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  • Thumbnail for Stomach
    The stomach is a muscular, hollow organ in the upper gastrointestinal tract of humans and many other animals, including several invertebrates. The stomach...
    48 KB (5,077 words) - 15:15, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Stomach cancer
    Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a cancer that develops from the lining of the stomach. Most cases of stomach cancers are gastric carcinomas...
    76 KB (7,890 words) - 08:04, 11 November 2024
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    A stomach rumble, also known as a bowel sound, peristaltic sound, abdominal sound, bubble gut or borborygmus (pronounced /ˌbɔːrbəˈrɪɡməs/; plural borborygmi)...
    9 KB (858 words) - 08:16, 16 May 2024
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    Gastritis is the inflammation of the lining of the stomach. It may occur as a short episode or may be of a long duration. There may be no symptoms but...
    32 KB (2,738 words) - 17:48, 1 November 2024
  • "As the Stomach Turns" is a series of comedy sketches parodying the soap opera As the World Turns (or its title, at any rate) featured on The Carol Burnett...
    13 KB (1,218 words) - 06:12, 26 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Curvatures of the stomach
    The curvatures of the stomach are the long, convex, lateral surface, and the shorter, concave, medial surface of the stomach, which are referred to as...
    6 KB (614 words) - 22:41, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Stomach disease
    Stomach diseases include gastritis, gastroparesis, Crohn's disease and various cancers. The stomach is an important organ in the body. It plays a vital...
    8 KB (951 words) - 03:45, 16 May 2024
  • Black stomach is a condition that results from acute gastric necrosis. The tarry black colour is produced by the coagulative necrosis of mucosa resulting...
    866 bytes (103 words) - 11:44, 17 July 2023
  • Gastric lavage (redirect from Stomach pump)
    commonly called stomach pumping or gastric irrigation, is the process of cleaning out the contents of the stomach using a tube. Since its first recorded use...
    5 KB (647 words) - 16:59, 24 October 2024
  • Snatiation (redirect from Stomach sneeze)
    originally termed "stomach sneeze reflex", which is characterized by uncontrollable bursts of sneezing brought on by fullness of the stomach, typically immediately...
    2 KB (270 words) - 06:25, 3 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Peptic ulcer disease
    the inner lining of the stomach, the first part of the small intestine, or sometimes the lower esophagus. An ulcer in the stomach is called a gastric ulcer...
    56 KB (5,902 words) - 20:33, 12 September 2024
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    Abdominal pain (redirect from Stomach ache)
    Abdominal pain, also known as a stomach ache, is a symptom associated with both non-serious and serious medical issues. Since the abdomen contains most...
    43 KB (3,257 words) - 16:21, 12 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gastric dilatation volvulus
    dilation, twisted stomach, or gastric torsion, is a medical condition that affects dogs and rarely cats and guinea pigs, in which the stomach becomes overstretched...
    24 KB (3,013 words) - 04:23, 9 August 2024
  • Tumors of the stomach are known as gastric tumors, and can be either benign or malignant (gastric cancer). These tumors arise from the cells of the gastric...
    11 KB (1,135 words) - 17:00, 11 February 2023
  • Thumbnail for Helicobacter pylori
    penetrate the mucous lining of the stomach, helped by its flagella, and thereby establish infection. The bacterium was first identified as the causal agent...
    148 KB (16,645 words) - 19:43, 17 November 2024
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    "stomach"; and -paresis, πάρεσις – "partial paralysis") is a medical disorder of ineffective neuromuscular contractions (peristalsis) of the stomach,...
    66 KB (6,983 words) - 09:25, 11 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Obligate anaerobe
    the digestive tracts of humans and other animals as well as in the first stomach of ruminants. Examples of obligately anaerobic fungal genera include...
    11 KB (1,064 words) - 02:03, 23 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Billroth II
    gastrectomy (removal of the stomach) is performed and the cut end of the stomach is closed. The greater curvature of the stomach (not involved with the previous...
    2 KB (214 words) - 04:27, 22 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for Gastric antral vascular ectasia
    long red areas that are present in the stomach may resemble the markings on watermelon. The condition was first discovered in 1952, and reported in the...
    22 KB (2,236 words) - 01:39, 25 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Human digestive system
    swallowed down the esophagus to enter the stomach. The second stage, the gastric phase, happens in the stomach. Here, the food is further broken down by...
    65 KB (8,599 words) - 01:52, 18 October 2024
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