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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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- Cysteine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. Cysteine can be synthesized by the body and is not…
- Artery, vertebral A key artery located in the back of the neck that carries blood from the heart to the brain
- Papillomavirus, human Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A.
- Jellyfish itch An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…
- Metapneumovirus, human See: Human metapneumovirus
- Iso- Composed of cells of the same size and type. Isocellular is a Greek-Latin hybrid term compounded from the…
- Trabecula A partition which divides or partly divides a cavity. > >One of the strands of connective tissue projecting…
- Cranial nerve VIII The eighth cranial nerve is the vestibulocochlear nerve. The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the…
- Pregnancy calendar A pregnancy calendar is a chronological depiction of changes in a pregnant woman and the embryo/fetus during…
- Endogenous Inside. For example, endogenous cholesterol is cholesterol that is made inside the body and is not in the…
- Myo- (prefix) A prefix denoting a relationship to muscle. Myo- enters into many words and terms in medicine including…