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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Fatty inflammation of the liver in people who do not abuse alcohol. NASH (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis) tends to occur especially in overweight women with diabetes. It is typically a chronic condition that causes no symptoms or very mild…
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- Whipple procedure A type of surgery used to treat pancreatic cancer. The head of the pancreas, the duodenum, a portion of the…
- Spinal cord The major column of nerve tissue that is connected to the brain and lies within the vertebral canal and from…
- IgA Immunoglobulin A, a major class of immunoglobulins found in serum and external body secretions such as…
- Prostatodynia A type of inflammation of the prostate not due to bacterial infection and in which there are no objective…
- Laryngeal palsy Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve (a long and important nerve that…
- Gastroesophageal junction The junction between the stomach and the esophagus; the place where the esophagus connects to the stomach
- Centimorgan (cM) A unit of measure of genetic recombination frequency. One cM is equal to a 1% chance that a marker at one…
- Venous catheterization See: Catherization, venous
- Atresia Absence of a normal opening or failure of a structure to be tubular. Atresia can affect many structures in…
- Miscarriage, multiple More than one miscarriage for a woman. In multiple miscarriages, there is about a 5 percent chance that one…
- Witkop syndrome A genetic disorder characterized by the absence of several teeth at birth and abnormalities of the nails. The…