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Gastroenterology
The medical specialty devoted to the study, diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the digestive system. These disorders may affect the esophagus (swallowing tube), stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon), rectum, liver…
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Show more- Minor A minor is someone who is not yet an adult and, in a larger sense, it is something that is less than…
- Intravenous cholangiogram Feeding through a vein. Also called parenteral alimentation or parenteral nutrition.
- Disease, Takayasu See: Takayasu disease
- Quack 1) A practitioner who suggests the use of substances or devices for the prevention or treatment of disease…
- Low tension glaucoma See: Glaucoma, normal tension
- CNR1 Cannabinoid receptor 1
- Nasal septum perforation A hole in the nasal septum, the wall inside the nose that runs down the middle dividing it into two sides…
- End stage The last phase in the course of a progressive disease. As in end-stage liver disease, end-stage lung disease…
- BPD Stands for Borderline Personality Disorder, a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability…
- Gonad, indifferent In embryonic life, the gonad in males and females is initially identical. This gonad is said to be…
- Bronchopulmonary segments A subdivision of one lobe of a lung based on the connection to the segmental bronchus. For example, the right…
- Rupture, uterine A tear of the uterus, an uncommon but very serious situation that may result in hysterectomy, urologic injury…