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Pediatric end stage liver disease
See: PELD
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Show more- Potomania An intense and persistent desire to drink alcohol to excess. Synonymous with dipsomania
- Blood, urinary Medically called hematuria, blood in the urine can be microscopic or gross. Evaluating hematuria requires…
- Antiatherogenic mutation A genetic mutation that protects against atherogenesis, the formation of atheromas (plaques) in arteries…
- Therapy, estrogen replacement (ERT) Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) is used to treat menopause. It reduces or stops the short-term changes of…
- Bariatric Pertaining to bariatrics, the field of medicine concerned with weight loss
- Raised hemidiaphragm See: Elevated hemidiaphragm.
- JAK3 inhibitor A drug that inhibits the enzyme JAK3 (which is found only in immune cells) and acts as an immunosuppressant
- SNCA The gene for alpha-synuclein
- Intestinal obstruction Blockage of the intestine by infolding (intussusception), malformation, tumor, digestive problems, a foreign…
- Uridine monophosphate (UMP) A molecular ion derived from uridylic acid. It has a uracil as its base
- Gun stock deformity See: Cubitus varus
- Gastric MALT lymphoma A low-grade malignant lymphoma of the stomach associated with chronic infection by the bacterium H. pylori…