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Galactocele

A milk-filled tumor in a blocked breast milk duct

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Galactorrhea

Breast milk production by a woman who is not pregnant and has not just given birth

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Galactose

A sugar that is formed from the breakdown of lactose

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Galactosemia

A genetic disorder in which galactose cannot be converted into glucose

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Gall

Saddle Sore; An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle

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Gall Bladder

An organ beneath the liver where bile is stored

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Gall Fever

Remittent fever in the Netherlands

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Gall Sickness

A popular name for the remitting fever occasioned by marsh miasmata, in the Netherlands, and which proved so fatal to thousands of the English soldiers after the capture of Walcheren in the year 1809

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Gall Stones

A concretion formed in the gallbladder or bile duct; the usual composition is cholesterol, a blood pigment liberated by hemolysis, or a calcium salt Called also biliary calculus and cholelith

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Gallbladder

A small, pear-shaped sac positioned under the liver, which concentrates and stores bile

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Gallop

A disordered rhythm of the heart

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Galloping Consumption

Quick Consumption or Phthisis Acuta or Phthisis pulmonalis; which rapidly runs through its course to a fatal termination

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Gallstone

A round, hard mass of cholesterol, bile, or calcium salts that is found in the gallbladder or a bile duct

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Gallstone Ileus

An abnormal condition in which a gallstone passes from the gallbladder into the intestines through an abnormal passage and blocks the intestine

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Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer

A method of treating infertility in which eggs are taken

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Gamma Globulin

A substance prepared from blood that carries antibodies to most common infections; also used in immunizations

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Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase (GGT)

A liver enzyme Elevated GGT levels may indicate bile obstruction and liver damage A normal GGT level is 30 to 60 IU/L

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Ganglion

A fluid-filled cyst attached to a tendon sheath or joint Gangrene death of a tissue because of a lack of blood supply Gastrectomy surgical removal of all or part of the stomach Gastric acid the digest...

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Gangraenopsis

Gangrenous inflammation of the eyelids

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Gangrene

Death or decay of one part of a living body; gangrene or necrosis

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Gangrene of the Mouth

Noma; Water canker; a form of sphacelus occurring generally in children

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Gangrenous Decubitus

Decubitus, Bed Sore, Pressure Gangrene

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Gangrenous Stomatitis

Gangrene of the cheek and gums, affecting delicate and sickly children, rarely the adult, and characterized by a rapid destruction of tissue The disease is generally fatal Noma Cancer aquaticus

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Gas Gangrene

Gangrene occurring in a wound infected with bacteria of the genus Clostridium, especially C perfringens, and characterized by the presence of gas in the affected tissue

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Gastric Fever

A name given by some to bilious fever, which was thought to depend on gastric derangement

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Gastric Juice

Digestive fluids produced by the lining of the stomach that break down proteins and destroy harmful organisms

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Gastric Lavage

Washing out of the stomach with water, often to treat poisoning; commonly called stomach pumping

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Gastric Ulcer

A peptic ulcer of the gastric mucosa

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Gastrin

A hormone that stimulates the release of gastric acid in the stomach

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Gastrinoma

A tumor that produces gastrin, making the stomach and duodenum more acidic

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Gastritis

Inflammation of the stomach

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Gastrocele

A hernia of the stomach

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Gastroduodentitis

Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum

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Gastroenteritis

Inflammation of the stomach and intestines

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