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A prolonged erection of the penis, lasting more than 4 h, caused by a pathological condition or a drug. An erection of the penis without sexual stimulus, caused by a blood clot in the tissue of the penis, injury to the spinal cord or stone in the urinary bladder. Abnormal condition in which the penis…

A medical specialty concerned with ways in which diseases can be prevented. Care which has the aim of preventing disease or its consequences. It includes health care programs aimed at warding off illnesses (e.g., immunization), early detection of disease (e.g., Pap smears), and inhibiting further deterioration of the body (e.g., exercise or prophylactic surgery). Preventive…

Health care directed toward precluding the onset of a health problem.  

Actions taken by a person to prevent the onset of a disease or to delay its onset.  

A list of eight lifestyle factors that are associated with major effects on a person’s health.  

The conceptualization of changes that can be predicted to result as a consequence of preventive efforts in the form of programs and procedures that preclude the occurrence of particular health problems.  

Methods taken by each person and by social institutions to prevent the onset of disease. These methods include healthful lifestyles, environments, the use of immunizations, periodic medical examinations, and dental examinations.  

A functional characteristic of all languages representing what is not true or real.  

The number of existing cases of a disease at a given place and time per the size of the population. Usually measured in the number of cases per 1,000 in a population. A measure of morbidity based on current sickness in a population, estimated either at a particular time (point prevalence) or over a stated…

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