Category: I

Colic occurring in infants, principally during the first few months of life. It may respond to substitution of a hypoallergenic formula for that containing cow’s milk, or to decreased stimulation of the infant.  

A surgical instrument that focuses infrared light energy to cut or damage tissues or to stop bleeding. The device has been used in skin surgery, hair transplantation, ablation of abnormal cardiac conduction pathways, and treatment of internal hemorrhoids, among other applications.  

A clot formed by coagulation of blood within a vessel.  

Cirrhosis occurring in childhood as a result of protein malnutrition.  

Chloasma caused by external agents such as sun, heat, mechanical means, and x-rays.  

The initial treatment of advanced cancers or leukemias with high doses of cytotoxic drugs to try to produce a remission.  

The chemistry of compounds not containing carbon. The study of substances that do not contain the element carbon, but may contain the element hydrogen.  

The respiratory center in the medulla that generates impulses that cause contraction of the diaphragm and external intercostal muscles.  

A cell of the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas.  

In the small intestine, any of the tall columnar cells topped with a brush border made of thousands of microvilli.