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Annular pancreas
An abnormal ring of pancreas that encircles the duodenum and often causes intestinal obstruction. Nausea and vomiting are the usual symptoms and reflect the intestinal obstruction. Complete obstruction is usually evident in the newborn…
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- Lauterbur, Paul C. American scientist (1929-) who shared the 2003 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Sir Peter…
- Micropenis An abnormally small penis. In medical practice, the dimension of the penis that is measured is the length…
- Pax3 One in a family of Pax genes involved in regulating embryonic development at the level of transcription. The…
- Wart, venereal The same as a genital wart, a wart that is confined primarily to the moist skin of the genitals. These warts…
- Queasy A feeling of nausea
- Hiccup A hiccup is an extraordinary type of respiratory movement involving a sudden inspiration (intake of air) due…
- Winter depression See: Tooth, wisdom.
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- Synovial lining The lining of the joint.