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Show more- Gallstones Gallstones: Stones that form when substances in the bile harden. Gallstones can be as small as a grain of…
- Constipation Constipation: Infrequent (and frequently incomplete) bowel movements. The opposite of diarrhea, constipation…
- Sabulous Sandy or gritty. For example, the sludge in bile may be sabulous. And the stony sediment in urine may be…
- Protein, C-reactive See: Proteolipid protein.
- CD95 See: FAS gene
- Thrombosis The formation or presence of a blood clot in a blood vessel. The vessel may be any vein or artery as, for…
- Chen, Zhong Wei (1929-2004) Chinese surgeon considered the 'father of replantation.' Dr. Chen was the first to reattach a…
- Headache, rebound Headaches experienced by those who have taken ergotamine or analgesic medications for migraines or other…
- Map, contig A map depicting the relative order of a linked library of small overlapping clones representing a complete…
- Calculi, renal Kidney stones, by another name. A common cause of blood in the urine and pain in the abdomen, flank, or…
- Silicatosis See: Silicosis
- Induration Induration: Localized hardening of soft tissue of the body. The area becomes firm, but not as hard as bone