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Pain, belly
Pain in the abdomen. See: Abdominal pain
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- Sclerosing cholangitis See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Barium 1. A metallic element belonging to the alkaline earths with an atomic number of 56 and an atomic weight of…
- Dystonia Dystonia: Involuntary movements and prolonged muscle contraction, resulting in twisting body motions, tremor…
- Night blindness Impaired vision in dim light and in the dark, due to impaired function of specific vision cells (namely, the…
- Thyroiditis, Hashimoto See: Hashimoto thyroiditis
- Multiple symmetric lipomatosis A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…
- MCI Mild cognitive impairment
- Pericardium, visceral The inner layer of the pericardium, a conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the roots of…
- Arteriosclerosis Hardening and thickening of the walls of the arteries. Arteriosclerosis can occur because of fatty deposits…
- Bacillus anthracis The bacterium that causes anthrax. Anthrax differs from most bacteria in that they exist in an inactive…
- Cardiopathy Heart disease. A nonspecific term applicable to any and all diseases of the heart. From cardio- + the Greek…