| ascending aorta |
The first part of the major trunk carrying oxygen-risk blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
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| ascending colon |
The portion of the large intestine ?between the cecum and transverse colon ?that starts on the right side of the abdomen and moves up toward the liver. See also large intestine. Illustration included.
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| ascending colon |
A part of the colon. Ascorbic Acid
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| ascending |
Sloping or angled upward. See drawing of stem forms.
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| ascending infection |
When harmful bacteria enter the bladder and cause a bladder infection, these germs can "ascend" up the ureters and infect the kidney. In pregnant women, ascending infection almost always affects the right kidney.
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