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Hirschsprung disease
Hirschsprung disease: A congenital abnormality (birth defect) of the bowel in which there is absence of the ganglia (nerves) in the wall of the bowel. Nerves are missing starting at the anus and extending a variable distance up the bowel…
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Show more- Trauma center A specialized facility in a hospital that is designed to provide diagnostic and treatment services for trauma…
- Yerba mate A stimulant beverage similar to tea, very popular in South America, brewed from the dried leaves and stemlets…
- CAPD Central auditory processing disorder
- Ankyloglossia A minor congenital anomaly (birth defect) in which the flap of mucous membrane under the tongue (known as the…
- Ankle sprain A common musculoskeletal injury in which the ligaments of the ankle partially or completely tear due to…
- Sensorineural deafness with XX gonadal dysgenesis See: Perrault syndrome.
- Morton's metatarsalgia See: Morton's neuroma
- Extracolonic Outside the colon. An hereditary colon cancer syndrome may also predispose to extracolonic malignancies
- Local treatment Treatment that affects the tumor and the area close to it.
- Left atrium The upper right chamber of the heart. The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps it…
- Nerve, spinal One of the nerves that originates in the spinal cord. There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves. They consist of…
- Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Abbreviated vCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent…