Risedronate tablets and delayed-release (long-acting tablets) are used to prevent and treat osteoporosis (a condition in which the bones become thin and weak and break easily) in women who have undergone menopause (''change of life,'' end of menstrual periods).
Tonsure (/ËtÉnÊÉr/) is the practice of cutting or shaving some or all of the hair on the scalp, as a sign of religious devotion or humility. The term originates from the Latin word tÅnsÅ«ra (meaning clipping or shearing[1]) and referred to a specific practice in medieval Catholicism, abandoned by papal order in 1972. Tonsure can also refer to the secular practice of shaving all or part of the scalp to show support or sympathy, or to designate mourning.
ablation; cutting out; extirpation; excision. Hypernyms (ablation is a kind of...): operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of ablation): adenoidectomy (surgical removal of the adenoids; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy) oophorectomy; ovariectomy (surgical removal of one of both ovaries) oophorosalpingectomy (surgical removal of one or both ovaries and the corresponding Fallopian tubes)