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Show more- Informatics The application of computers and statistics to the management of information. For example, in the Human…
- Menstruation Menstruation: The periodic blood that flows as a discharge from the uterus. Also called menorrhea, the time…
- Homeopathic medicine See: Homeopathy
- Intracranial hematoma A hematoma (a collection of blood) within the cranium (skull). The bleed may or may not be within the brain…
- Desmoplastic This term refers to the growth of fibrous or connective tissue. Some tumors elicit a desmoplastic reaction…
- Syndrome, Menkes See: Menkes syndrome
- Gtt. Abbreviation meaning drops (from the Latin 'guttae', drops). One of a number of hallowed abbreviations of…
- Paralysis, vocal cord Paralysis, vocal cord: Inability of one or both vocal folds (vocal cords) to move. The paralysis is usually…
- Low tension glaucoma See: Glaucoma, normal tension
- Penis, inflammation of the foreskin and glans In the uncircumcised male, balanitis (inflammation of the glans, the rounded head of the penis) and posthitis…
- Hysterectomy, laparoscopically assisted vaginal Rocedure using laparoscopic techniques to remove the uterus (womb) and/or tubes and ovaries through the…
- Elastic fiber A slender fiber in connective tissue that is rich in the protein elastin and has an elastic quality