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Pseudoobstruction, intestinal
A group of chronic disorders that impair gastrointestinal motility, despite the absence of an actual obstruction. Symptoms include cramping and abdominal pain, malnutrition, nausea, and vomiting. Some forms of pseudoobstruction appear to…
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Show more- Inherited immunodeficiency disease See: Primary immunodeficiency disease
- Arthritis, reactive Arthritis, reactive: Reiter's syndrome is also called 'reactive arthritis' since it is thought to involve the…
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) Ascending infection of the female upper genital tract (the female structures above the cervix). PID is the…
- Cochlea The cochlea is the part of the inner ear that converts mechanical energy (vibrations) into nerve impulses…
- Central core disease See: Central core disease of muscle
- LSD Lysergic acid diethylamide, an hallucinogen. LSD is an abbreviation of the German term…
- Phosphatase, acid Acid phosphatase is an enzyme that works under acid conditions and is made in the liver, spleen, bone marrow…
- Immunization, measles Measles: See Immunization, MMR
- Deuteranomaly Colorblindness of the red-green type, also known as deuteranopia or Daltonism. The term 'Daltonism' is…
- Glaucoma treatment (medical) Although glaucoma cannot be cured, it can usually be controlled. Medical treatment can be in the form of…
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Der=0> ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Attention deficit…
- Heritable connective tissue disease A disorder due to mutation of a gene responsible for connective tissue, the material that gives tissues form…