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Bariatrics
The field of medicine that offers treatment for the person who is overweight with a comprehensive program including diet and nutrition, exercise, behavior modification, lifestyle changes and, when indicated, the prescription of appetite…
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Show more- Disease, His-Werner Named for the Swiss physician Wilhelm His, Jr. (who also described the bundle of His in the heart) and the…
- Disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes See Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
- Extubation The process of removing a tube from a hollow organ or passageway, often from the airway. The opposite of…
- Gustatory sweating Sweating on the forehead, face, scalp, and neck occurring soon after ingesting food. Some gustatory sweating…
- Synovectomy Surgical removal of the joint lining. A synovectomy may be done to remove the inflamed lining of a joint in…
- Beta error The statistical error (said to be 'of the second kind' or type II) made in testing when it is concluded that…
- Candida albicans Any gene thought likely to cause a disease. The gene may be a candidate because it is located in a particular…
- Cathexis In psychiatry, the concentration of psychic energy on an idea, object, or other object
- Macroglossia Enlarged tongue. Macroglossia is sometimes said to be associated with Down syndrome, but in that disorder the…
- Adult T-cell lymphoma See: Adult T-cell leukemia
- Lens, intraocular See: Intraocular lens
- Gastric emptying study Gastric emptying study: A gastric emptying study evaluates the emptying of food from the stomach. For a…