Category: S

The surgical removal of most of the pancreas.  

The surgical, removal of the uterus, but not the cervix. The surgical removal of the uterus, leaving the cervix in place. Surgical procedure that removes the uterus but leaves the cervix intact.  

The surgical removal of all but the top part of the stomach in contact with the diaphragm.  

Referring to an operation to remove most of an organ. To surgical procedures in which a portion of an organ, rather than the complete organ, is removed; partial, limited.  

Describing a stimulus that is not strong enough to have an effect. Adjustment disorders, a term utilized in psychiatry, refer to conditions that exhibit notable clinical characteristics but do not meet the complete criteria for major disorders. These disorders are regarded as subthreshold disorders.  

A type of malaria, where the fever is present most of the time. A type of malaria-related fever.  

A way of treating a condition by using a different drug from the one used before. Treatment by providing a less harmful alternative to a drug or remedy that a patient has been receiving. It is used when the patient has become addicted to a drug or is placing too much reliance upon a particular…

To go down or become less violent.  

An abscess which forms between the diaphragm and the liver. A pus-filled sac that develops on or near the diaphragm. A sub-phrenic abscess is usually the result of peritonitis (inflammation of the peritoneum, the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers the stomach, intestines, and other abdominal organs). A collection of pus in the…

Beneath the back of the head.