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Health | Surgical procedure in which the stomach is transected high on the body. The resulting proximal remnant is joined to a loop of the jejunum in an end-to-side anastomosis. This procedure is used frequently in the treatment of morbid obesity. (references) |
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Health | The two major types of present operations for severe obesity are vertical banded gastroplasty and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. (references) | |
In the long term, micronutrient deficiencies, particularly of vitamin B12 folate, and iron, are common after gastric bypass and must be sought and treated. (references) | ||
The somewhat greater weight loss after the gastric bypass procedure must be balanced against its higher risk of nutritional deficiencies, especially of micronutrients. (references) | ||
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-g-i-p-r-s-s-s-t-y" | |
-4 letters: brassicas, spagyrics. | |
-5 letters: abscissa, brassica, rapacity, sacrists, sacristy, sagacity, spagyric, sparsity, spastics. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 41 53 54 52 49 43      42 59 50 41 53 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01000001 01010011 01010100 01010010 01001001 01000011 00100000 01000010 01011001 01010000 01000001 01010011 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G A S T R I C   B Y P A S S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0041 0053 0054 0052 0049 0043      0042 0059 0050 0041 0053 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)413553545243372365950355353 |
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