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In pharmacology, the term galenical refers to a drug obtained from plant or animal tissue, especially from vegetables, rather than being chemically synthesized.
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Galenism is a system of medicine based on the 84 surviving technical treatises of Galen, including the theory of the four bodily humours.
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Galeophobia is the fear of cats.
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The gall bladder serves the function of concentrating and storing bile, produced in dilute form by the liver, and secreting the bile through the cystic ducts into the duodenum where it can help in digestion. The gall bladder itself is a blue-green organ, about eight centimeters long, located on the underside of the liver. Bile is composed of cholesterol, bile salts, and bile pigment. The
gall bladder is not critical to the survival of the human, and may be removed without severely adverse effects. The crystallization of the bile salts in the gall bladder gives rise to gallstones, which often requires surgical correction.
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Gallophobia (galiophobia) is the fear of France and French culture.
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In psychology, the gambler's fallacy is the fallacy that in a series of chance events the probability of one event occurring increases with the number of times another event has occurred in succession.
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Gametes are cells taking part in sexual reproduction. The female gamete is the ovum (egg-cell) and the male gamete of animals is the spermatozoon or sperm, and the male gamete of plants the spermatozoid.
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Gametophobia is the fear of marriage.
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A gamma camera is a medical apparatus that detects gamma rays emitted from a person's body after the administration of a radioactive drug and so produces images of the organ being investigated.
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Gamma globulin is a mixture of proteins in plasma, the fluid portion of blood. It contains antibodies produced in the liver, spleen, bone marrow, and lymphatic glands to protect the body from invading viruses or bacteria. Each disease antigen stimulates production of a specific antibody, which circulates in the blood for a period of time. Since the gamma globulin contains these antibodies, it is sometimes taken from patients who have recovered from chicken pox, hepatitis, and other infectious diseases and given to confer a rapid but short- term immunity on persons recently exposed to those diseases. Persons who suffer from an unusual deficiency of gamma globulin known as agammaglobulinemia are deficient in antibodies and may require periodic infusions of gamma globulin to maintain protection. In 1969 scientists in England and at Rockefeller University determined the chemical structure of gamma globulin, an important advance in the knowledge of immunity.
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Gamma Hydroxibutilate is an anabolic steroid. It causes increased protein synthesis and amino acid consumption, androgensisis, catabolism, and gluticocototitosis. It is used for sports performance enhancement, relief and recovery from common injuries, rehabilitation, weight control, anti- insomnia, and regulation of sexuality, aggression, and cognition.
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Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate is a depressive drug used as a central nervous system depressant. It causes a state of euphoria and extreme muscle relaxation. Patients report afterwards being unaware of what has happened during the hours they are under the influence.
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Gamophobia is the fear of marriage.
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A ganglion is an enlargement occurring somewhere in the course of a nerve, and containing nerve cells in addition to nerve filaments.
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Gangrene (Mortification) is a term applied in medicine to the death of a considerable bulk of body tissue. Gangrenes are classified according to their cause. Embolic gangrene is due to the blocking of an artery, which prevents blood reaching the part. Senile gangrene is due to malnutrition of the part in very old people. Traumatic gangrene is due to injury. Hospital gangrene, gas gangrene and others are due to infection by organisms. The gangrene may be either dry or moist. In dry gangrene the part is hard, shrunken and black. In moist gangrene it is swollen and putrescent.
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Gas gangrene is a form of gangrene resulting from infection of a wound by anaerobic bacteria (especially Clostridium welchii) that cause gas bubbles and swelling in the surrounding tissues.
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A gastrectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the stomach.
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The gastric artery is the smallest branch of the celiac artery. It is also called the coronary artery. The gastric artery crosses and supplies the stomach, ending at the hepatic artery.
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Gastric Juice is a clear, colourless fluid secreted by the mucous membrane of the stomach, and is the chief agent in digestion.
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The Gastric System refers to all parts of the body which contribute to digestion.
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A gastric ulcer is an ulcer of the mucous membrane lining the stomach.
