny…