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Cancer, bile duct
An uncommon type of cancer that arises from the bile duct, the tube that connects the liver and the gallbladder to the small intestine. The part of the bile duct that is outside the liver is called the extrahepatic bile duct. Bile, a fluid…
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Show more- Von Willebrand disease Voyeurism is a disorder that involves achieving sexual arousal by observing an unsuspecting and…
- Denervation Loss of nerve supply. There are many causes of denervation. Denervation may be due to a disease as, for…
- Fong disease See Nail-patella syndrome
- Hemiplegia, alternating See: Alternating hemiplegia of childhood
- Oligomenorrhea A reduction in number of menstrual periods and/or amount of menstrual flow.
- HT1A See: 5-HT1A
- Leukopenia Lower than the normal amount of white blood cells.
- Occlude 1 To close, obstruct, or prevent the passage. To occlude an artery is to occlude the flow of blood. 2 To…
- Rosacea Rosacea: A chronic skin disease that affects the middle third of the face with persistent redness over the…
- Brunhilde virus Type 1 poliovirus. Named after a female chimpanzee from which it was first isolated. There are two other…
- Lysenkoism A theory put forth by a Russian plant-breeder named Trofim Denisovich Lysenko [1898-1976] during the…
- Spherocytosis, hereditary (HS) A genetic disorder of the red blood cell membrane clinically characterized by anemia, jaundice (yellowing)…