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Pernicious vomiting of pregnancy
Medically known as hyperemesis gravidarum, this is excessive vomiting in early pregnancy. By definition, hyperemesis gravidarum, leads to the loss of 5% or more of the body weight of the woman. Hyperemesis gravidarum affects about one in…
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- Gastropathy, hypoproteinemic hypertrophic See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Library of Medicine, National (NLM) The world's largest medical library, the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) is part of the National…
- Aspiration, joint A procedure whereby a sterile needle and syringe are used to drain joint fluid from the joint. This is…
- Female gonad The female gonad, the ovary or 'egg sac', is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. They are located…
- DT Diphtheria-Tetanus vaccine.
- Posteroanterior (PA) In anatomy, posteroanterior (PA) means from back-to-front. For example, a PA X-ray of the chest is taken from…
- M. leprae Mycobacterium leprae
- Rectal (adjective) Having to do with the rectum, the last 6 to 8 inches of the large intestine that serves to store solid waste…
- Lip, cleft The presence of one or two vertical fissures (clefts) in the upper lip -- cleft lip can be on one side only…
- Socialized medicine A system of health care in which all health personnel and health facilities, including doctors and hospitals…
- Therapy, electroshock See Electroconvulsive therapy