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Alagille syndrome
Also known as arteriohepatic dysplasia, this is a genetic disorder characterized by jaundice in the newborn period, liver disease with cholestasis, peripheral pulmonic stenosis and unusual face. Children with Alagille syndrome usually…
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Show more- Hormone, mineralocorticoid A group of hormones, the most important being aldosterone, that regulate the balance of water and…
- Gastric Having to do with the stomach
- Cardiac conduction system The electrical conduction system that controls the heart rate. This system generates electrical impulses and…
- Fever, dumdum Also called kala-azar, a chronic, potentially fatal parasitic disease of the viscera (the internal organs)…
- Pork tapeworm Taenia solium
- Ectomy A surgical suffix referring to the removal of something. For example, a lumpectomy is the surgical excision…
- EMG, surface Surface EMG
- Postphlebitic syndrome See: Post-thrombotic syndrome
- Preventive medicine Medicine designed to avert and avoid disease. Screening for hypertension and treating it before it causes…
- Veisalgia The sober medical term for a hangover. 'There is no consensus definition of veisalgia ('alcohol…
- Myeloencephalitis Inflammation of both the spinal cord and the brain. Myeloencephalitis (also called encephalomyelitis) can be…
- Disease, inflammatory bowel A group of chronic intestinal diseases characterized by inflammation of the bowel -- the large or small…