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Achlorhydria
A lack of hydrochloric acid in the digestive juices in the stomach (in technical terms, so that the pH of the stomach contents fails to fall below 4.0 under maximal stimulation). Hydrochloric acid helps digest food. Achlorhydria can be due…
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Show more- Blepharitis Inflammation of the eyelids. Blepharitis occurs in two forms, anterior and posterior: > >Anterior blepharitis…
- Syndrome, cartilage hair hypoplasia See: Cartilage hair hypoplasia syndrome
- Postoperative After surgery. As opposed to preoperative, before surgery
- Susceptibility genes, breast cancer Inherited factors that predispose to breast cancer. Put otherwise, these genes make one more susceptible to…
- Typhus, European See: Typhus, epidemic
- Fear of work An abnormal and persistent fear of work. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety about the workplace…
- Power outage work safety >the hazards of working in heat >simple but effective ways of organizing work assignments and the workplace…
- Altitude sickness >If possible, don't fly or drive to high altitude. Start below 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) and walk up. >If…
- Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy See: Muscular dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
- Nucleosome Structure responsible in part for the compactness of a chromosome. Each nucleosome consists of a sequence of…
- Regurgitation, mitral See: Mitral regurgitation
- Pea, jequirity See: Abrin