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Enteritis, Crohn
Crohn disease involving only the small intestine. Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder, primarily involving the small and large intestine, but which can affect other parts of the digestive system as well. It is named for the…
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Show more- Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia (McKusick type) See: Cartilage hair hypoplasia syndrome
- Lactase deficiency (LDH) An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of lactate to pyruvate. This is an important step in energy…
- Sentinel lymph node The first lymph node ('gland') to receive lymphatic drainage from a tumor. Which lymph node is the sentinel…
- Hepatic- A combining form used before a vowel to indicate a relationship to a hepatic duct or the liver. From the…
- Robotripping Street name for the high produced by abuse of the cough syrup Robitussin which contains dextromethorphan
- Neural tube defect Pain along the course of a nerve.
- HAV Hepatitis A virus
- Aldrin and dieldrin A type of still, an apparatus used in the process of distillation. Alembics were employed in chemistry and…
- Migraine, ophthalmic Migraine involving the eyes but without headache. Migraine, due to a spasm of blood vessels in the brain…
- Policosanol A product derived from the waxy coating of sugar cane that lowers both the total cholesterol and the 'bad'…
- Ban zhi lian See: Scutellaria barbata
- Node, Heberden A small fixed bump on the finger, usually at the last joint of the finger, Heberden's node is a calcified…