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Glossaries

For many of us, medical and health insurance terms are unfamiliar or complex. Our glossaries define some of those terms.


		Short bowel syndrome An inadequate absorption of ingested nutrients resulting from a surgical procedure in which a considerable length of the intestinal tract has been removed or bypassed.

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Septicemia
Sexually transmitted disease
Short bowel syndrome
Sickle cell anemia
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Sleep apnea
Soft tissue infection
Spina bifida
Stricture
Stroke
Subacute bacterial endocarditis
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

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