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Gastric stapling
A surgical procedure that converts the upper part of the stomach into a very small pouch by stapling portions of the stomach together, forcing an obese person to eat only tiny portions yet still feel full. It is normally done only in…
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- Developmental delay Behind schedule in reaching milestones of early childhood development.
- Magnetic resonance perfusion imaging A special type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that uses an injected dye in order to see blood flow…
- Diabetes, adult-onset Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2
- Ataxia-telangiectasia A progressive neurodegenerative genetic disease characterized by cerebellar ataxia (incoordination and lack…
- Birthmark A persistent visible mark on the skin that is evident at birth or shortly thereafter. A birthmark is often…
- Journal of the National Cancer Institute Cancer Institute: A medical journal sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), one of the National…
- Fusospirillosis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- ACEI ACE inhibitor
- Lysergic acid diethylamide Better known as LSD. (LSD is the abbreviation for the German name for the drug: Lysergsaure-Diathylamid.)…
- Physiology >Some physiological studies are concerned with processes that go on within cells such as phagocytosis, the…
- Exstrophy Eversion of a hollow organ at birth. An exstrophic bladder is one that is turned inside out like a rubber…