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Lactose intolerance
Lactose intolerance: Inability to digest lactose, a component of milk and most other dairy products. Lactose is sometimes also used as an ingredient in other foods, so those with a lactase deficiency should check labels carefully. The…
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- Spasm A brief, automatic jerking movement. A muscle spasm can be quite painful, with the muscle clenching tightly…
- Chronic pancreatitis Pancreatitis: A form of pancreatitis in which there is persistent inflammation of the pancreas. NTER> Chronic…
- Draft DNA sequence Sequence of a DNA with less accuracy than a finished sequence. In a draft sequence, some segments are missing…
- Polydactyly More than the normal number of fingers or toes. From the Greek 'polys' (many) + 'dactylos' (finger) = many…
- Corporeal Pertaining to the body of an organ or the entire body. The term also serves as a suffix, as in intracorporeal…
- Hepatology The field of liver disease. The liver is the body's largest organ and hepatology is a large field. It…
- Cancer, cervix See: Cervical cancer
- NGF Nerve growth factor
- Pneuma The life-giving principle. According to the school of medicine in ancient Alexandria, life was associated…
- Occupational medicine The field of medicine encompassing occupational disease, diseases due to factors in people's occupations. For…