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Iris melanoma
See: Intraocular melanoma
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- Insemination The deposition of semen in the female reproductive tract. Under normal circumstances, the deposit is made…
- Placenta percreta A placenta that invades the uterine wall. In placenta percreta, the vascular processes of the chorion (the…
- Spider fear See: Arachnophobia
- Stereotactic radiotherapy Radiation therapy in which a number of precisely aimed beams of ionizing radiation coming from different…
- FAP Familial adenomatous polyposis, a prominent hereditary colon cancer syndrome
- Nyctophobia Pathological fear of the dark, an abnormal and persistent dread of the dark. Sufferers experience anxiety…
- Mainstream medicine Medicine as practiced by holders of M.D. or D.O. degrees and by their allied health professionals, such as…
- Runt-related transcription factor 1 See: Runx-1
- Proximal myotonic myopathy See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Natural pacemaker The natural pacemaker of the heart is the sinus node, one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction…
- Mediastinotomy A procedure in which the doctor inserts a tube into the chest to view the organs in the mediastinum. The tube…