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- Gastropathy Disease of the stomach, as in hypoproteinemic hypertrophic gastropathy. Gastropathy comes from gastro-…
- Fasciolopsiasis Infection with Fasciola flukes such as Fasciolopsis buski. See: Fasciolopsis
- Psycho-oncology The psychological, social, behavioral, and ethical aspects of cancer. Psycho-oncology addresses the two major…
- Cutaneous Relating to the skin. As, for example, in cutaneous allodynia, a cutaneous papilloma, and cutaneous…
- Nerve, seventh cranial The seventh cranial nerve is the facial nerve, a mixed nerve that has fibers both going out and coming in…
- Nadir The lowest point as, for example, the lowest blood count after chemotherapy, the lowest concentration of a…
- Teratophobia Fear of bearing a malformed child. A phobia is an unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and…
- Hypercapnia More than the normal level of carbon dioxide in the blood. Hypercapnia is as opposed to hypocapnia and…
- Gastrostomy, percutaneous endoscopic (PEG) A surgical procedure for placing a feeding tube without having to perform an open laparotomy (operation on…