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Breadbasket
A popular term for the stomach in both senses: 1. The digestive organ, as to hear the breadbasket rumble with hunger. 2. The belly, as to have a big breadbasket. The term comes from the basket once used to hold bread and the 'basket' where…
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Show more- Gland, sweat The sweat (sudoriferous) glands are small tubular structures situated within and under the skin (in the…
- Hyperhidrosis, palmoplantar See: Palmoplantar hyperhidrosis
- Fibroma, nonossifying A growing lesion with a fibroma structure. Treatment is by surgery
- MDCT Multidetector computed tomography
- Pregnancy, hyperemesis of Excessive vomiting during pregnancy which, by definition, leads to the loss of 5% or more of the body weight…
- Otitis Inflammation of the ear. Depending upon which part of the ear is inflammed, there is otitis externa, otitis…
- Wheat weevil See: Granary weevil
- RBC Short for red blood cells, the cells that carry oxygen and carbon dioxide through the blood. This rather…
- Electron beam computerized tomography (EBCT) A new (and controversial) noninvasive test for the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD). EBCT, or…
- Psychosis, intensive care unit A disorder in which patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) or a similar hospital setting may experience…
- Carney complex A multiple neoplasia syndrome with cardiac, endocrine, cutaneous, and neural tumors together with spotty…
- Coprolith See: Fecalith