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Cancer, colon
A malignancy that arises from the inner lining of the colon. Most, if not all, of these cancers develop from colonic polyps. Removal of these precancerous polyps can prevent colon cancer. Colon polyps and early colon cancers cause no signs…
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- Subclinical disease An illness that stays below the surface of clinical detection. A subclinical disease has no recognizable…
- Amphetamine A drug with a stimulant effect on the central nervous system that can be both physically and psychologically…
- Symphysis pubis The area in the front of the pelvis where the pubic bones (the two bones of the pubis) meet
- Lymphatic Calf: The belly or fleshy hind part of the leg below the knee. The calf is made up mainly of the…
- Biliary sand Biliary sand is a term mostly used by surgeons when they remove the gallbladder to describe uncountable…
- Erythema nodosum Erythema nodosum: An inflammatory reaction deep in the skin characterized by the presence of tender red lumps…
- NIDCR (National Institute of Dental Research) Al Research: One of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S., the NIDCR is for dental and other…
- Socialized medicine A system of health care in which all health personnel and health facilities, including doctors and hospitals…
- Thoraxes Plural of thorax
- Antiviral An agent that kills a virus or that suppresses its ability to replicate and, hence, inhibits its capability…
- Neonatal jaundice Jaundice: Yellowish staining of the skin and whites of the newborn's eyes (sclerae) by pigment of bile…