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An instrument that measures electric current by electromagnetic action. A tool used to gauge the strength of electric currents.  

Therapeutic use of a galvanic current.  

A concretion formed in the gallbladder or bile ducts. Gallstones are found in about 15% of men and 30% of women in the U.S. They may cause pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen (biliary colic) or they may be clinically silent. Gallstones typically are made either of crystallized cholesterol deposits or calcium…

Four liquid measure quarts; 231 cu in or 3.79 L. In England the Imperial liquid gallon is 277.4 cu in or 4.55 L.  

An infantile reflex in which the trunk curves toward the side of stimulation in a prone infant. It is present from birth to age 2 months.  

A starch-hydrolyzing enzyme in milk.  

Treatment of a nursing infant by drugs administered to the mother and excreted in her milk.  

The cessation or checking of milk secretion.  

A carbohydrate that contains galactose.  

A test of the ability of the liver to metabolize galactose. A standard dose of galactose is administered to the fasting patient, and the amount of galactose excreted in the urine in the next 5 hr is determined. If the liver is damaged, the galactose is not metabolized to glycogen but is instead excreted in…