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Gallbladder
A pear-shaped organ just below the liver that stores the bile secreted by the liver. During a fatty meal, the gallbladder contracts, delivering the bile through the bile ducts into the intestines to help with digestion. Abnormal…
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- In situ, carcinoma Cancer that involves only the place in which it began and has not spread. Carcinoma in situ is an early-stage…
- Nails, jogger's Very small semi-circular white spots on the nails. These spots may be found on the fingernails and…
- Cell cycle The sequence of events within the cell between cell divisions. The cell cycle is conventionally divided into…
- Human herpesvirus 2 (HHV-2) A herpes virus that causes genital herpes, characterized by sores in the area of the genitalia. Genital…
- Whipworm A nematode (roundworm) also called Trichuris trichiura. The third most common round worm of humans. The worm…
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