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Biliousness
A term used in the 18th and 19th centuries pertaining to bad digestion, stomach pains, constipation, and excessive flatulence (passing gas). The quantity or quality of the bile was thought to be at fault for the condition. Hence, the name…
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Show more- Hydroxyapatite Hydroxyapatite: A major component and an essential ingredient of normal bone and teeth. Hydroxyapatite makes…
- Bather's eruption An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…
- Paediatrics Pediatrics in Great Britain.
- Spinal nerve One of the nerves that originates in the spinal cord. There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves. They consist of…
- Pulse, collapsing See: Pulse, water hammer
- Craniopagus Conjoined twins whose heads are fused together. From cranio-, relating to the cranium + the Greek pagos…
- Wart Wart: A local growth of the outer layer of the skin (the epidermis) caused by a virus. The virus of warts (a…
- Gluteus maximus The greatest gluteal muscle and the biggest muscle in the human body. The gluteus maximus forms the bulk of…
- Pneumonia, bilateral Pneumonia in both lungs. Bilateral pulmonary inflammation. Familiarly known as double pneumonia
- Stomach, Pavlov A pouch fashioned surgically from part of the stomach (but isolated from the rest of the stomach) that opens…
- Left atrium The upper right chamber of the heart. The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps it…
- Urticaria Another name for the hives. Raised, itchy areas of skin that are usually a sign of an allergic reaction…