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Pancreas
A fish-shaped spongy grayish-pink organ about 6 inches (15 cm) long that stretches across the back of the abdomen, behind the stomach. The head of the pancreas is on the right side of the abdomen and is connected to the duodenum (the first…
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- Period, incubation In medicine, the time from the moment of exposure to an infectious agent until signs and symptoms of the…
- Eyelash One of the familiar stiff hairs that project from the margin of the eyelid. Eyelashes tend to be noticed…
- Low back pain Low back pain: Pain in the lower back area that can relate to problems with the lumbar spine, the discs…
- Cryo-EM Cryo-electron microscopy
- Bartter syndrome A group of disorders that are inherited in an autosomal recessive manner and are characterized by impaired…
- Pain, shoulder See: Shoulder pain
- Fungistatic Capable of inhibiting the growth of fungi
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