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The reguiar changes in the ovary during a woman’s reproductive life.  

Referring to the ovaries.  

Pain in the ovaries.    

An oval opening between the middle ear and the inner ear. Opening in the temporal bone between the middle ear and the vestibule of the inner ear which is covered by the end of the stapes. The opening from the middle ear cavity to the inner ear, over which the plate of the stapes fits;…

Services provided for patients or the public in general, outside a hospital or clinic.  

A department of a hospital which deals with outpatients.  

An occasion when a person feels as though they have left their body and, often, travelled along a tunnel towards a bright light. The perception of being away from and overlooking oneself; the feeling that the mind has separated from the body. According to author H. J. Irwin, “an experience in which the center of…

An opening or channel through which something can go out. A vent or opening through which something can escape. A power-line termination that allows electric power to be obtained by plugging in a line cord. It is commonly referred to as a receptacle.  

What happens as the result of something. A measure of the result of an intervention or treatment, e.g. the mortality rate following different methods of surgery. A term used very loosely, particularly in evaluating patient care and the health care system and its components. When used for populations or the health care system, it typically…

Referring to a drug or an effect which is damaging to organs or nerves involved in hearing or balance. Harmful to the organs of hearing or balance or to the auditory nerve, as some drugs. Having a detrimental effect on the eighth nerve or the organs of hearing. Detrimental to the nerves responsible for regulating…