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Show more- Aphagia Inability to eat. From the Greek prefix 'a-' meaning 'not' + 'phago' meaning 'to eat' + not to eat.
- Medigap Health insurance in the US that is intended to supplement Medicare benefits and presumably to fill the gaps…
- Dupuytren contracture 1777-1835) The leading French surgeon of the early part of the 19th century. Dupuytren reported the condition…
- Smallpox vaccine A vaccine containing a live virus called vaccinia used to prevent smallpox. The vaccine does not contain the…
- Laryngeal papillomatosis, juvenile Narrowing or constricting of the larynx, the voice box.
- Anergy A state of immune unresponsiveness. Induced when the T cell's antigen receptor is stimulated, effectively…
- Perionychia An inflammation of the folds of tissue surrounding the nail due to infection. The infection may be bacterial…
- Calorie A unit of food energy. In nutrition terms, the word calorie is used instead of the more precise scientific…
- Douglas, pouch of >Culdoscopy, the introduction of a viewing tube (endoscope) through the vagina into the cul-de-sac…
- NGF Nerve growth factor
- Gonad, male The male gonad, the testicle (or testis), located behind the penis in a pouch of skin (the scrotum). The…
- Accessory digestive organ An organ that helps with digestion but is not part of the digestive tract. The accessory digestive organs are…