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Liquid diet
The Liquid diet is the restriction of solid food intake, and replacement of solid food with liquids. In hospitals, liquid diets are prescribed by doctors for a number of reasons for patients who are unable to consume solid foods. Liquid…
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- Surgery, cataract See: Cataract surgery
- Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa A blistering skin condition inherited in both autosomal dominant and recessive manners and in which the…
- Familial polyposis of colon, autosomal recessive See: MYH
- Allergy scratch test Allergy scratch test: Test done on the skin to identify the allergy substance (the allergen) that is the…
- Telomere The end of a chromosome, a specialized structure involved in the replication and stability of the chromosome…
- Foot The end of the leg on which a person normally stands and walks. The foot is an extremely complex anatomic…
- Epidemic myalgia Also known as Bornholm disease, this is a temporary illness that is a result of virus infection. The disease…
- Capsid The protein coat of a virus. The term capsid came in 1960 from the French capside, from the Latin capsa…
- Ileus Obstruction of the intestine due to it being paralyzed. The paralysis does not need to be complete to cause…
- Alopecia Baldness. There are many types of alopecia, each with a different cause. Alopecia may be localized to the…
- UAA A triplet consisting of uracil, adenine, adenine, in that order, that acts as a stop codon in messenger RNA…