Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the liver.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science of or a treatise on the liver.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the liver.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The
study ortreatment of theliver ,gallbladder , andpancreas .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the other study, a group led by Dr. Bruce R. Bacon, director of the gastroenterology and hepatology division at St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, tested boceprevir on 403 patients with chronic hepatitis C.
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In addition to our transplant surgeons, Children's Hospital has one of the nation's largest pediatric hepatology (the branch of medicine related to the study of liver disease) services.
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Many recently diagnosed patients are postponing therapy to await these new drug cocktails in hopes of a better chance at a faster cure, says Dr. Paul Pockros, hepatology chief at the Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, Calif., who helped test telaprevir.
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Boceprevir, a protease inhibitor, along with peginterferon and ribavirin increases response rates in previously untreated patients," said Dr. Raj Reddy, co-researcher of one of the studies and director of hepatology and medical director of liver transplantation at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia."
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Boceprevir, a protease inhibitor, along with peginterferon and ribavirin increases response rates in previously untreated patients," said Dr. Raj Reddy, co-researcher of one of the studies and director of hepatology and medical director of liver transplantation at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia."
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If these drugs, which tend to suppress the immune system, are given in doses that are too high, the immune system can be compromised, says Robert Summers , a professor in gastroenterology and hepatology at the University of Iowa who helped run the trials.
In a Squeaky-Clean World, a Worm Might Help Fight Disease Shirley S. Wang 2012
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Many recently diagnosed patients are postponing therapy to await these new drug cocktails in hopes of a better chance at a faster cure, says Dr. Paul Pockros, hepatology chief at the Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, Calif., who helped test telaprevir.
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Pasricha , chief of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
A Gut Check for Many Ailments Shirley S. Wang 2012
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In the other study, a group led by Dr. Bruce R. Bacon, director of the gastroenterology and hepatology division at St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, tested boceprevir on 403 patients with chronic hepatitis C.
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Ltd., which researches and produces both natural drugs and chemical drugs with new formulations for use in orthopedics, neurology, gastroenterology and hepatology.
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