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Diverticulum, pharyngoesophageal
See: Zenker diverticulum
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- Tuberculosis, extrapulmonary Tuberculosis that occurs outside the lungs as, for example, in the lymph nodes or kidneys
- Disease, Crohn A chronic inflammatory disease primarily involving the small and large intestine but which can affect other…
- Cat eye syndrome A constitutional chromosome abnormality (one that is present at or before birth) with multiple malformations…
- Cardiopulmonary bypass Bypass of the heart and lungs as, for example, in open heart surgery. Blood returning to the heart is…
- Blot, Northern A technique in molecular biology, used mainly to separate and identify pieces of RNA. Called a Northern blot…
- Headache, chronic daily See: Chronic daily headache
- Horace Barker See: Barker, Horace Albert
- Clostridium perfringens A type of bacteria that is the most common agent of gas gangrene and can also cause food poisoning as well as…
- Stretch, quadriceps An exercise to stretch the quadriceps muscle, the large muscle in the front of the thigh. To do this…
- Histoplasmosis A disease caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. Most people with histoplasmosis have no symptoms…
- PRKAR1A Stands for Protein Kinase A Regulatory subunit 1-alpha. A multiple neoplasia syndrome called type I Carney…