Category: E

A form of oral contraception that reduces the number of menstrusil cycles in which contraceptive hormones are taken for more than 28 consecutive days (e.g., 84 days) and a placebo is taken for seven days. During the seven days of placebo, menstrual bleeding occurs.  

The diameter measured (with calipers) from the spine of the last lumbar vertebra to the front of the pubes; it is normally about 8 in (20.3 cm).  

A device for storing electricity by using two conducting surfaces and a nonconductor.  

Patient compliance during positive-pressure breathing using a tidal volume corrected for compressed volume divided by static pressure.  

A clot formed outside a blood vessel.  

The rate of the removal of creatinine from the serum by the kidney.  

Choroiditis in which the choroid is covered with patches of inflammation.  

A rare form of chorea marked by sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle group. This causes violent movements as if the patient had been stimulated by an electric current.  

Dancing mania; uncontrolled dancing. It was manifested in the 14th century in Europe.  

Inflammation of the gallbladder resulting from infection with a gas-producing microorganism, such as Clostridium perfringens.