| 1. | Galactocele | A galactocele is a cystic tumor containing milk or a milky substance that is usually located in the mammary glands. It is caused by a protein plug that blocks off the outlet. Galactoceles are More… 0.6 KB |
| 2. | Galactokinase deficiency | Also called Galactosemia type 2 or GALK deficiency, is marked by an accumulation of galactose and galactitol secondary to the decreased conversion of galactose to galactose-1-phosphate by More… 0.6 KB |
| 3. | Galactorrhea | or galactorrhoea is the spontaneous flow of milk from the breast, unassociated with childbirth or nursing. Contemporary Maternal-Newborn Nursing Care defines galactorrhea as "nipple More… 1.4 KB |
| 4. | Galactose 1 phosphate uridylyltransferase galactosemia | (or Galactosemia type 1) is the most common type of galactosemia. It is caused by a deficiency in galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase. Cause : During the preparatory phase of More… 1.4 KB |
| 5. | Galactosemia | is a rare genetic metabolic disorder which affects an individual's ability to properly metabolize the sugar galactose. Goppert first described the disease in 1917, with its cause as a More… 3.7 KB |
| 6. | Galloway Mowat syndrome | Is a very rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder, consisting of a variety of features including hiatal hernia, microcephaly and nephrotic syndrome. The exact genetic defect in More… 1.0 KB |
| 7. | Gamma globulins | Gamma globulins, or Ig's, are a class of proteins in the blood, identified by their position after serum protein electrophoresis. The most significant gamma globulins are More… 1.8 KB |
| 8. | Ganglioglioma | Or gangliocytoma refers a tumour that arises from ganglion cells in the central nervous system. While they are most well known as occurring in the temporal lobe of the brain, they can occur More… 0.5 KB |
| 9. | Gardner Diamond syndrome | Is a disease of the immune system in which the body becomes sensitized to its own red cells and destroys some of them. |
| 10. | Gardners syndrome | is a genetic disorder characterized by the presence of multiple polyps in the colon together with tumors outside the colon. The extracolonic tumors may include osteomas of the skull, thyroid More… 1.8 KB |
| 11. | Gastric antral vascular ectasia | Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is an uncommon cause of chronic gastrointestinal bleeding or iron deficiency anemia. The condition is associated with dilated small blood vessels in More… 1.0 KB |
| 12. | Gastric dumping syndrome | Or rapid gastric emptying, happens when the lower end of the small intestine, the jejunum, fills too quickly with undigested food from the stomach. "Early" dumping begins during or More… 3.0 KB |
| 13. | Gastroenteritis | (also known as gastro, gastric flu, and stomach flu, although unrelated to influenza) is inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, involving both the stomach and the small intestine (see More… 1.5 KB |
| 14. | Gastroesophageal reflux disease | (GERD), Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), Gastric reflux disease, or Acid reflux disease is defined as chronic symptoms or mucosal damage produced by the abnormal reflux in the More… 0.6 KB |
| 15. | Gauchers disease | is the most common of the lysosomal storage diseases. It is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase (also known as acid β-glucosidase), leading to an accumulation of its More… 1.2 KB |
| 16. | Gestation | Gestation is the carrying of an embryo or fetus inside a female viviparous animal. Mammals during pregnancy can have one or more gestations at the same time (multiple gestations). The time More… 1.4 KB |
| 17. | Gestational trophoblastic disease | Gestational trophoblastic disease is any type of abnormal proliferation of trophoblasts during pregnancy.Methotrexate and dactinomycin are among the chemotherapy drugs proposed for this More… 0.3 KB |
| 18. | Gingivitis | Gingivitis ("inflammation of the gums") (gingiva) around the teeth is a general term for gingival diseases affecting the gingiva (gums). As generally used, the term gingivitis More… 6.0 KB |
| 19. | Glabrousness | is the technical term for an anatomically abnormal lack of hair or down. This may be due to a physical condition, such as alopecia universalis, which causes hair to fall out and/or prevents More… 0.8 KB |
| 20. | Glutamic acid | Glutamic acid (abbreviated as Glu or E) is one of the 20 proteinogenic amino acids and its codons are GAA and GAG. It is a non-essential amino acid. The carboxylate anions and salts of More… 0.6 KB |
