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Vitamin B15
An old name for dimethylglycine (DMG, pangamic acid), which is no longer considered to be a vitamin by the strict definition of that word
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Show more- Biliary atresia Congenital absence or closure of the major bile ducts, the ducts that drain bile from the liver. Biliary…
- Community-acquired infection An infection acquired in the community. In contrast to a nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infection
- Herniation Abnormal protrusion of tissue through an opening. For example, a intervertebral disk (one situated between…
- Dexfenfluramine A weight loss drug, in a class of drugs called anorectics which decrease appetite. This drug, sold in the US…
- UL 1. Upper lid (of the eye). 2. Upper limit. No evidence was found for chronic excess intakes of potassium in…
- Cyst of the ovary, follicular A fluid-filled sac in the ovary, the most common type of ovarian cyst. It results from the growth of a…
- Pinguicula Alternate spelling of pinguecula. Irrespective of spelling, the accent is on the second syllable which is…
- Mesodermal Pertaining to the mesoderm or to tissues derived from the mesoderm
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) Spontaneous tearing in parallel with the normal salivation of eating. The crocodile tears syndrome occurs…
- Midgut volvulus See: Volvulus
- Extracranial hematoma A hematoma (a collection of blood) outside the cranium (skull)
- Disease, Keshan See Keshan disease