Category: U

The small cylinder-like mass that hangs down from the center of the soft palate. A piece of soft tissue which hangs down from the back of the soft palate. Small, fleshy mass hanging from the soft palate in the mouth. The fleshy hanging part of the soft palate that activates the gag reflex when stimulated.…

The philosophy that the good is determined by what is beneficial to the greatest number of people.  

The fallopian tube that extends from each ovary to the uterus.  

A rushing sound in the uterus due to maternal blood filling the placenta, blood vessels, and spaces. A gentle, murmuring noise that synchronizes with the mother’s heartbeat, detected on the sides of the womb, caused by the blood circulation in the expanded uterine arteries.  

Penetration by a foreign object through the uterine wall.  

Malignancy of the uterus.  

Governmental recommendations for daily intake of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and seven important vitamins and minerals. They must appear on food labels indicating the percentage of the USRDA per serving.  

Pertaining to the failure rate of contraceptives when adherence to prescribed instruction is unknown, theoretical effectiveness. When a treatment fails to achieve its intended results, the failure may be due to the method employed or its use. For example, a contraceptive failure may occur because the method was inadequate or because it really was not…

An oily resin responsible for the skin reaction caused by poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac.  

A medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the kidneys, urinary bladder, and related structures, and the male reproductive organs, gynecology. The scientific study of the urinary system and its diseases. That branch of medicine concerned with the anatomy, physiology, disorders, and treatment of the urinary tract in both…