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Blood sugar, low
The sugar here is glucose. Low blood glucose constitutes hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia is only significant when it is associated with symptoms. It has many causes including drugs, liver disease, surgical absence of the stomach, pre-diabetes…
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Show more- Vein, splenic A vein that is formed by the union of several small veins draining blood from the stomach, pancreas and…
- Diplopia, monocular Double vision (diplopia) in only one eye. The double vision persists when the other eye is covered. Monocular…
- Supernumerary nipple An extra nipple. Supernumerary nipples are usually smaller than normal and vestigial (nonfunctional, without…
- Syphilitic 1. Relating to syphilis, caused by it, or suffering from it.2. A person with syphilis. From the French…
- Vision, low Visual loss that cannot be corrected with eyeglasses or contact lenses and that interferes with daily living…
- Children of the night Term applied sometimes to children with xeroderma pigmentosum, a genetic disease with such extraordinary…
- Jumper's knee See: Patellar tendonitis
- Lithium carbonate See: Lithium
- Laryngeal nerve, recurrent One of the best known branches of the vagus nerve, a very long nerve that originates in the brainstem. After…
- Alb- Prefix from the Latin 'albus' meaning 'white.' As in albino and albinism. The term 'albino' was first applied…
- Pharyngitis Inflammation of the pharynx (the hollow tube in the back of the throat about 5 inches long that starts behind…
- Ultraviolet C One of the three types of invisible light rays (together with ultraviolet A and ultraviolet B) given off by…