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Hysterectomy, total
Hysterectomy, total: Complete surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Also called a complete hysterectomy
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- Labia minora The smaller (minor) inside pair of labia (lips) of the vulva (the female external genitalia).
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- Bowel Another name for the intestine. The small bowel and the large bowel are the small intestine and large…
- Bartter syndrome A group of disorders that are inherited in an autosomal recessive manner and are characterized by impaired…
- Threonine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A dietary essential amino acid, threonine is…
- Page kidney Chronic longstanding compression of the kidney resulting in hypertension. The kidney is compressed, most…
- Pedodontics Children's dentistry.
- FMRP As stated in the entry for FMR1, FMRP is an acronym composed of the first letters of Familial Mental…
- Lipid Another word for 'fat.' (Please see the various meanings of Fat.) A lipid is more formally defined as a…
- SCYA2 Small inducible cytokine A2. See: MPC1
- Sinus node The sinus node is one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction system, the system that controls the…