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Bowel
Another name for the intestine. The small bowel and the large bowel are the small intestine and large intestine, respectively. The word 'bowel' originated from the Latin 'botulus' meaning 'sausage' because the outside of the intestine…
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Show more- Marburg disease The virus that causes Marburg hemorrhagic fever, a disease which affects both humans and non-human primates…
- Snake antivenin Antibodies created in the blood of a horse or sheep when the animal is injected with snake venom. Antivenin…
- Necrobiosis lipoidica See: Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
- Genome Database The Genome Database (GDB) is the official central repository for genomic mapping data resulting from the…
- Pachy- (prefix) Thick. As in pachydactyly (thick fingers), pachydermatous (thick fingers) and pachyonychia (thick nails)…
- Calefacient 1. (noun) Anything that warms. 2. (noun) A substance that produces a feeling of warmth when it is applied to…
- Nephrectomy The surgical removal of a kidney. A nephrectomy can be radical, simple, or partial. The kidney, the adrenal…
- Radioinsensitive Not sensitive to X-rays and other forms of radiant energy. For example, a tumor may be radioinsensitive, and…
- Fibrillation, auricular Essentially the same as atrial fibrillation
- Medication, antiviral An drug that kills viruses or suppresses their replication and, hence, inhibits their capability to multiply…
- Test, erythropoietin A test of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) in blood. An abnormal level of EPO may mean bone marrow or kidney…
- Ophthalmopathy Any eye disease. External ophthalmopathy may refer to any disease of the eyelid, cornea, conjunctiva, or eye…