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Hypertrophic gastritis
See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
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- Male organs of reproduction >The male external genitalia -- the penis, the male urethra, and the scrotum; and >The male internal…
- Line, central venous A catheter (tube) that is passed through a vein to end up in the thoracic (chest) portion of the vena cava…
- Transplant, kidney See: Kidney transplant
- Empirical Based on experience and observation, rather than systematic logic. Experienced physicians often use empirical…
- Response, Babinski A neurologic reflex that constitutes an important medical examination based, believe it or not, upon what the…
- Interventional radiology (IR) Rventional radiologists employ image guidance methods to gain access to the deep interstices of most organs…
- Restriction site A sequence in DNA that can be recognized and cut by a specific restriction enzyme.
- Donald Fredrickson See: Fredrickson, Donald
- Carney complex A multiple neoplasia syndrome with cardiac, endocrine, cutaneous, and neural tumors together with spotty…
- Familial adenomatous polyposis See: MYH.
- Sweating The act of secreting fluid from the skin by the sweat (sudoriferous) glands. These are small tubular glands…