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Intestinal villus
A tiny projection from the surface of the small intestine which helps absorb nutrients and fluids
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Show more- Enteral Pertaining to the small intestine. As in enteral nutrition. Also called enteric
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- Point, McBurney's McBurney's point is the most tender area of the abdomen of patients in the early stage of appendicitis…
- Adhesion The union of two opposing tissue surfaces (often in reference to the sides of a wound). Also refers to scar…
- CA 1. Short (and slang) for cancer and carcinoma.2. Abbreviation for cardiac arrest; chronological age; coronary…
- Fetus The unborn offspring from the end of the 8th week after conception (when the major structures have formed)…
- B-type natriuretic peptide A 32-amino-acid polypeptide secreted by the ventricles of the heart in response to excessive stretching of…
- Kerato- Inflammation of the eye involving both the cornea and the conjunctiva. Keratoconjunctivitis can be due to…
- Arm 1. In popular usage, the appendage that extends from the shoulder to the hand. However, the medical…
- Hypovolemic Referring to hypovolemia, an abnormal decrease in blood volume. As, for example, hypovolemic shock
- Sarcoma, Ewing Sarcoma, Ewing: A type of bone tumor that occurs in children and adolescents, most often in the large bones…
- Inguinal Having to do with the groin.