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Dyspepsia
Dyspepsia: Dyspepsia refers to a condition (disease) in which there are upper abdominal symptoms which may include upper abdominal pain, bloating (a feeling of abdominal fullness without objective abdominal distention), early satiety (a…
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Show more- Mastectomy, preventative Removal of one or both breasts without the current presence of cancer. This surgery is sometimes chosen as a…
- Priapism Abnormally persistent erection of the penis in the absence of sexual desire. Priapism can occur in persons…
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center : The clinical research facility of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S. As a national…
- Uterine bleeding See: Menstruation. See also Menometrorrhagia; Menorrhagia; Metrorrhagia
- Peptidase An enzyme that can break down a peptide into its component amino acids
- Human Genome Research Institute, National RI): One of the newest of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), NHGRI's mission in formal terms is to…
- Encephalitis, Rasmussen A rare progressive neurological disorder that is characterized by intractable seizures and progressive…
- Masochism Pleasure from one's own pain. Masochism is considered a sexual disorder, or paraphilia. Named after the…
- Syndrome, sick sinus Symptoms of dizziness, confusion, fainting, and heart failure due to a problem with the sinus node of the…
- Sensitivity, analytic See: Analytic sensitivity
- Nephrology The art and science of the care of the kidney.
- Intraoperative radiation therapy Radiation treatment given during surgery. Also called IORT. See also radiation therapy