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A small secondary spleen sometimes found in the body.  

Relating to or affecting the spleen.  

To be in a flat position. In pregnancy, a general term for whether the fetus is longitudinal (up-and-down) or transverse (horizontal) in the uterus. During pregnancy, the orientation of the fetus with respect to the mother’s body is significant. Typically, as pregnancy progresses, the fetus’s long axis (from head to tailbone) aligns parallel to the…

A person who has been given a licence to practise as a doctor. An individual who practices a profession by the authority granted by a license.  

An official document which allows someone to do something, e.g. one allowing a doctor to practise, a pharmacist to make and sell drugs or, in the USA, a nurse to practise.  

A tumour of the Leydig cells of the testis. It often releases testosterone, which makes young boys show early signs of maturing.  

An unusual deposit of protein in neurons in the brain. A neuronal cell with pigmented inclusion bodies. They are found in the brain in the substantia nigra and locus ceruleus, especially in Parkinson’s disease.  

An artificially produced female sex hormone, used mostly in birth control pills or capsules. An oral contraceptive; birth control pill. Together with ethinyl estradiol, levonorgestrel combines natural or synthetic estrogens and progestins that are similar to the natural sex hormones produced in a woman’s body. Ethinyl estradiol is an estrogen, while levonorgestrel is a progestin.…

Any of several malignant diseases where an unusual number of leucocytes form in the blood. Leukaemia is an umbrella term for several malignant disorders of white blood cells, in which they proliferate in a disorganized manner. The disease is also characterized by enlargement of the spleen, changes in the bone marrow, and enlargement of the…