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Gas, intestinal
The complaint referred to as 'intestinal gas' is a common one and the discomfort can be quite significant. Everyone has gas and eliminates it by burping or passing it through the rectum. In many instances people think they have too much…
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Show more- ASA (drug caution code) Abbreviation on a medication that indicates it contains acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). This special caution…
- Wagner's syndrome See: Stickler syndrome
- Stomach cancer Stomach cancer: Cancer of the stomach, the main organ that holds food for digestion. Worldwide, stomach…
- Oz. Abbreviation for ounce
- Polydactyly More than the normal number of fingers or toes. From the Greek 'polys' (many) + 'dactylos' (finger) = many…
- Burn, third degree A burn in which the damage has progressed to the point of skin death. The skin is white and without sensation
- Prusiner, Stanley B. American neurologist (1942-) and winner of the Nobel Prize for the discovery of 'prions - a new biological…
- Syndrome, Danlos Better known today as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), is an inherited disorder with easy bruising, joint…
- Aplastic anemia Anemia due to failure of the bone marrow to produce blood cells, including red and white blood cells as well…
- Connexin A subunit of connexon, a protein that forms a gap junction, a channel that permits ions and small molecules…
- Filial 1. In genetics, the first generation that results from the crossing of two parental lines, as the filial…
- Ile Isoleucine. See also: Amino acid symbols