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Krukenberg tumor
A tumor of the ovary caused by the spread of stomach cancer. When the stomach cancer spreads to an ovary, the tumor in the ovary is called a Krukenberg tumor. (This tumor, named for a doctor, is not a different disease; it is metastatic…
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- Bicornuate Having two horns or horn-shaped branches. The uterus (normally unicornuate) can sometimes be bicornuate (with…
- Disease, Parkinson A slowly progressive neurologic disease characterized by a fixed inexpressive face, a tremor at rest, slowing…
- Facioauriculovertebral sequence See: Goldenhar syndrome
- Rosary pea See: Abrin
- Hyperbilirubinemia type I Better known as Gilbert's disease, a common but harmless genetic condition in which a liver enzyme essential…
- Enterostomal therapist A health care specialist trained to help patients care for and adjust to their colostomy.
- Ring chromosome A structurally abnormal chromosome in which the end of each chromosome arm has been lost and the broken arms…
- Enema, barium See: Barium enema
- Heart ventricle One of the two lower chambers of the heart. The right ventricle is the chamber that receives blood from the…
- Tropical typhus See Typhus, scrub
- Loa loa The eye worm, a parasite that lives in humans and other primates. People contract the parasite when bitten by…