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Gastrin is a polypeptide hormone secreted by the stomach that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
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Gastritis is inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the stomach.
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Gastro-enterostomy is an operation in which the duodenum is short-circuited by a loop of small intestine being joined directly to the lower border of the stomach. It is performed for three distinct reasons: (a) pyloric obstruction or duodenal stenosis due to some congenital deformity. (b) pyloric obstruction due to scarring following duodenal or gastric ulceration. (Partial gastrectomy is usually preferable but not always necessary). (c) pyloric obstruction due to carcinoma as a purely palliative measure when the primary tumour cannot be removed.
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The gastrocnemius muscle extends the length of the leg from the knee joint to the ankle joint. It consists of a lateral head (caput laterale), a medial head (caput mediale), and their single tendon of insertion. Each head is a thick muscular column, separated from the other by the back of the knee. As they descend, they come together. The medial head is larger and originates from the medial condyle of the femur. It wraps around the leg more towards the front than does the lateral head. The lateral head originates from the lateral condyle of the femur. The muscular heads end at or slightly above the middle of the leg, where they attach to their tendon. The two heads form the bulging 'belly' of the calf of the leg. Their tendon descends and fuses with the tendon of the soleus, which lies just beneath it, forming the Achilles tendon, which inserts in the calcaneus. The gastrocnemius muscle is innervated by the tibial nerve and supplied by the tibial artery. This muscle propels the body when walking, running, or jumping. It raises the heel, which lifts the body. It also assists, though minimally, in flexing the knee joint.
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A gastroduodenostomy is a surgical operation in which the duodenum is joined to a new opening in the stomach, usually to bypass an obstruction.
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Gastroenteritis is the inflammation of the stomach and intestines.
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Gastroenterology is the branch of medical science concerned with diseases of the stomach and intestines.
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A gastroenterostomy is the surgical formation of an artificial opening between the stomach and the small intestine.
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There are two gastroepiploic veins. One is a small vein, that corresponds to the hepatic artery. The other is a large vein, that corresponds to the gastric artery. Both veins receive blood from the stomach and converge with the vena cava.
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In pathology, a gastrolith is a stone in the stomach.
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A gastrostomy is a surgical formation of an artificial opening into the stomach from the skin surface, which is then used for feeding.
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Gastrotomy is the operation of opening into the stomach by cutting the body and stomach walls.
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In embryology, gastrulation is the term used to describe the process in which a gastrula is formed from a blastula by the inward migration of cells.
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Gatophobia is the fear of cats.
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Gees Linctus is a cough medicine comprised mainly of an alcohol solution of opium mixed with squill and benzoic acid sweetened with sugar. Gees linctus acts by suppressing the urge to cough, and also as an anti-biotic while the squill is an expectorant and as such helps to clear the bronchial passages by encouraging the mucus to be expelled as sputum.
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Geliophobia is the fear of laughter.
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The gemellus inferior is a small muscles of the hip. The gemellus inferior originates from the tuberosity of the ischium and inserts with the gemellus superior. These muscles are innervated by the sacral plexus and supplied by the inferior gluteal artery. They help rotate the thigh.
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The gemellus superior is a small muscles of the hip. The gemellus superior originates from the spine of the ischium and insert into the great trochanter of the femur with the tendon of the obturator internus muscle.
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Gemfibrozil is a drug that lowers the level of low-density lipoproteins in the blood and is therefore used to treat patients with hypercholesterolaemia.
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Gemox is a brand name for Amoxicillin.
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Gene therapy is the replacement or alteration of defective genes in order to prevent the occurrence of inherited diseases, such as haemophilia for example.
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A general anaesthetic is a drug producing anaesthesia of the entire body, with loss of consciousness. There is always the risk of the patient entering a coma or dying with a general anaesthetic, which is why increasingly local anaesthetics are being used.
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The genetic code is the order in which the nitrogenous bases of DNA are arranged in the molecule, which determines the type and amount of protein synthesized in the cell. The four bases are arranged in groups of three in a specific order, each group acting as a unit (codon), which specifies a particular amino acid.
