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Cancer, stomach
Cancer of the stomach, the main organ that holds food for digestion. Worldwide, stomach cancer is the second most frequent cancer and the second leading cause of death from cancer. It can develop in any part of the stomach and spread to…
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Show more- Automatism An unconscious movement that may resemble simple repetitive tics or may be a complex sequence of…
- Syndrome, TMJ Disorder of the temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ) causing pain usually in front of the ear. Pain in the TMJ can…
- Syndrome, Prader-Willi See: Prader-Willi syndrome
- Tophaceous gout A chronic form of gout. Nodular masses of uric acid crystals (tophi) are deposited in different soft tissue…
- Ala Alanine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- IV (intravenous) >Intravenous antibiotics refer to the administration into the venous circulation of a solution containing…
- ET Street name for alpha-ethyltryptamine
- Constitutional thrombopathy See: Von Willebrand disease
- Cyst, ovarian A fluid-filled sac in the ovary. The most common type of ovarian cyst is called a follicular cyst. It results…
- Epididymis A structure within the scrotum attached to the backside of the testis. The epididymis is a coiled segment of…
- Gorlin syndrome II Name sometimes used for the LEOPARD syndrome which Dr. Robert J. Gorlin and colleagues recognized and…
- Perforation of appendix Rupture of appendix