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Hepatology
The field of liver disease. The liver is the body's largest organ and hepatology is a large field. It includes, but is not limited to, the study of acute and chronic hepatitis, viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, genetic and metabolic liver…
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Show more- Trichoepithelioma A small benign tumor derived from basal cells in the hair follicle. Trichoepithelioma may occur sporadically…
- Nurse, licensed practical A nurse who has completed a one- or two-year training program in health care and earned a state license. LPNs…
- Pulmonary barotrauma Damage to the lung from rapid or excessive pressure changes, as may occur when a patient is on a ventilator…
- Histiocytosis, Langerhans cell Histiocytosis in which the active histiocytes normally occur in the skin. See histiocytosis.
- Essential fatty acid An unsaturated fatty acid that is essential to human health, but cannot be manufactured in the body. There…
- Holter monitor A type of portable heart monitor. The Holter monitor is a small portable electrocardiogram (ECG). The device…
- Glaucoma, acute angle-closure Glaucoma, acute angle-closure: Increased pressure in the front chamber (anterior chamber) of the eye due to…
- Invest In medicine, this has nothing to do with the stock market. It means to envelop, cover, or embed.
- Capillary morphogenesis gene 2 See CMG2
- TIA See Transient ischemic attack
- Macular (skin) Adjective referring to macules which are circumscribed changes in the color of skin that are neither raised…
- Extrafallopian A term meaning 'outside the fallopian tube.' There are two fallopian tubes in female mammals, including human…