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Genetic engineering is the alteration of the DNA of a cell for purposes of research, as a means of manufacturing animal proteins, correcting genetic defects, or making 'improvements' to plants and animals bred by man.
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The genioglossus (geniohyoglossus) is a flat triangular muscle that originates from the inner surface of the front of the mandible (lower jaw) and the hyoid bone and inserts in the tongue, from the apex (tip) to the base. There are two genioglossus muscles, one on each side of the tongue. When the two muscle contract at the same time, the tongue is protruded by its whole foundation being pulled forward. This muscle is innervated by the hypoglossal nerve. The
genioglossus, the styloglossus, the palatoglossus and the hyoglossus work together to move the tongue.
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The geniohyoid (geniohyoideus) is a narrow jaw muscle that lies just beneath the myohyoid. It originates from the mandible and inserts in the hyoid bone. This muscle works closely with the myohyoid to open the jaw and raise the tongue. It is innervated by a branch of the hyoglossal nerve and is supplied by the lingual artery.
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Geniophobia is the fear of chins.
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Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a variety of the herpes simplex virus in which painful blisters occur in the genital region.
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Genitourinary medicine is the branch of medical science concerned with the study and treatment of diseases of the genital and urinary organs, especially sexually transmitted diseases.
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The genitourinary system includes the urinary and reproductive organs. Because these organs are located in the same area of the body, and share some functions, they often are treated together. The urinary system of both male and female are essentially the same, with the notable exception that the urethra, in the male, continues out through the penis, while, in the female, it opens into the vagina. The reproductive systems of the male and female are each geared toward fulfilling specific roles. The male's is designed to generate sperm cells containing half of the genetic material necessary for the development of a baby and deliver that material to the female's system. The female's reproductive system is designed to generate an ovum, or egg, which carries the other half of the genetic material, to be fertilized by the sperm cells from the male. The female's reproductive tract is also designed to support the gestating fetus until it is born, approximately nine months after fertilization.
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The genome is the complement of haploid chromosomes contained in a single gamete or nucleus.
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Genophobia is the fear of sex.
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Genuphobia is the fear of knees.
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Gephyrophobia is the fear of bridges.
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Gerascophobia is the fear of growing old.
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Geratology is the branch of medicine concerned with the elderly and the phenomena associated with ageing; geriatrics and gerontology.
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Geriatrics is the branch of medical science concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting elderly people.
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In embryology, the germ layer is a layer of cells that can be distinguished during the development of a fertilised egg. Most animals have three such layers: the inner, middle, and outer. These differentiate to form the various body tissues. The inner layer (endoderm) gives rise to the gut, the middle one (mesoderm) develops into most of the other organs, while the outer one (ectoderm) gives rise to the skin and nervous system. Simple animals, such as sponges, lack a mesoderm.
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German measles (Rubella or Rose Measles) is a mild acute infection with a rose coloured rash which develops at the onset of the disease. There are enlarged tender glands in the neck and sometimes in the axillae and groins, and slight malaise. The disease is very infectious and spreads by direct contact. The quarantine period is twenty-one days, and the incubation period fourteen to twenty-one days. There may be headache and slight fever, and some inflammation and watering of the eyes. The rash breaks out first on the face, body or arms, and spreads downwards causing slight irritation; it then usually disappears after two days. The spots are small and separate and of a brighter pink than in measles. Complications in children very seldom develop. In pregnant women who have not had the disease an attack of German measles at about the 4th to 12th weeks of pregnancy may cause permanent defects in the baby. The possible defects are cataract, deafness, and heart imperfections. Formerly, certain doctors therefore considered that all girls should be allowed to have the illness in childhood when their blood will make preventive antibodies for life. Today it is standard practice to innoculate all girls around the time they reach puberty. It is a controversial point as to whether an abortion should be advised for women in early pregnancy who develop measles for the first time.
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Germanophobia (Teutophobia) is the fear of German people and things.
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Gerontophobia is the fear of old people or of growing old.
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Geumaphobia is the fear of taste.
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Geumatophobia is the fear of taste.
