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Parasplenic
Located near or alongside of the spleen. The spleen is an organ located in the upper left part of the abdomen near the stomach. The spleen produces lymphocytes, filters blood, serves as a major reservoir for blood and destroys blood cells…
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Show more- Pseudotumor cerebri Pseudotumor cerebri: Increased pressure within the brain in the absence of a tumor. Symptoms may include…
- Frenulum A small structure that has a restraining function. For example, the lingual frenulum attaches the tongue to…
- Beta-agonist A bronchodilator medicine that opens the airways by relaxing the muscles around the airways that may tighten…
- Ovarian Of or pertaining to the ovary
- Saphenous vein The saphenous veins -- there are two, the great and the small saphenous veins - serve as the principal veins…
- Vincent stomatitis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Homozygosity The state of possessing two identical forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent. For…
- Gigantism, pituitary Excessive growth and height due to chronic overactivity of the pituitary gland (at the base of the brain)…
- Hepatic duct, common See: Common hepatic duct
- Strep throat Strep throat: Strep throat is an infection caused by a type of bacteria called streptococcus, which can lead…
- Prostate cancer Prostate cancer: An uncontrolled (malignant) growth of cells in the prostate gland which is located at the…
- Kidney cancer Kidney cancer: Malignancy of the kidney, the organ that is primarily responsible for the removal of metabolic…