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Genital herpes
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Genital herpes Herpes simplex of the genitals.
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Herpes
A recurring viral skin infection characterized by clusters of small blisters. Typically, sores are located near the mouth (fever blisters or cold sores) or in the genital region (genital herpes).
Genitals
External sex organs: the penis and testicles in a male and the labia in a female.
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Geniculostriate pathway
Pathway from the retina via the LGN to the striate cortex.
Genital
Having to do with the sex organs.
Genital penetration phobia
A hypophilic condition or syndrome, variable in etiology, or irrational panic and disabling fear that prevents having the vagina entered by something, particularly the penis, or the penis enveloped in something, particularly the vagina.
Genital warts
Sexually transmitted form of anogenital warty growth caused by the human papillomaviruses.
Genitalia
The sex organs, internal and external. The word is often used to refer to the external organs only.
Genitals
External sex organs: the penis and testicles in a male and the labia in a female.
Genitoerotic
Erotic feeling and activity specifically involving the genitals in imagery and/or practice.
Genitourinary (GU)
Pertaining to the genital and urinary systems.
Genitourinary system
The genitals and urinary organs.
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Gonioscopy
The examination of the internal angle between the iris and cornea. This is accomplished by placing a contact lens over the cornea. It is vital in all cases of suspected glaucoma.
Gyrate atrophy
Diffuse total choroid vascular atrophy of the eye. Leads to night blindness, tunnel vision, cataracts and reduced visual acuity. Patients are usually myopic. Treatment involves pyridoxine; arginine free diet to reduce ornithinemia. Poor prognosis and usually leads to legal blindness by the age of 40 years.
Glutethimide
A hypnotic substance.
Glaxo Smith Kline
A multinational pharmaceutical corporation.
Gallstones
Presence or formation of gallstones.
Genital herpes
Genital warts
Sexually transmitted form of anogenital warty growth caused by the human papillomaviruses.
Gonorrhea
Acute infectious disease characterized by primary invasion of the urogenital tract.
Germ line
Refers to genes in germ cells as opposed to somatic cells, that is, genes in their unrearranged state rather than those rearranged for production of a protein.
Graft versus host reaction (GVH)
The pathologic consequences of a response initiated by transplanted immunocompetent T lymphocytes into an allogeneic, immunologically incompetent host. The host is unable to reject the grafted T cells and becomes their target.
Gay
Vernacular term for a male with a homoerotic status and life-style; the name that, in the twentieth century, homosexual people popularized as a term of self-reference that carries no moral or legal stigma.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Herpes
A recurring viral skin infection characterized by clusters of small blisters. Typically, sores are located near the mouth (fever blisters or cold sores) or in the genital region (genital herpes).
Genitals
External sex organs: the penis and testicles in a male and the labia in a female.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Geniculostriate pathway
Pathway from the retina via the LGN to the striate cortex.
Genital
Having to do with the sex organs.
Genital penetration phobia
A hypophilic condition or syndrome, variable in etiology, or irrational panic and disabling fear that prevents having the vagina entered by something, particularly the penis, or the penis enveloped in something, particularly the vagina.
Genital warts
Sexually transmitted form of anogenital warty growth caused by the human papillomaviruses.
Genitalia
The sex organs, internal and external. The word is often used to refer to the external organs only.
Genitals
External sex organs: the penis and testicles in a male and the labia in a female.
Genitoerotic
Erotic feeling and activity specifically involving the genitals in imagery and/or practice.
Genitourinary (GU)
Pertaining to the genital and urinary systems.
Genitourinary system
The genitals and urinary organs.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Gonioscopy
The examination of the internal angle between the iris and cornea. This is accomplished by placing a contact lens over the cornea. It is vital in all cases of suspected glaucoma.
Gyrate atrophy
Diffuse total choroid vascular atrophy of the eye. Leads to night blindness, tunnel vision, cataracts and reduced visual acuity. Patients are usually myopic. Treatment involves pyridoxine; arginine free diet to reduce ornithinemia. Poor prognosis and usually leads to legal blindness by the age of 40 years.
Glutethimide
A hypnotic substance.
Glaxo Smith Kline
A multinational pharmaceutical corporation.
Gallstones
Presence or formation of gallstones.
Genital herpes
Genital warts
Sexually transmitted form of anogenital warty growth caused by the human papillomaviruses.
Gonorrhea
Acute infectious disease characterized by primary invasion of the urogenital tract.
Germ line
Refers to genes in germ cells as opposed to somatic cells, that is, genes in their unrearranged state rather than those rearranged for production of a protein.
Graft versus host reaction (GVH)
The pathologic consequences of a response initiated by transplanted immunocompetent T lymphocytes into an allogeneic, immunologically incompetent host. The host is unable to reject the grafted T cells and becomes their target.
Gay
Vernacular term for a male with a homoerotic status and life-style; the name that, in the twentieth century, homosexual people popularized as a term of self-reference that carries no moral or legal stigma.
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