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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- Parasitosis Infestation or infection with parasites. See also: Delusional parasitosis
- Fetal surgery The surgical treatment of the fetus before birth. Also called prenatal or antenatal surgery. Fetal surgery is…
- Menopause, surgical Menopause, surgical: Surgical menopause is, not unexpectedly, menopause induced by surgery. Surgical…
- Rale A type of abnormal lung sound heard through a stethoscope. Rales may be sibilant (whistling), dry (crackling)…
- Bacillophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of bacilli (bacteria). A phobia is an unreasonable sort of fear that can…
- Muscle, cardiac A type of muscle with unique features only found in the heart. The cardiac muscle is the muscle of the heart…
- Nirenberg , Marshall W. (b. 1927) American biochemist who shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in…
- Brain aneurysm Brain aneurysm: A brain aneurysm is a small outpouching (an aneurysm) that looks like a berry and classically…
- Cyclic vomiting syndrome See: Cystocele.
- Non-small cell lung cancer Lung cancer: Cancer of the lung which is not of the small cell carcinoma (oat cell carcinoma) type. The term…
- Cerebrovascular Pertaining to the blood vessels and, especially, the arteries that supply the brain. As in cerebrovascular…
- Echopraxia The involuntary imitation of the movements of another person. Echopraxia is a feature of schizophrenia…