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Crohn ileitis
Inflammation of the ileum (the farthest segment of the small intestine) due to Crohn disease. Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder, primarily involving the small and large intestine, but which can affect other parts of the…
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Show more- NHGRI Stands for National Human Genome Research Institute, one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the…
- Bipolar disease Manic-depressive disease. See: Bipolar disorder
- Differential white cell count The proportions of the different types of white cells in the blood, usually split into the different types of…
- Solitude, fear of An abnormal and persistent fear of solitude, of being alone. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety…
- Pressure neuropathy Neuropathy: 'Pinching' a nerve by putting too much pressure on it. For example, the sciatic nerve may be…
- Zygomatic bone The part of the temporal bone of the skull that forms the prominence of the cheek. The zygomatic bone is also…
- Oligospermia Fewer sperm than normal. Azoospermia, by contrast, means absolutely no sperm at all.
- QHC Qualified health claim
- Colitis, Crohn's Crohn's disease affecting only the large intestine (colon). Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory…
- Medication, generic Drugs that act as blood vessel dilator (vasodilators) and open vessels by relaxing their muscular walls). For…
- Y. pestis Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the Black Death) and…
- Menstrual synchronization A phenomenon that occurs when two or more menstruating women live together, in which the menstrual cycles of…