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Stomach emptying study
Also called a gastric emptying study, this test evaluates the emptying of food from the stomach. For a gastric emptying study, a patient eats a meal in which the solid food, liquid food or both are mixed with a small amount of radioactive…
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Show more- Complication In medicine, an additional problem that arises following a procedure, treatment or illness and is secondary…
- Code The genetic code is the correspondence between the triplet of bases in DNA with the amino acids. The…
- Alkaptonuria Alkaptonuria: A genetic metabolic disorder due to deficiency of the enzyme homogentisic acid (HGA)…
- Tail 1. A slender appendage, such as the tail of the pancreas. 2. The appendage that protrudes from the buttocks…
- Stirrup The stapes, one of the three bones in the middle ear. See: Stapes
- X-linked juvenile retinoschisis See: Juvenile retinoschisis
- X-ray, lateral An X-ray picture taken from the side
- Ophthalmoplegia with myopathy See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Myringotomy A surgically placed tiny incision in the eardrum. Any fluid behind the eardrum can then drain and usually…
- Immunization, German measles Measles: See Immunization, MMR
- Melanoma, amelanotic A form of melanoma in which the malignant cells (melanocytes) do not make the pigment melanin. Amelanotic…
- Amazia A condition wherein the breast tissue is absent, but the nipple is present. Amazia typically is a result of…