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Gastrointestinal tract
The tube that extends from the mouth to the anus in which the movement of muscles and release of hormones and enzymes digest food. The gastrointestinal tract starts with the mouth and proceeds to the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, small…
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- Breast, Paget disease of See: Paget disease of the breast
- Microdosimetry A technique for measuring the microscopic distribution of energy, useful with different types of radiation…
- Lobectomy An operation done to remove a lobe of an organ such as the lobe of a lung or a lobe of the thyroid gland. The…
- Rooting reflex A reflex seen in newborn babies, who automatically turn their face toward the stimulus and make sucking…
- Range of motion The range through which a joint can be moved, usually its range of flexion and extension. Due to an injury…
- Syncope, swallowing The temporary loss of consciousness upon swallowing. Syncope is the temporary loss of consciousness or, in…
- Bacteremia The presence of live bacteria in the bloodstream. Bacteremia is analogous to viremia (the presence of a virus…
- Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome See: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
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- Second stage of labor The part of labor from the full dilatation of the cervix until the baby is completely out of the birth canal…