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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Abbreviated ERCP. A procedure done to diagnose and treat problems in the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, and pancreas, including gallstones, inflammatory strictures (scars), leaks (from trauma and surgery), and cancer. ERCP combines the…
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- Void To urinate. Just as we can void a check and empty it of value, so can we void our bladder and empty it of…
- Pill splitter A device for tablet splitting
- MRDM Malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus. See: Tropical diabetes
- Heart-hand syndrome See: Holt-Oram syndrome
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome Loeys-Dietz syndrome: Loeys-Dietz syndrome is an inherited syndrome characterized by aortic aneurysms…
- Noonan syndrome (NS) Noonan syndrome (NS): A multifaceted genetic disorder characterized by a series of birth defects (congenital…
- Cranial nerve, second The second cranial nerve is the optic nerve, the nerve that connects the eye to the brain and carries the…
- West Nile encephalitis West Nile encephalitis: A febrile disease caused by the West Nile virus that is transmitted from birds to the…
- Serine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A dietary nonessential amino acid, serine is present…
- Lacuna A small pit, cavity, defect or gap