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Enteric
Pertaining to the small intestine. Also called (less often) enteral
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- Genital Pertaining to the external and internal organs of reproduction. (Not to be confused with genetic.)
- Smoking, involuntary The involuntary inhaling of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) by someone who is not smoking. See: ETS
- Talc A very soft, soapy-feeling mineral that is a silicate of magnesium, sometimes with small amounts of aluminum…
- Fistulize To form or make a fistula, an abnormal passageway. As, for example, fistulizing Crohn's disease
- Albino A person with albinism. The term was first applied by the Portuguese to people in West Africa who may have…
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- Angina Angina: Chest pain due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle. The chest pain of angina is…