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Pouch, Pavlov
At different points along the dogs' digestive tracts, the Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1848-1936) surgically created pockets ('Pavlov pouches') from which he could obtain secretions, the aim being to study the physiology of…
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Show more- Blighted ovum A fertilized ovum (egg) that did not develop or whose development ceased at an early stage, before 6 or 7…
- Hypochondriac A person who has hypochondriasis, a disorder characterized by a preoccupation with body functions and the…
- Migraine, abdominal An attack of abdominal pain that may be preceded by a migraine aura and accompanied nausea, vomiting, and…
- Butyric acid An acid that has four carbons in it. The formula for butyric acid is: CH3-CH2-CH2-COOH
- Entomophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of insects. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize that most…
- Valdecoxib Valdecoxib: Generic name of a cox-2 inhibitor. See: Bextra.
- Asplenic Pertaining to asplenia, the state of being without a spleen or without a functional spleen. The spleen can be…
- Framingham Study A landmark study begun in 1948 in which some 12,000 residents of the town of Framingham, Massachusetts were…
- RP Retinitis pigmentosa
- Paraquat lung Lung disease caused by the contact herbicide paraquat which selectively accumulates in the lungs and is…
- Mental child injury Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after…
- VCJD Stands for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as…