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Cancer that begins in the organ lying behind the lower part of the stomach, called the pancreas.

A pool of blood outside the blood vessels.

A sleep condition that causes people to feel very drowsy and to fall asleep suddenly.

A group of skin disorders that cause dry, scaly, or thick skin.

An allergic response causing itchy, watery eyes, sneezing and other coldlike symptoms.

A sore that develops on the lining of the esophagus, stomach or small intestine.

Feeling dizzy or about to faint.

Inflammation that damages the tube running from the throat to the stomach, called the esophagus.

A wound on the lower leg that does not heal, caused by veins not working well.

A tiny crack in a bone caused by repeated stress or force, often from overuse.

Inflammation of the gallbladder — a small, digestive organ beneath the liver.

Loss of liver function.

A cyst in the middle ear.

Injury to the body from direct contact with a high-voltage source.

A cancer of the body's blood-forming tissues. It can harm the ability to fight infection.

A slow-growing, inflammatory lump in the tear gland of the eyelid.

Any of a group of conditions in which the stomach lining is inflamed.

A common allergy in which the body reacts to the eating of eggs.

The first three months of pregnancy.

Inflammation and clots in small blood vessels that block blood flow to feet, hands, legs and arms.