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Tumor, carcinoid
A tumor which secretes large amounts of the hormone serotonin. Another name for carcinoid tumor is argentaffinoma. The tumor usually arises in the gastrointestinal tract, anywhere between the stomach and the rectum (the favorite spot is in…
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- Synaesthesia See: Synesthesia
- Saami health See: Artic health
- Childbirth fever Fever due to an infection usually of the placental site within the uterus. The fever is also called childbed…
- Immunization, chickenpox In the United States, it is recommended that all children receive vaccination against: Hepatitis B…
- Motor neuron disease A group of neurological diseases characterized by steadily progressive deterioration of the motor neurons in…
- Reciprocal translocation A type of chromosome rearrangement involving the exchange of chromosome segments between two chromosomes that…
- Royal Society, the Nerable scientific society in England which in 1665 published one of the first 2 scientific journals in the…
- Baby teeth See: Primary teeth
- Vein, pulmonary One of four vessels that carry aerated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. (The four are…
- Data Facts, statistics, and the like. In medicine and the health sciences, people often speak of 'the data'…
- Neuropathic pain Neuropathic pain: Chronic pain resulting from injury to the nervous system. The injury can be to the central…