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Ileus, meconium
Obstruction of the intestine (ileus) due to overly thick meconium, the dark sticky stuff that is normally present in the intestine at birth and, after trypsin and other enzymes from the pancreas have acted on it, is normally passed in the…
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Show more- APECED (autoimmune polyendocrinopathy) Laxative. Used both as a noun (an aperient is a laxative) and adjective (prunes are an aperient fruit). From…
- Herpes A family of viruses. Herpes also refers to infection with one of the human herpesviruses, especially herpes…
- Abruption A sudden breaking off or away. Abruption of the placenta (abruptio placentae) is the premature separation of…
- Amplification, DNA The production of multiple copies of a sequence of DNA. Repeated copying of a piece of DNA. DNA amplification…
- ACE inhibitors ACE inhibitors: A drug that inhibits ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) which is important to the formation…
- Sore throat Sore throat: Pain in the throat. Sore throat may be caused by many different causes, including inflammation…
- Colitis, pseudomembranous Severe inflammation of the inner lining of the colon due usually to the clostridium difficile (C.difficile)…
- Capsid The protein coat of a virus. The term capsid came in 1960 from the French capside, from the Latin capsa…
- Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A Abbreviated as PAPPA or PAPP-A. A large zinc-binding protein that acts as an enzyme, specifically a…
- Wegener's granulomatosis Wegener's granulomatosis: An uncommon type of inflammation of small arteries and veins (vasculitis) that…
- Fat 1 Along with proteins and carbohydrates, one of the three nutrients used as energy sources by the body. The…
- Lavage Washing out. Gastric lavage is washing out the stomach, for example, to remove drugs or poisons