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Celiac disease
Celiac disease: A disorder resulting from an immune reaction to gluten, a protein found in wheat and related grains, and present in many foods. Celiac disease causes impaired absorption and digestion of nutrients through the small…
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Show more- Residual Something left behind. With residual disease, the disease has not been eradicated
- Microscope An optical instrument that augments the power of the eye to see small objects. The name microscope was coined…
- Defibrillation The use of a carefully controlled electric shock, administered either through a device on the exterior of the…
- Sentinel-lymph-node biopsy See: Sentinel lymph node biopsy
- Liver of pregnancy, acute fatty Liver failure in late pregnancy, usually from unknown cause. Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) typically…
- Blood pressure, high Also known as hypertension, high blood pressure is, by definition, a repeatedly elevated blood pressure…
- Bird flu Bird flu: See: Avian influenza.
- Platelet An irregular, disc-shaped element in the blood that assists in blood clotting. During normal blood clotting…
- Cancer causes A greater-than-expected number of cancer cases that occurs within a group of people in a geographic area over…
- Fear of worms (parasitic) Feverish.
- Carotid stenosis Abnormal narrowing of the carotid artery, often a preamble to a stroke
- Homozygote A person who has two identical forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent. For example, a…