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Recurrent abortion
The occurrence of 3 or more miscarriages (which are medically termed 'spontaneous abortions') with no intervening pregnancies. Recurrent abortion (or, as it is sometimes called, habitual abortion) is a form of infertility. It may be due to…
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- Locomotion Movement from one place to another. And the ability to locomote, to get from one place to the next. The…
- Cell cloning The process of producing a group of cells (clones), all genetically identical, from a single ancestral cell.
- Zinc sulfate A form of zinc that can be administered in eye drops. It is used in some types of eye tests
- Hypercholesterolemia High blood cholesterol. This can be sporadic (with no family history) or familial. Familial…
- Phenylketonuria Phenylketonuria: The inherited inability to metabolize (process) the essential amino acid phenylalanine due…
- Introitus In anatomy, an introitus is an entrance, one that goes into a canal or hollow organ. The introitus of the…
- Addiction, computer See: Computer addiction
- Dysplasia, thanatophoric A form of short-limbed (micromelic) dwarfism that usually causes death within the first few hours after…
- Vascular bed The vascular system, or a part thereof: for example, the pulmonary vascular bed describes the blood vessels…
- Multiple abortions Two or more miscarriages (spontaneous abortions) by a woman. Couples who have had multiple abortions have…
- Herbalism The practice of making or prescribing herbal remedies for medical conditions. Practitioners of herbalism may…