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Cecal
Pertaining to the cecum (also spelled caecum), the first portion of the large bowel, situated in the lower right quadrant of the abdomen. The cecum receives fecal material from the small bowel (ileum) which opens into it. The appendix is…
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Show more- Visceral leishmaniasis A chronic and potentially fatal parasitic disease of the viscera (particularly the liver, spleen, bone marrow…
- Pharma food A food product with a pharmacological additive meant to improve health, for example, to lower cholesterol
- Major anomaly An unusual anatomic feature that is of serious medical or cosmetic consequence to the patient. For example, a…
- Syndrome, patellofemoral (PFS) The commonest cause of chronic knee pain, PFS characteristically causes vague discomfort of the inner knee…
- Aquaphobia An abnormal and persistent fear of water. Sufferers from aquaphobia experience anxiety even though they…
- Osteoporosis Osteoporosis: Thinning of the bones with reduction in bone mass due to depletion of calcium and bone protein…
- Pick disease Pick disease: A form of dementia characterized by a slowly progressive deterioration of social skills and…
- Ut dict. Abbreviation meaning 'as directed' (from the Latin 'ut dictum', as directed). One of a number of hallowed…
- Citrovorum factor See: Leucovorin
- Shotty Resembling shot or pellets of lead, shotgun pellets and, hence, hard and round. The term 'shotty' was in use…
- Spermatogenesis The process of sperm formation. The term was created from the prefix 'spermato-' (Greek sperma, the seed or…
- Rebound effect The characteristic of a drug to produce reverse effects when the effect of the drug has passed or the patient…