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Gastric
Having to do with the stomach
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Show more- Morton's disease See: Morton's neuroma
- Acuity, visual The clarity or clearness of the vision, a measure of how well a person sees. The ability to distinguish…
- Hallucination, musical See: Musical hallucination
- Eponym Something named after someone. For example, a condition called Shiel's syndrome might be named after someone…
- Gyneco- Combining form pertaining to women, as in gynecoid. From the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman
- M. avium Mycobacterium avium
- Guasha See: Gua-sha
- Hemostasis The stoppage of bleeding or hemorrhage. Also, the stoppage of blood flow through a blood vessel or organ of…
- Media, contrast X-ray dyes used to provide contrast, for example, between blood vessels and other tissue. Commonly spoken of…
- TLR4 Toll-like receptor 4
- Sexual jealousy See: Othello syndrome
- Calcaneocuboid joint The calcaneocuboid joint is located in the foot between the calcaneus bone (the heel bone) and the cuboid…