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Secondary amenorrhea related to endometrial scarring. Causes include endometritis and aggressive curettage for purposes of removing the products of conception, such as in abortion or removal of retained placental fragments.  

Sterilization by ablation of the ovaries or testes.  

In one system of taxonomy, a phylum of the true fungi. It is synonymous with the class Ascomycetes in another system of taxonomy.  

In one system of taxonomy, a class of the true fungi that includes the genera Histoplasma, Micosporum, Penicillium, and the yeast Saccharomyces . This class is equivalent to the phylum Ascomycotina in another system of taxonomy.  

Chyle in the ascitic fluid, usually resulting from rupture of the thoracic duct.  

A form of spiral bandage with each turn overlapping the previous one for a third of its width.  

Microscopic foci of fibrinoid degeneration and granulomatous inflammation found in the interstitial tissues of the heart in rheumatic fever.  

Slowing of the heart rate after pressure is applied to the eye or the carotid sinus. It was formerly used to slow the heart in patients with supraventricular tachycardia or angina pectoris.  

To move from the lower part of the body toward the head; to move in a cephalic direction. Guillain-Barre syndrome is an example of an ascending paralysis, one that begins in the feet and progresses upward to the muscles of the legs, abdomen, and chest.