Category: A

Metabolism of fat with production of free fatty acids.  

A hernia that contains fat or fatty tissue.  

Excision of fat or adipose tissue, usually a large quantity.  

Deficiency or absence of sweat.  

Adhesion in the abdominal cavity, usually involving the intestines; caused by inflammation or trauma. If adhesions cause great pain or intestinal obstruction, they are treated surgically.  

The massa intermedia that connects the two lobes of the thalamus.  

In conjugation of some bacteria, a protein on the cell surface that causes aggregation of cells.  

Congenital or acquired defect in or lack of skin.  

Surgical removal of the tonsils and adenoids.  

Device for excising a gland, especially the adenoid glands.