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cauterize
Health care; General
To purposely burn with a hot instrument or caustic substance to destroy tissue, such as a wart.
adh
Health care; General
Antidiuretic hormone. One of the hormones produced by the pituitary gland. A shortage of this hormone causes increased loss of body fluids through the kidneys.
adhesion
Health care; General
The sticking of one surface to another. This can occur when scar tissue causes organs or loops of intestine to stick together. Occasionally, these adhesions may produce an intestinal obstruction or ...
cecum
Health care; General
The first part of the large intestine just below the small intestine or ileum.
adipose fatty cells
Health care; General
Special cells in which fat is stored when a person's caloric intake is greater than that required by one's metabolism.
