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Very fine hair that covers all of the body. Short, fine, unpigmented downy hair that appears on the body, with the exception of the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet.  

The practice of consuming a diet consisting exclusively of plant foods or plant products. A diet that emphasizes plant foods and restricts some or all animal foods. There are three types of vegetarians: lacto-ovo-vegetarians, lactovegetarians, and vegans. Lacto-ovo- vegetarians consume milk, cheese, yogurt, and eggs along with plant foods. Lacto-vegetarians consume milk, cheese, and yogurt…

The nature of, or derived from plants. The edible part or parts of plants that are used as food, including the leaves, stems, seeds and seed pods, flowers, roots, tubers, and fruits.  

A class of infectious diseases that are transmitted by an intermediate host, usually an insect.  

Male sterilization wherein the vas deferens is blocked, preventing passage of sperm.  

Pertaining to the walls of the blood vessels. Referring to the control of the diameter of blood vessels. To the nerves and muscles that control the diameter of blood vessels. Controlling the muscular walls of blood vessels, especially arteries, and therefore their diameter. To the nerves that innervate the smooth muscle in the walls of…

Swelling, especially of erectile tissues.  

Having the appearance of a vessel. Resembling a tubular structure or vas. Possessing features typical of a duct or blood vessel.  

Sterilization of the male by a surgical procedure that removes a small section of the sperm duct sealing the ends by clipping, tying, or cauterizing with an electrode. A surgical operation to cut a vas deferens, in order to prevent sperm travelling from the epididymis up the duct. A surgical procedure that is a form…