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Show more- Tongue tie A minor congenital anomaly (birth defect) in which the flap of mucous membrane under the tongue (known as the…
- Anastomosis The connection of normally separate parts or spaces so they intercommunicate. An anastomosis may be naturally…
- Disease, Crohn A chronic inflammatory disease primarily involving the small and large intestine but which can affect other…
- Colonic adenoma family history See: Colon cancer family history
- Pediatric pyelonephritis Pediatric kidney infection. See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Guinea pig 1.Cavia porcellus, also known as Cavia cobaya, a plump rodent native to South America brought to Europe by…
- Exudative angina Angina: This has nothing whatsoever to do with the usual type of angina (angina pectoris) which is chest pain…
- Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein ALOX5AP. See: FLAP
- Octogenarian Someone in his or her eighties, that is, between 80 and 89 years of age. See also: Age by decade
- Injury, needlestick See: Needlestick injury
- Mountain sickness, acute (AMS) Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the illness that results from being in a high altitude environment. AMS is…
- Spiral fracture A fracture, sometimes called a torsion fracture, in which a bone has been twisted apart. NTER>