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Giardiasis is a gastro-enteritis type of disease caused by infection by the protozoan Giardia intestinalis. Giardiasis is the most common protozoan intestinal disease in the USA and is transmitted by the faecal-oral route. Cysts of the organism are ingested through faecally-contaminated food, water, etc.
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Gills are a respiratory organ found in animals which obtain oxygen from water, such as crustaceans, molluscs, fish and amphibians.
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Gimalxina is a brand name for Amoxicillin.
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The gingeval epithelium is the outer layer of tissue which lines the sides and top of the gums. This epithelium provides a supportive and protective layer which is highly vascular. Inflammation of this layer is called gingivitis, and is one of the most common problems arising from poor dental hygiene.
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In anatomy ginglymus is the name for the hinge type of joint, such as the human elbow.
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The gizzard is a strong muscular part of a bird's alimentary canal which enables them to grind their food.
Gizzards also occur in many gastropods, and in certain cephalopods and crustaceans.
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In anatomy, the glabella is a smooth elevation of the frontal bone just above the bridge of the nose. It is used as a reference point in physical anthropology or craniometry.
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A gland is a bodily organ that manufactures and secretes enzymes, hormones or other chemicals.
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Glanders is a disease attacking horses, due to a bacillus (Bacillus mallei), which affects the lungs and sometimes the membrane of the nose and throat. The disease may be passed to man by contagion. In man the incubation period is from one to five days. The symptoms may be acute or chronic. In the former type there is an eruption of papules on the face and some of the joints, which soon become pustular, with fever and malaise; later ulcerating nodules develop in the nose and cause a foul discharge. The disease was formerly sometimes mistaken for smallpox. Abscesses are formed in the muscles and skin (farcy) and the patient collapses with high fever and often bronchopneumonia. Death follows within ten days in a high proportion of cases. In the chronic type of the disease the same sequel of rash and abscesses is seen, but the condition becomes chronic and new abscesses form as healing takes place; even after apparent cure, recurrence is common and may be fatal. The diagnosis is often difficult in the early stages.
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Glandular fever (infectious mononucleosis) is a mild infectious disease most commonly caused by the Epstein-Barr (EB) virus, one of the herpes viruses. As with any harmful infection, the body's immune system fights the EB virus infection by activating large numbers of lymphocytes.
Glandular fever occurs most often in young adults but also strikes children and older people. Direct contact between people-kissing, for example - can spread the disease. The chief symptoms include chills, fever, sore throat, and fatigue. The disease is called glandular fever because swelling occurs in the lymphatic glands, especially those in the neck. Symptoms may also include an enlarged spleen, inflamed mouth and gums, skin rash, jaundice, and an enlarged liver. Depending on the seriousness of the case, most doctors recommend mild to complete bed rest for a glandular fever patient. The disease is not fatal, and most patients recover within three to six weeks. Blood tests are used to diagnose glandular fever. In a test used widely for many years, a sample of the patient' s blood is mixed with sheep's blood. If the patient has the disease, the sheep's blood cells stick together. Newer, more sophisticated tests identify glandular fever by detecting specific antibodies believed to be formed in the blood to fight the EB virus.
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The glans of the penis is the enlarged tip, or head, of the penis. In its apex is the vertical meatus of the urethra. The glans is covered by a loose fold of skin, called the foreskin or prepuce, which is often removed from infants for religious reasons.
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Glaucoma is an eye disease caused by raised pressure inside the eye. Acute
glaucoma results in pain, disturbed vision, and blindness. Chronic glaucoma - one of the commonest causes of blindness - comes on slowly and painlessly. Both types can be controlled by eye drops.
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The glenoid cavity forms the upper, lateral angle of the scapula, facing to the side of the body. This cavity serves as a site of articulation with the head of the humerus, or upper arm bone. Just to the posterior of the glenoid cavity is the acromion, which juts out from the spine of the scapula on its dorsal surface.
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Glomerulonephritis is any of various kidney diseases in which the glomeruli are affected.
