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Stomach paralysis
Formally called gastroparesis, this is a medical condition in which the muscle of the stomach is paralyzed by a disease of either the stomach muscle itself or the nerves controlling the muscle. As a consequence, food and secretions do not…
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Show more- Diabetes mellitus Diabetes mellitus: Better known just as 'diabetes' -- a chronic disease associated with abnormally high…
- Varicella immunization See Chickenpox immunization
- Taenia dentata Taenia solium
- Salaam In a medical context, a seizure that looks like a sudden deep bow from the waist. Salaam seizures are…
- Torticollis, spasmodic Spasmodic torticollis, or torticollis, is the most common of the focal dystonias. In torticollis, the muscles…
- Nerve, oculomotor The oculomotor nerve is the third cranial nerve. (The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the cranium, the…
- Genitalia, male See: Male genitalia
- Achlorhydria A lack of hydrochloric acid in the digestive juices in the stomach (in technical terms, so that the pH of the…
- Pneumonia, Hecht's Pneumonia, Hecht's: Also known as giant cell pneumonia, this is a deadly but fortunately rare complication of…
- TPA See: Tissue plasminogen activator
- Brown, Louise The world's first test-tube baby, conceived by in vitro fertilization and born on July 25, 1978
- Flax seed The seed of the common flax plant (also known as linseed and, botanically, Linum usitatissimum). Flax seed…