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Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: A surgical procedure which may be done for severe obesity. The procedure involves cutting the stomach in two to create a pouch out of the smaller proximal (near) portion of the stomach, attaching it to the small…
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- Seizure, grand mal See: Grand mal
- Foot, athlete A skin infection caused by a fungus called Trichophyton which can thrive and infect the upper layer of the…
- Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan See: Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur
- Sleepiness, excessive daytime (EDS) A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep. Also known as…
- Lymphoma Tumor of the lymphoid tissue. Diagnosis is by biopsy. Treatment may be chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, or…
- Chickenpox vaccination See Chickenpox immunization
- Papillomatosis, recurrent respiratory Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis involves the growth of numerous warty growths in the larynx on the vocal…
- Nematodes Roundworms.
- Gynecoid obesity A fat distribution generally characteristic of that of a woman, around the hips, etc. Gynecoid means like a…
- Generic drug >The chemical name of a drug. >A term referring to the chemical makeup of a drug rather than to the…
- Barbat skullcap See: Scutellaria barbata