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A surgical operation to join one part of the intestine to another, after a section has been removed. Surgical connection of two portions of the intestines.  

A space between two vertebrae. The large opening between the neural arch and the body of the vertebra that accommodates the spinal cord. The opening between adjacent articulated vertebrae for passage of nerves to and from the spinal cord. A natural gap situated between neighboring vertebrae (the bones of the spine), created by the spaces…

An opening in the brain between the lateral ventricle and the third ventricle, through which the cerebrospinal fluid passes.  

The area of medicine which uses X-rays, ultrasound and computer-assisted tomography to guide small instruments into the body for procedures such as biopsies, draining fluids or widening narrow vessels. The use of radiology to enable doctors to carry out diagnostic or treatment procedures under direct radiological vision. This X-ray procedure is used in minimally invasive…

A persistent nonbacterial condition in which someone has bladder pain and wants to pass urine frequently. It is often associated with Hunner’s ulcer. A chronic bladder condition in which the connective tissue is inflamed; related to autoimmune or allergic responses. A chronically painful inflammatory bladder condition, the etiology of which is often undetermined. It sometimes…

A condition in which a baby has both male and female characteristics, as in Klinefelter’s syndrome and Turner’s syndrome. The varying expression of male and female physical and sexual characteristics in the same individual.  

A piece of cartilage which joins the two sections of the pubic bone.  

A joint between the phalanges.  

Subarachnoid space between the two cerebral hemispheres beneath the midbrain and the hypothalamus.  

A triangular bone in the back of the skull, rarely present in humans. The bone lying between the parietal bones, at the back of the skull.