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Pseudoobstruction, intestinal
A group of chronic disorders that impair gastrointestinal motility, despite the absence of an actual obstruction. Symptoms include cramping and abdominal pain, malnutrition, nausea, and vomiting. Some forms of pseudoobstruction appear to…
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- Syndrome, Bernard A complex of abnormal findings, namely sinking in of one eyeball, ipsilateral ptosis (drooping of the upper…
- Test, pharmacologic stress There are a diversity of pharmacologic stress tests. Here this refers specifically to a pharmacologic cardiac…
- Midwife A person trained to assist a woman during childbirth. Many midwives also provide prenatal care for pregnant…
- Vena cava, inferior A large vein that receives blood from the lower extremities, pelvis and abdomen and empties it into the right…
- Kinship Relationship by marriage or, specifically, a blood tie.
- Dissection, aortic See: Aortic dissection
- Endothelium A layer of flat cells lining the closed internal spaces of the body such as the inside of blood vessels and…
- Striatum Part of the basal ganglia of the brain. The basal ganglia are interconnected masses of gray matter located in…
- Disease, black lung See: Black lung disease
- Pseudomembranous colitis Severe inflammation of the inner lining of the colon. Pseudomembranous colitis is characterized by pus and…
- Mitosis Ordinary division of a body cell (a somatic cell) to form two daughter cells, each with the same chromosome…