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Syndrome, Pickwickian
The combination of obesity, somnolence (sleepiness), hypoventilation (underbreathing), and plethoric (red) face. The syndrome is so named because of the 'fat and red-faced boy in a state of somnolency' that Charles Dickens described in his…
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- Cyst A cyst is an abnormal, closed sac-like structure within a tissue that contains a liquid, gaseous, or…
- Acetylcholine A key chemical in neurons (nerve cells) that acts as a neurotransmitter and carries information across the…
- Bross, Irwin DJ (1921-2004) American public-health advocate and biostatistician who initiated and designed methods for…
- Inflammatory response A fundamental type of response by the body to disease and injury, a response characterized by the classical…
- Endocervical curettage The removal of tissue from the inside of the cervix using a spoon-shaped instrument called a curette
- Achlorhydria A lack of hydrochloric acid in the digestive juices in the stomach (in technical terms, so that the pH of the…
- Dysphonia, spasmodic See: Spasmodic dysphonia
- Cholangiogram, IV See: Intravenous cholangiogram
- Disease, autoimmune See Autoimmune disease
- Cytoplasm All of the substance of a cell outside of the nucleus. The cytoplasm contains a number of different types…
- Trip Street name for alpha-ethyltryptamine and for LSD