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Acute abdomen
The abrupt (acute) onset of abdominal pain. A potential medical emergency, an acute abdomen may reflect a major problem with one of the organs in the abdomen such as the appendix (being inflamed = appendicitis), the gallbladder (inflamed =…
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- Liposarcoma A malignant tumor that arises in fat cells in deep soft tissue, such as that inside the thigh. Most frequent…
- Paralytic ileus Paralysis of the intestine. To be termed 'paralytic ileus,' the intestinal paralysis need not be complete…
- Appendix A small outpouching from the beginning of the large intestine (the ascending colon). Formally called the…
- Electroconvulsive therapy Electroconvulsive therapy: A procedure in which an electric current is passed through the brain to produce…
- Mental retardation A syndrome with the following characteristic features: (1) Neurological: Mental retardation and aphasia (lack…
- Abdomen The belly, that part of the body that contains all of the structures between the chest and the pelvis. The…
- Disease, Tay-Sachs Diseases related to obesity: Obesity increases the risk of developing a large number of diseases. These…
- Fracture, comminuted A fracture in which bone is broken, splintered or crushed into a number of pieces. NTER> A fracture is a…
- Filovirus A family of viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever. Filoviruses have single- stranded RNA as their genetic…
- Sulfa drug One of the sulfonamides, the sulfa-related antibiotics which are used to treat bacterial and some fungal…
- Glomeruli The plural of glomerulus