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Disease, Menetrier's
See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
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Show more- Glossitis Inflammation of the tongue
- Enophthalmos Sunken eyeball.
- Breast feeding See: Breastfeeding
- Jellyfish itch An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…
- Acute-phase protein Any protein whose plasma concentration increases (or decreases) by 25% or more during certain inflammatory…
- Hypotensive Having abnormally low blood pressure (hypotension). See also: Hypertensive; Normotensive
- Reiki ('RAY-kee') A Japanese word representing Universal Life Energy. Reiki is based on the belief that when…
- SRY Sex region Y, a region on the Y chromosome that determines the sex of the individual. SRY is necessary and…
- Mortality rate, fetal The ratio of fetal deaths to the sum of the births (the live births + the fetal deaths) in that year. In the…
- HAART Stands for highly active antiretroviral therapy. Treatment with a very potent drug 'cocktail' to suppress the…
- Effacement The thinning of the cervix which occurs before and while it dilates
- Leukemia, hairy cell See: Hairy cell leukemia