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Common bile duct
The duct that carries bile from the gallbladder and liver into the duodenum (the upper part of the small intestine). The common bile duct is formed by the junction of the cystic duct that comes from the gallbladder and the common hepatic…
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- Necrotizing fasciitis A dangerous infection of soft-tissue that starts in the subcutaneous tissue (just below the skin) and spreads…
- Vascular headache A group of headaches felt to involve abnormal sensitivity of the blood vessels (arteries) in the brain to…
- Breast reduction Breast reduction: Surgical reduction of breast size in order to reduce the weight of the breasts and relieve…
- Angelman syndrome Angelman syndrome: An important genetic syndrome characterized by severe motor and intellectual retardation…
- Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Abbreviated vCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent…
- Asthma, miner's See: Black lung disease
- Saphenous vein, large The larger of the two saphenous veins, the principal veins that run up the leg superficially (near the…
- Myeloproliferative disorders Malignant diseases of certain bone marrow cells including those that give rise to the red blood cells, the…
- Orthostatic hypotension A temporary lowering of blood pressure (hypotension) due usually to suddenly standing up (orthostatic)…
- Tachycardia, ventricular An abnormally rapid heart rhythm that originates from a ventricle, one of the lower chambers of the heart…