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Regional enteritis
Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine primarily in the small and large intestines but which can occur anywhere in the digestive system between the mouth and the anus. Named after Burrill Crohn who described the…
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Show more- Blood group, ABO The major human blood group system. The ABO type of a person depends upon the presence or absence of two…
- Neonatal intensive care unit An intensive care unit designed for premature and ill newborn babies. Abbreviated NICU. Also called a newborn…
- Influenza, avian Influenza, avian: Also called fowl plague, avian flu, and bird flu. A highly contagious viral disease with up…
- Migrainous neuralgia A distinctive syndrome of headaches, today better known as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- Poisoning, cyanide See: Cyanide
- Dilation, pupil This examination enables your eye care professional to see more of your retina, the light-sensitive layer of…
- Admitting physician The doctor responsible for admitting a patient to a hospital or other inpatient health facility
- Fear of women An abnormal, irrational and persistent fear of women. Sufferers experience undue anxiety even though they…
- Coughing syncope The temporary loss of consciousness upon coughing. Syncope is the temporary loss of consciousness or, in…
- Pericardium The conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the roots of the great blood vessels. The…
- Pathogenicity island The genetic element, the 'island of evil', within the genome of an organism that is responsible for its…
- Venereal Having to do with sexual contact. The word venereal comes from Venus, the Roman goddess of love. A venereal…