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Liver disease
Liver disease refers to any disorder of the liver. The liver is a large organ in the upper right abdomen that aids in digestion and removes waste products from the blood. Liver disease includes the following conditions: > >Cirrhosis, or…
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- Venous catheter, central See: Catheter, central venous
- Vomitus Matter from the stomach that has come up into and may be ejected beyond the mouth, due to the act of…
- Poliovirus A member of the enterovirus subgroup, family Picornaviridae. Enteroviruses are transient inhabitants of the…
- Single gene disease Any genetic disorder caused by a change affecting only one gene. There are thousands of single-gene diseases…
- Platelet aggregation The clumping together of platelets in the blood. Platelet aggregation is part of the sequence of events…
- Aerophagia Swallowing too much air, a common cause of gas in the stomach and belching. Everyone swallows small amounts…
- Syndrome, locked-in A neurological disorder characterized by complete paralysis of voluntary muscles in all parts of the body…
- Syndrome, WPW WPW is an abbreviation for the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a condition caused by an abnormality in the…
- Cesarian section, vaginal birth after It was once the rule that, after a C-section, the next delivery also had to be by C-section. Now, vaginal…
- Epithelial basement corneal dystrophy A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows grayish fingerprint lines…
- Spastic paraplegia, autosomal dominant A degenerative disorder of nerves with progressive spasticity of the legs. Abbreviated as AD-HSP. Spasticity…