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Bowel
Another name for the intestine. The small bowel and the large bowel are the small intestine and large intestine, respectively. The word 'bowel' originated from the Latin 'botulus' meaning 'sausage' because the outside of the intestine…
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Show more- Sand, biliary Biliary sand is a term mostly used by surgeons when they remove the gallbladder to describe uncountable…
- Faciodigitogenital dysplasia See: Aarskog-Scott syndrome
- Nearsightedness The ability to see near objects more clearly than distant objects. Also called myopia . Myopia can be caused…
- Vasomotor Relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate
- Pneumocystis carinii Now called Pneumocystis jiroveci. See: Pneumocystis
- Phase, resting More appropriately called interphase. The interval in the cell cycle between two cell divisions when the…
- Toko- (prefix) Stemming from the Greek word 'tokos' meaning childbirth, we have toc-, toco-, tok-, and toko- as combining…
- Postural hypotension A drop in blood pressure (hypotension) due to a change in body position (posture) when a person moves to a…
- Urination, burning See: Dysuria
- Landau-Kleffner syndrome Landau-Kleffner syndrome: A disorder with seizures starting in childhood in which the patient loses skills…
- Autotransplant The process of transplanting tissue from one part of the body to another in the same individual. The…
- BMPR1A A gene located on chromosome 10 in band 10q22.3 that encodes bone morphogenic protein receptor 1A, a kinase…