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The glomerulus is the main filter of the nephron and is located within the Bowman's capsule. The glomerulus resembles a twisted mass of tiny tubes through which the blood passes. The glomerulus is semipermeable, allowing water and soluble wastes to pass through and be excreted out of the Bowman' s capsule as urine. The filtered blood passes out of the glomerulus into the efferent arteriole to be returned through the medullary plexus to the intralobular vein.
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Glossa is the technical term for the tongue.
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The glossal muscles are the muscles of the tongue. The tongue is predominantly a muscular organ, which has a great capacity for both slow and rapid shape changes. The muscular fibres of the tongue run in various directions. These fibres are divided into two sets, the extrinsic muscles and the intrinsic muscles. The extrinsic glossal muscles connect the tongue to the bones around it (the mandible in front, the hyoid bone below, the base of the skull behind, and the palate above). They take up a large space within the arc of the lower jaw. There are four sets of extrinsic muscles on each side of the head. They are the hypoglossus, styloglossus, platoglossus, and genioglossus muscle. These muscles work together in a coordinated way to bring about bulk movements of the tongue. Within the tongue are the intrinsic glossal muscles, which control the detailed shape changes of the organ. The fibres of the intrinsic muscles are grouped into four assemblages: two running from the front to the back of the tongue, one transversely and the last
vertically.
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A glossectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the tongue.
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Glossitis is inflammation of the tongue.
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In psychology, glossolalia describes babbling in a nonexistent language (for example the 'speaking in tongues' of various religious sects).
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The glossopharyngeal nerve is the ninth cranial nerve, which supplies the muscles of the pharynx, the tongue, the middle ear, and the parotid gland.
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Glossophobia is the fear of speaking in public.
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The glottis is the vocal apparatus of the larynx, consisting of the two true vocal cords and the opening between them.
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Glucagon is a polypeptide hormone, produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, that stimulates the release of glucose into the blood.
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Gluconeogenesis (glyconeogenesis) is the sequence of metabolic reactions by which glucose is synthesized in the liver, from noncarbohydrate sources, such as amino acids, pyruvic acid, or glycerol.
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Glutethimide (Doredin) is an orally ingested or injected insomnia relief drug which has anti- cholinergic properties such as mydriasis, inhibition of salivary secretions, and decreased intestinal motility. It is also a central nervous system depressant.
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The gluteus maximus is the most powerful and largest muscle in the body. It is a thick, fleshy, quadrilateral muscle that forms the major volume of the buttock. It originates from the ilium and the posterior surface of the sacrum and coccyx, descends downward and outward from its origin and wraps around the outer back corner of the pelvis to insert in the iliotibial band and the gluteal ridge of the femur. It connects the ilium, sacrum, and coccyx to the femur by tissues of the thigh. The gluteus maximus is innervated by the inferior gluteal nerve and supplied by the inferior and superior gluteal arteries. This muscle consists of coarse muscle fibres that powerfully extend the thigh at the hip joint and moves it away from the body, as when walking or running. It is also used to raise the body from a sitting position.
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The gluteus medius (mesogluteus) is a wide, fan-shaped muscle that originates from the ilium of the pelvis between the anterior and posterior gluteal lines. It runs from the outer portion of the ilium (pelvis), up to the crest of the ilium and tapers into a strong flattened tendon at its insertion on the femur (upper leg bone) . It is innervated by the superior gluteal nerve and supplied by the superior gluteal artery. The gluteus medius is partly covered by the gluteus maximus. You can feel the crest of the gluteus medius through the skin. It moves the thigh outward and rotates it, as when walking or running. It keeps the torso upright during walking when one foot is touching the ground and the other is not touching the ground. The gluteus minimus lies just beneath the gluteus medius and works with it.
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The gluteus minimus lies just beneath the gluteus medius and works with it to abduct the thigh. The
gluteus minimus originates from the ilium of the pelvis between the anterior and inferior gluteal lines and inserts in the great trochanter of the femur. It is innervated by the superior gluteal nerve and supplied by the superior gluteal artery.
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Gnathic is a classification of human skull shape found in Europeans.
