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Gas, intestinal
The complaint referred to as 'intestinal gas' is a common one and the discomfort can be quite significant. Everyone has gas and eliminates it by burping or passing it through the rectum. In many instances people think they have too much…
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Show more- Stress testing, exercise cardiac The exercise cardiac stress testing (ECST) is the most widely used cardiac (heart) screening test. The…
- Pacemaker, natural Pacemaker, natural: The natural pacemaker of the heart is the sinus node, one of the major elements in the…
- Metrorrhagia Uterine bleeding at irregular intervals, particularly between the expected menstrual periods. Metrorrhagia…
- Sandhoff disease A genetic disorder with symptoms that are very similar to those of Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) and that is…
- Exocrine Pertaining to the secretion of a substance out through a duct. The exocrine glands include the salivary…
- FAO deficiency Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…
- Swallower In the drug trade, an individual used as a drug courier. Also called a body packer. See: Body packer
- Heritable Capable of being transmitted from parent to child.
- Fetal rubella effects The constellation of abnormalities, also called the rubella syndrome, caused by infection with the rubella…
- Inflammation A basic way in which the body reacts to infection, irritation or other injury, the key feature being redness…
- Heat index The temperature the body feels when heat and humidity are combined. The body dissipates heat by varying the…
- Leu Leucine. See also: Amino acid symbols