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Acute fatty liver of pregnancy
Fatty liver of pregnancy: Liver failure in late pregnancy, usually from unknown cause. Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) typically occurs in first-time pregnancies in the last trimester. AFLP causes nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain…
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Show more- Quantitative Having to do with quantity or with the amount. See also qualitative.
- Nocturnal enuresis Bedwetting at night. From the Greek 'enourin' meaning 'to urinate in.'
- Cancer, myeloma A bone marrow cancer involving a type of white blood cell called a plasma (or myeloma) cell. The tumor cells…
- Midwife A person trained to assist a woman during childbirth. Many midwives also provide prenatal care for pregnant…
- Hypertrophic Exhibiting hypertrophy (enlargement or overgrowth of an organ or part of the body due to increased size of…
- Gluteus maximus The greatest gluteal muscle and the biggest muscle in the human body. The gluteus maximus forms the bulk of…
- Anatomy, gross Better known among medical students simply as 'gross', gross anatomy is the study of the form of structures…
- Sexually transmitted infection An infection that can be transferred from one person to another through sexual contact. In this context…
- Dystonia, laryngeal See: Spasmodic dysphonia
- Headache, cluster A distinctive syndrome of headaches, also known as migrainous neuralgia. There are two main clinical patterns…
- Denture An artificial set of teeth that can be removed
- Sporadic primary pulmonary hypertension See: Pulmonary hypertension