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Back pain
Pain felt in the low or upper back. There are many causes of back pain. Pain in the low back can relate to the bony lumbar spine, discs between the vertebrae, ligaments around the spine and discs, spinal cord and nerves, muscles of the low…
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Show more- Tumor, ear Benign (noncancerous) bumps on the pinna of the ear (the external ear) or within the external ear canal. Most…
- Chromatin The nucleoprotein material of chromosomes. Chromatin is essentially the substance of chromosomes. It is made…
- Factitious disease by proxy See: Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Polycystic kidney disease Polycystic kidney disease: One of the genetic disorders characterized by the development of innumerable cysts…
- Polyp A mass of tissue that develops on the inside wall of a hollow organ, as within the colon or rectum. The word…
- Bursopathy Disease involving a bursa, a closed fluid-filled sac that supplies a gliding surface to reduce friction…
- Fish oil, omega-3 A class of fatty acids found in fish oils, especially from salmon and other cold-water fish, that acts to…
- Deficiency, alpha-galactosidase A See: Fabry disease
- EMG syndrome The exomphalos-macroglossia-gigantism syndrome. See: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
- Kegel exercises Exercises designed to increase muscle strength and elasticity in the female pelvis. Kegel exercises may be…
- Gland, salivary One of the glands in the mouth that produce saliva. There are 3 major salivary glands. They are the parotid…
- Ecogenetics The interaction of genetics with the environment. The genetic disease PKU (phenylketonuria) provides an…