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Hepatobiliary
Having to do with the liver plus the gallbladder, bile ducts, or bile. For example, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) can be applied to the hepatobiliary system. Hepatobiliary makes sense since 'hepato-' refers to the liver and '-biliary'…
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- Membranous vitreous type Stickler syndrome Yndrome, type I. See: Stickler syndrome
- Sleep, paroxysmal Sleep, paroxysmal: A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep…
- Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research Abbreviated CBER. Part of the FDA (the US Food & Drug Administration)
- Involution 1. Literally, a turning inward or rolling inward.2. A decrease in size, usually after an increase. The uterus…
- Polymerase, DNA Enzyme that catalyzes (speeds) the polymerization of DNA. DNA polymerase uses preexisting nucleic acid…
- Fear of public places This irrational fear is called agoraphobia. It applies to open areas, especially those from which escape…
- Herpes, febrile A small sore situated on the face or in the mouth that causes pain, burning, or itching before bursting and…
- Crohn's disease Crohn's disease: A chronic inflammatory disease, primarily involving the small and large intestine, but which…
- Vaccines Microbial preparations of killed or modified microorganisms that can stimulate an immune response in the body…
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- Glomerular Pertaining to the glomerulus, a tiny structure in the kidney that filters the blood to form urine