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- 4. Diabetes is the most common known underlying cause of gastroparesis. Diabetes can damage nerves,
- 6. rapid breathing
- 7. deficiency of glucose in the bloodstream.
- 9. cancer that forms in epithelial tissue
- 10. deficiency of platelets in the blood. This causes bleeding into the tissues, bruising, and slow blood clotting after injury.
- 11. an instrument for recording the thoracic movements or volume change during respiration.
- 13. comprise many different groups of muscles that run between the ribs, and help form and move the chest wall.
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- 1. a branch of medical science that is focused on the study and diagnosis of disease
- 2. surgical removal of a part or the whole of the stomach.
- 3. a type of cancer that occurs in the developing cells of a fetus or child
- 5. inflammation of the stomach and intestines, typically resulting from bacterial toxins or viral infection and causing vomiting and diarrhea.
- 7. a symptom that involves one-sided paralysis.
- 8. a treatment, typically using ultrasound shock waves, by which a kidney stone or other calculus is broken into small particles that can be passed out by the body.
- 12. the death of most or all of the cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply.