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Feeding tube
See: Enteral nutrition
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Show more- Habitus The physique or body build. Also the posture. For example, corticosteroid therapy can produce a…
- Quack 1) A practitioner who suggests the use of substances or devices for the prevention or treatment of disease…
- Female urethral opening The urethra is the transport tube leading from the bladder to discharge urine outside the body. In females…
- Sebaceous cyst A sebaceous cyst is a rounded swollen area of the skin formed by an abnormal sac of retained excretion…
- HTLV-II The human T-lymphotropic virus type II, which is closely related to HTLV-I
- Avian tuberculosis See: Tuberculosis, avian
- Syndrome, MELAS MELAS is the acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes. MELAS is a…
- Cancer, penis S: Cancer of the penis is a disease in which malignant cells originate in the tissues of the penis. Cancer of…
- Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth See: Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
- Inner ear There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The inner…
- Breast abscess A local accumulation of pus within the breast due to infection. Symptoms may include painful local swelling…
- Cholangiogram, IV See: Intravenous cholangiogram