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Hypertrophic gastritis
See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
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Show more- Transplant, lung The first lung transplant was done by the American surgeon James Hardy (1918-) in 1964.
- Nonepidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma See: Tylosis with esophageal cancer
- Dura The outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes (meninges) covering the brain and the spinal…
- Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome The Gorlin syndrome
- Scan, helical CAT A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x-ray procedure which combines…
- Seizure, complex partial A form of partial seizure during which the person loses awareness. The patient does not actually become…
- White subungual onychomycosis, proximal The rarest form of fungus infection of the finger or toenail. (Fungus infection of the finger or toenail is…
- Migraine aura Sensory phenomena that may occur before a migraine. Visual auras may include flashing lights, geometric…
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type VIII DiFerrante syndrome, due to deficiency of the enzyme glucosamine-6-sulfate. See also Mucopolysaccharidosis.
- Spondylosis Degeneration of the disc spaces between the vertebrae. This finding in the spine is commonly associated with…
- Re-uptake See: Reuptake
- African trypanosomiasis See: African sleeping sickness