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Cancer, pancreatic
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- Proctocele See: Rectocele
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- Ames test A test developed in 1974 by Bruce N. Ames for identifying possible carcinogens by studying their mutagenic…
- Psyche 1. The mind.2. The spirit or soul.3. In psychiatry, the mind as the center of thought, emotion, and behavior…
- Tympanoplasty A surgical operation to correct damage to the middle ear and restore the integrity of bones of the middle ear…
- Prostatitis, nonbacterial Prostatitis, nonbacterial: Inflammation of the prostate not due to bacterial infection. The prostate is a…
- Hardy, James D. Pioneering American transplant surgeon responsible for three epochal operations: the first human lung…
- Alopecia areata Alopecia areata: A patchy baldness which typically begins with patchy hair loss on the scalp and sometimes…
- Anal atresia Congenital absence of an opening at the bottom end of the intestinal tract. Also called imperforate anus…
- Nerve, eighth cranial The eighth cranial nerve is the vestibulocochlear nerve. The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the…
- Ile Isoleucine. See also: Amino acid symbols