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Terminal ileitis
Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine involving only the end of the small intestine (the terminal ileum). Crohn's disease affects primarily the small and large intestines but which can occur anywhere in the…
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- Gene, Y-linked A gene on the Y chromosome. (Y-linkage is analogous to X-linkage (the presence of a gene on the X chromosome)…
- Mineral requirements, infant Minerals (calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, iodine, copper and zinc) and trace elements (manganese…
- Tendo calcaneus See: Achilles tendon
- Checkpoint The side of the face forming the side wall of the mouth. The cheek bone is part of the temporal bone of the…
- Non-inferiority clinical trial A clinical trial that shows that a new treatment is equivalent to standard treatment. Also called a…
- Launois-Bensaude syndrome A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…
- PNET Primitive neuroectodermal tumor. One of a remarkable group of tumors that originate in cells from the…
- Medicine, naturopathic See: Naturopathy
- Allopathic medicine The system of medical practice which treats disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different…
- Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome A genetic disease characterized by: > >hemangioblastomas (benign blood vessel tumors) in the brain, spinal…
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