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Anal incontinence
Inability to hold feces in the rectum. This is due to failure of voluntary control over the anal sphincters. This failure results in the untimely passage of feces and gas. There are many causes of anal incontinence, including congenital…
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- Enophthalmos Sunken eyeball.
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- Sign, Babinski A neurologic reflex that constitutes an important medical examination based upon what the big toe does when…
- Regenerate To reproduce or renew something lost. For example, after an injury, the liver has the capacity to regenerate
- Sune K. Bergstrom See: Bergstrüm, Sune K.
- Scintigraphy A diagnostic test in which a two-dimensional picture of a body radiation source is obtained through the use…
- Heart The muscle that pumps blood received from veins into arteries throughout the body. It is positioned in the…
- Basophilic leukocyte See: Basophil
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