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Esophageal acid infusion test
See: Bernstein test
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- Condom, female Although the word 'condom' usually conjures up the male condom, there is a female condom. The Reality Female…
- Hydroxytryptamine See: Serotonin
- Kneecap The medical name for the kneecap is the patella. Whichever name -- kneecap or patella -- you prefer, it is…
- Perinatal Pertaining to the period immediately before and after birth. The perinatal period is defined in diverse ways…
- Passage, nasal The walls of the nasal passages are coated with respiratory mucous membranes which contain innumerable tiny…
- Endometrioid cyst Part of the condition known as endometriosis, this type of cyst is formed when endometrial tissue (the mucous…
- Contraction, uterine The tightening and shortening of the uterine muscles. During labor, contractions accomplish two things: (1)…
- CFS Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Syndrome, Gelineau A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep. Named for a French…
- Axelrod, Julius (1912- ) American pharmacologist and neuroscientist who shared the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
- Olecranon Of or pertaining to the bony tip of the elbow. The olecranon is, in fact, the near end of the ulna, the bone…