medicine+for+the+stomach
1stomach pump — n a suction pump with a flexible tube for removing the contents of the stomach * * * a pump for removing the contents from the stomach …
2stomach tube — n a flexible rubber tube to be passed through the esophagus into the stomach for introduction of material or removal of gastric contents * * * a nasogastric or orogastric tube …
3Stomach emptying study — Also called a gastric emptying study, this test evaluates the emptying of food from the stomach. For a gastric emptying study, a patient eats a meal in which the solid food, liquid food or both are mixed with a small amount of radioactive… …
4Stomach, Pavlov — A pouch fashioned surgically from part of the stomach (but isolated from the rest of the stomach) that opens via a fistula (canal) on to the abdominal wall. At different points along the dogs’ digestive tracts, the Russian physiologist Ivan… …
5The China Study (book) — The China Study: Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long Term Health   …
6The China Study — (ISBN 1 932100 38 5) is a 2005 book by T. Colin Campbell, of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell Universitycite journal last =Arnold first =Wilfred Niels title =The China Study journal =Leonardo volume =38 issue =5 pages =436 publisher =MIT Press …
7The Hunger Games universe — is a dystopic society in which the The Hunger Games trilogy is set. It consists of the nation of Panem which is located in North America at least 100 years in the future and 75 years after a major war has taken place in that future. Contents 1… …
8medicine, history of — Introduction the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric and ancient times to the 20th century. Medicine and surgery before 1800 Primitive (primitive culture) medicine and folklore Unwritten history is not… …
9stomach cancer — Malignant tumour of the stomach. The main risk factors include a diet high in salted, smoked, or pickled foods; Helicobacter pylori infection; tobacco and alcohol use; age (over age 60); and a family history of stomach cancer. Males develop… …
10Medicine in medieval Islam — In the history of medicine, Islamic medicine or Arabic medicine refers to medicine developed in the medieval Islamic civilization and written in Arabic, the lingua franca of the Islamic civilization. Despite these names, a significant number of… …
