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Contraception birth control, family, planning, contraceptives.
Electrolyte substance that dissociates into ions in solution, rendering the solution capable of conducting and element current.
Flaccid lacking firmness, resilience, or muscle tone. lacking vigor or energy. weal, lax, and soft.
Emollient softening or soothing. Agent that softens or soothes the skin, or soothes an irritated internal surface.
Emulsion mixture of 2 immiscible liquids,one being dispersed throughout the other in small droplets; a colloid system in which both the dispersed phase and the dispersion medium are liquids.
High density lipoprotein-HDL- fraction of total serum lipids, the so called "good" cholestrol.
Low density lipoprotein- fraction of total serum lipids, the so called "bad" cholestrol.
Letharg causing, or characterized by lethargy.
Malaise a vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness. a general sense of depression or unease.
Regurgitation process of replacing missing tissue with new tissue by means of cell division.
Proliferation to grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells or offspring. to increase or spread at rapid rate. To cause to grow or increase rapidly.
Priapism persistant, usually painful erection of the penis, especially as a consequence of disease and not related to sexual arousal.
Progestin natural or synthetic progestational substance that mimics some or all of the actions of progesterone. crude hormone of the corpus luteum from which progesterone can be isolated in pure form. no longer in scientific use.
Androgen male sex hormone
Estrogen sex hormone secreted by the ovary that cuases the development and maintenance of the female secondary sex characteristics and stimulates growth of the epithelial cells lining the uterus.
Glucocorticoid hormone that influences food metabolism; secreted by the adrenal cortex.
Hormone substance secreted by an endocrine gland.
Islets of langerhans- pancreatic islets isoimmunity immune response to antigens of anoter human, as in transplanted (grafted) tissues: some classes may be called rejection syndrome.
Opiate something that dulls senses and induces relaxation or torpor. any various sedative narcotics containing opium or one or more of its natural or synthetic derivatives. a drug or hormone, or other chemical substance having a sedative or narcotic effects sim
Salicylate a salt or ester of saylicylic acid.
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