Category: B

An excess of bilirubin in the blood.  

Pain in the abdomen caused by gallstones in the bile duct or by inflammation of the gall bladder. An opening which discharges bile on to the surface of the skin from the gall bladder, bile duct or liver. Severe, constant pain in the upper abdomen. Pain may radiate to the right shoulder and the back…

A tropical disease caused by flukes in the intestine or bladder. A condition that results in the presence of blood in urine. It is also known as Bill Harris disease or schistosomiasis.  

A fluke which enters the bloodstream and causes bilharziasis. Parasitic disease due to schistosomes which live in the human circulatory system. A parasitic worm that invades the body and leads to bilharziasis.  

A very small vessel leading from a hepatic cell to the bile duct.  

Surgical operation to cut both vasa deferentia and so make a man sterile.  

Pneumonia affecting both lungs.  

The surgical removal of both adrenal glands.  

The largest of the five toes, on the inside of the foot.  

Spectacles with lenses which have two types of lens combined in the same piece of glass, the top part being used for seeing at a distance and the lower part for reading. Lenses that include curvatures of two focal lengths, to improve both near vision and distant vision.