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Ileocolitis, Crohn
Crohn disease involving both the ileum (the furthest part of the small intestine just before the colon) and the large intestine (the colon). Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder, primarily involving the small and large…
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- Aphrasia The inability to speak or understand phrases
- Quincke's disease This is angioneurotic edema (or angioedema), a form of localized swelling of the deeper layers of the skin…
- Bodywork Any of a number of therapeutic or simply relaxing practices that involve the manipulation, massage, or…
- Consumption An old and once common term for wasting away of the body, particularly from pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)…
- Nomenclature A system of names used in a particular discipline, as in medicine and surgery, anatomy and biochemistry, etc…
- Mononucleosis Infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV, human herpesvirus 4, HHV-4) in which there is an increase of…
- Ear, foreign object in There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The inner…
- Rheumatologist A specialist in the non-surgical treatment of rheumatic illnesses, especially arthritis. Rheumatologists have…
- Dyscalculia A specific developmental disability affecting a person's ability to conceptualize and perform mathematics…
- Squamous-cell carcinoma See: Squamous cell carcinoma
- Gestational diabetes Gestational diabetes: See: Diabetes, gestational.