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The gnathion is the lowest point of the midline of the lower jaw. It is used as a reference point in craniometry.
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Gnosiophobia is the fear of knowledge.
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Goa Powder (Bahia powder, Brazil powder, ringworm powder, Araroba powder) is a powder obtained from the wood of the Araroba tree and used as a gastro-intestinal irritant producing large, watery stools and vomiting. It is also used in eczema, psoriasis, acne and other skin diseases. In India and South America it is used for treating ringworm.
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Godfrey's cordial was a potent medicine first developed in the first quarter of the 18th century and formerly given to children suffering from colic or hunger pangs, particularly by the poor. It consisted of sassafras, opium, brandy or other spirits, carraway seed and treacle.
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Goitre is an overgrown or swollen thyroid gland, usually observed as a swelling in the neck.
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Gomcillin is a brand name for Amoxicillin.
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Gonorrhoea is a specific contagious inflammation of the male urethra or the female vagina. It is a painful disease which may result in the chronic catarrh called gleet or may lead to stricture.
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Goulard's Extract was an astringent solution of lead acetate and lead oxide used from the mid 19th century to the early twentieth century.
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Goulard's Water was a dilute form of Goulard's extract containing eighty parts of water to one part of extract and one part of alcohol.
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Gout is a disease marked by an excess of uric acid in the tissues.
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GPI (general paralysis of the insane) also known as general paresis and dementia paralytica is a disease of the central nervous system. It is a late manifestation of syphilis, often occurring up to 15 years after the original infection, and is characterised by mental deterioration, speech defects, and progressive paralysis.
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The Graafian Vesicles are numerous small globular transparent follicles found in the ovaries of mammals. Each follicle contains one ovum which is expelled when it reaches maturity.
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The gracilis is a thin, wide, band-like muscle that sits on the inside of the thigh. It is wider at its point of origin at the edge of the midsection of the pubic arch and tapers at its insertion in the inside surface of the shaft of the tibia. It is innervated by the obturator nerve and supplied by the internal circumflex artery. This muscle brings the knee up and pulls it across the front, toward the middle of the body. It also assists in rotation of the leg.
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Graphophobia is the fear of writing.
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The saphenous veins are located in the leg. The short saphenous vein begins at the outer arch on the top of the foot and ascend along the Achilles tendon to the popliteal vein. It receives many venous branches from the back of the leg and the top of the foot. The long saphenous vein, or
great saphenous vein, begins along the inner arch on the top of the foot and ascends along the inner side of the leg up through the thigh to the femoral vein. Both veins have numerous valves to assist in the transportation of blood. There are more valves located in the thigh. In bypass surgery, the saphenous vein is cut from the leg and used as a graft.
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The rear part of each palatine bone, at the junction of the vertical and horizontal parts, features a roughly pyramid-shaped protrusion. This pyramidal process articulates with the lateral plate of the sphenoidal bone, and is pierced by three foramina. The largest of these is the greater palatine foramen, while the two smaller ones are known as the lesser palatine foramina.
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The lower margin of each ilial wing features a sharp concavity where the ilium and the sacrum join. This is called the greater sciatic notch, and it allows the sciatic nerves to pass to the legs below.
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The upper end of the femur features two prominences which serve as attachment sites for muscles and ligaments. The larger prominence is called the greater trochanter and projects from the upper side of the femur. The smaller, or lesser, trochanter, projects medially from the side of the femur, just at the neck of the femur.
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The greater tubercle is a large, bulbous prominence on the proximal end of the humerus, which is just opposite the articular head and serves, with the lesser tubercle and points on the scapula, as a site of attachment for the connective tissue which forms the shoulder joint capsule.
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Grinsul is a brand name for Amoxicillin.
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Grunamox is a brand name for Amoxicillin.
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The gums (gingiva) are firm fleshy tissue covering the alveolar parts of either jaw and enveloping the necks of the teeth.
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Gymnophobia is the fear of nudity.
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Gynaecology is the branch of medicine concerned with diseases in women, especially those of the genitourinary tract.
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Gynophobia is the fear of women.
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