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Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis: A chronic disorder of the liver in which the ducts carrying bile from the liver to the intestine, and often the ducts carrying bile within the liver, become inflamed, thickened, scarred (sclerotic), and…
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Show more- Dermopathy Any disease of the skin. Synonymous with dermatopathy.
- Heroin addiction Physical addiction to heroin, often with concurrent use of other opiates when heroin itself is not available…
- Good Samaritan Someone who voluntarily helps someone else who is in distress. The term 'Good Samaritan' comes from the…
- Rib, floating One of the last two ribs. A rib is said to be 'floating' if it does not attach to the sternum (the breast…
- Aneurysm, berry A berry aneurysm is a small outpouching (aneurysm) that looks like a berry and classically occurs at the…
- Anonymize Or anonymise. To remove the name. To make nameless. 'Data for more than 60 variables were extracted from…
- Keratoconjunctivitis Inflammation of the eye involving both the cornea and the conjunctiva. Keratoconjunctivitis can be due to…
- Hypotension Any blood pressure that is below the normal expected for an individual in a given environment. Hypotension is…
- Subtelomeric Below the telomere, the end of a chromosome. For example, it has been reported that subtle subtelomeric…
- Pitting edema Observable swelling of body tissues due to fluid accumulation that may be demonstrated by applying pressure…
- Reproductive organs, female The internal genital structures of the female include the ovaries, the Fallopian tubes, the uterus (womb) and…
- Desert fever A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of…