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Acute otitis media
Inflammation, usually due to infection of the middle ear. Symptoms include pain and high fever.
APG
Anterior pituitary gland.
Asthma
Condition which involves narrowing of the bronchial airways which changes in severity over short periods of time, leads to cough, wheezing and difficulty breathing
Dermatitis
Inflammatory condition of the skin.
Diabetes mellitus
Disorder of carbohydrate metabolism in which sugars in the body are not metabolised to produce energy.
FIL
Feedback inhibitor of lactation.
HPL
Human placental lactogen.
Lactiferous ducts
Ducts responsible for transporting milk from the alveoli lumen to the nipple opening.
Lactogenesis
Production of milk by the mammary glands.
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