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Cancer, testicles
Cancer of the male sex organ (testicle) that normally produces the hormone testosterone. One of the most common cancers in young men. Most testicular cancers are found by men themselves as a lump in the testicle. The risk of cancer of the…
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- Diffuse toxic goiter Graves disease, the most common cause of hyperthyroidism (overactivity of the thyroid gland), with…
- Vitamin O Not a true vitamin but rather a pricey health supplement that is composed largely of salt water (plus some…
- H (drug caution code) Abbreviation standing for habitforming on a medication that indicates caution because the medication may…
- Buccal mucosa The inner lining of the cheeks and lips.
- Tuberculous diskitis An infection of the spine due to tuberculosis, seen most often in children. The main symptom is back pain…
- Neuromuscular Pertaining to both nerves and muscles, as in neuromuscular blockade by an anesthetic agent, the neuromuscular…
- Falciparum malaria Malaria: The most dangerous type of malaria. Red blood cells infected with the parasite tend to sludge and…
- Nucleus amygdalae See: Amygdaloid nucleus
- Yellow enzyme, Warburg's A key respiratory enzyme discovered by the German biochemist Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883-1970), a pioneer in…
- Olivopontocerebellar Pertaining to three particular parts of the brain -- namely, the oliva, the pons, and the cortex of the…
- Cycle, cell The sequence of events within the cell between mitotic (cell) divisions. The cell cycle is conventionally…