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- Calculi, renal Kidney stones, by another name. A common cause of blood in the urine and pain in the abdomen, flank, or…
- Fantod A state of nervous anxiety or irritability. Also an irritable outburst. Pronounced fan-todd
- Olivo- Pertaining to the olive, a structure in the brain
- Kveim test A skin test for detecting sarcoidosis, a disease of unknown origin that causes inflammation of body tissues…
- Love pearls Street name for alpha-ethyltryptamine
- Acid indigestion Excessive secretion of hydrochloric acid by the stomach cells. Medically known as hyperchlorhydria. Sometimes…
- Policy, Medigap See: Medigap policy>
- Normotensive Having normal blood pressure. See also: Hypertensive; Hypotensive
- Bile sludge A mixture of microscopic particulate matter in bile that occurs when particles of material precipitate from…
- Midwife, certified See: Certified midwife