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Dyspeptic
Pertaining to dyspepsia, a term that is probably more often encountered today in advertising than in medicine. 'Dyspepsia' refers to nondescript, nonspecific upper abdominal symptoms which may include discomfort, bloating, a feeling of…
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Show more- Periosteal Pertaining to the periosteum, a dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps…
- Adult T-cell leukemia Abbreviated ATL. A malignancy of mature T lymphocytes (T cells) with its onset in adulthood caused by…
- Pathologic fracture A bone broken, not by trauma alone, but so weakened by disease as to break with abnormal ease. Pathologic…
- Dry skin Abnormally dry skin. Can be caused by a dry climate, winter weather, deficiency of vitamin A, systemic…
- Accommodation In medicine, the ability of the eye to change its focus from distant to near objects (and vice versa). This…
- Genome, fruitfly See: Drosophila genome
- Endometriosis uterina Also known as adenomyosis (pronounced ad-den-o-mi-o-sis), this is a common benign condition of the uterus in…
- Geriatrics The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease in older people and…
- Tick typhus Also known as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, an acute febrile (feverish) disease initially recognized in the…
- G6PD deficiency G6PD deficiency: Deficiency of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), the most common enzyme…
- Glaucoma, acute angle-closure Glaucoma, acute angle-closure: Increased pressure in the front chamber (anterior chamber) of the eye due to…
- Candidiasis, invasive See: Invasive candidiasis