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Uterine cancer
Uterine cancer: Cancer of the womb (the uterus). Also called endometrial cancer. Cancer of the uterus occurs most often in women between the ages of 55 and 70 years. It accounts for about 6% of cancer in women. Women at elevated risk for…
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Show more- Milk allergy, cow Casein and whey are the two major proteins of human milk and most milk-based formulas. Some (less than 8% of)…
- ABCD rating A staging system for prostate cancer. See the Jewett staging system
- Cardiac insufficiency See: Heart failure
- Juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Parathormone A hormone that is made by the parathyroid gland and that is critical to calcium and phosphorus balance…
- Milk, witch's See Witch's milk.
- Piloerection Erection of the hair of the skin. Piloerection of the hair, for example, on the arm makes it 'stand on end.'…
- Pneumonia, Hecht's Pneumonia, Hecht's: Also known as giant cell pneumonia, this is a deadly but fortunately rare complication of…
- Organ of hearing See: Cochlea
- Attention getting Attention getting is not a simple automatic act. It requires complex active thought processing. The types of…
- Apopain See: Caspase 3
- Humidifier Anything, usually a machine today, that adds moisture to the air