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Endometriosis

A disease where tissue similar to the lining inside the uterus grows outside of it, often causing severe pain, inflammation, and sometimes making it difficult to get pregnant.

Adhesions

Bands of scar tissue that form between organs or tissues, often as a result of inflammation or injury, and can cause pain or organ dysfunction.

Fibrosis

The thickening and scarring of connective tissue, often as a result of injury or inflammation.

Clearinghouse

A central online resource or facility for the collection, sorting, and distribution of information or data, in this case, about endometriosis research and treatments.

Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS)

A national data system used by the federal government to collect and analyze information from state Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP).

Authorization of appropriations

A legislative act that permits money to be spent on a specific program or purpose, but does not actually provide the money itself; the money must be separately allocated through an appropriations act.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine