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Cancer, oral
Cancer of the mouth area. A sore in the mouth that does not heal can be a warning sign of oral cancer. A biopsy is the only to know whether as abnormal area in the oral cavity is cancer. Oral cancer is caused by tobacco (smoking and…
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Show more- Cardiopathy Heart disease. A nonspecific term applicable to any and all diseases of the heart. From cardio- + the Greek…
- MODY Maturity onset diabetes of the young
- Passive smoking The inhaling of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) by someone who is not smoking. See: ETS
- Kubler-Ross See: Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
- Valsalva, Antonio Maria Italian anatomist and pathologist, physician and surgeon (1666-1723), perhaps best known for the Valsalva…
- Omentectomy Surgery to remove part or all of the omentum, a fold of the peritoneum (the thin tissue lining the abdomen)…
- D-IBS Diarrhea-predominant IBS (irritable bowel syndrome)
- Sarcoma, metastatic A sarcoma that is spreading into other body tissues through the lymphatic system. The most common site for…
- Air travel with diabetes A concern for patients with diabetes is flying with medications and supplies. Letters from doctors are not…
- Pondimin See: Fenfluramine
- Athymic Lacking a thymus gland
- Right ventricle The lower right chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the right atrium and pumps it…