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Carbohydrate absorption
The taking up of the monosaccharides by the brush border of the small intestine.
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Absolute risk increase
A measure of the negative effect of an intervention or treatment in a clinical trial. It consists of the number of adverse events found in the experimental group, minus the number of adverse events in the control group. It is the opposite of the “absolute benefit increase.”
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Absolute benefit increase
The beneficial effect of an intervention or treatment in a clinical trial. It consists of the number of events observed in the experimental cohort minus the number of events in the control group. The term is the opposite of the “absolute risk increase.”
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Absinthism
Deterioration of the nervous system following excessive use of absinthe.
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Absence
Brief temporary loss of consciousness, as may occur in petit mal epilepsy. In medical terminology, there is a transient absence or reduction of consciousness observed in certain types of epilepsy, particularly generalized absence (petit mal) seizures experienced during childhood.
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Abscopal
Concerning the effect of radiation on tissues at some distance from the actual radiation site or target.
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Abrin
A powerful cellular toxin derived from the seeds of the jequirty pea (A brus precatorius), also called the Rosary Pea. Abrin prevents cells from making necessary proteins and may cause death or poisoning after it is inhaled, consumed, or applied to the skin.
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Tubal abortion
A spontaneous abortion in which the fetus has been expelled through the distal end of the uterine tube. In an ectopic pregnancy, the embryo is expelled from the fallopian tube into the abdominal cavity.
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Septic abortion
Abortion in which there is an infection of the products of conception and the endometrial lining of the uterus. A post-miscarriage or abortion infection can occur in the uterus, affecting any remaining fetal or placental tissue. This condition is marked by symptoms such as fever, abdominal discomfort, and a vaginal discharge that might include blood.…
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Partial-birth abortion
A lay term for a second or third trimester abortion, sometimes referred to medically as “dilation and extraction.” The cranial contents of the fetus are evacuated prior to the removal of the fetus from the uterus.
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