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Microscopic gallstones
Gallstones: A mixture of microscopic particulate matter in bile, also called biliary sludge, that occurs when particles of material precipitate from bile. (Bile is the fluid that is made by the liver. It is stored in the gallbladder until…
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Show more- Prescription drug A drug requiring a prescription, as opposed to an over-the-counter drug, which can be purchased without one…
- Gingivitis, fusospirillary This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Chemokine One of a large group of proteins that act as lures and were first found attracting white blood cells. The…
- Testicular feminization syndrome Now more appropriately called the complete androgen insensitivity syndrome, this is a genetic disorder that…
- Vesical Refers to the urinary bladder. The word comes from the Latin vesica meaning a bag or bladder
- Retrovirus An RNA virus (a virus composed not of DNA but of RNA). Retroviruses have an enzyme called reverse…
- Artificial abortion An abortion that is brought about intentionally. Also called an induced or therapeutic abortion. As opposed…
- Vaccination, rubella See Immunization, MMR.
- Anemia, pernicious A blood disorder caused by a lack of vitamin B12. Patients who have this disorder do not produce the…
- Remedy Something that consistently helps treat or cure a disease. From the Latin 'remedium' meaning that which heals…
- Dermatopathy Any disease of the skin. Synonymous with dermopathy
- Uveitis Uveitis: Inflammation of the uvea, the part of the eye that collectively refers to the iris, the choroid of…