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Endoscopy, upper
A common type of endoscopy is upper endoscopy, also called esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). In this procedure, a thin flexible instrument is advanced through the mouth to evaluate or treat problems of the esophagus, stomach, and beginning…
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- Z chromosome A sex chromosome in certain animals, such as chickens, turkeys, and moths. In humans, males are XY and…
- Output, cardiac The amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute. The amount of blood put out by the left ventricle of the…
- Reactant, acute-phase See: Acute-phase protein
- Syndrome, Landau-Kleffner See Landau-Kleffner syndrome
- ESWL Street name for alpha-ethyltryptamine.
- Postmenopausal After the menopause. Postmenopausal is defined formally as the time after which a woman has experienced…
- Typist's cramp A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during handwriting…
- Nail In medicine, there are two types of nails. One is just a plain old metal nail used to hold 2 or more pieces…
- Corpus callosum, agenesis of the See: Agenesis of the corpus callosum
- Hunter syndrome A genetic metabolic disorder that arises from deficiency of the enzyme iduronate sulfatase, resulting in…
- Chinese restaurant syndrome A syndrome first described in 1968 in people who had eaten Chinese food on which MSG (monosodium glutamate)…