From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. An elimination diet is a method of identifying foods that an individual cannot consume without adverse effects. Adverse effects may be due to food allergy, food intolerance, other physiological mechanisms (such as metabolic or toxins), or a combination of these.
Dowager's hump: An abnormal outward curvature of the thoracic vertebrae of the upper back. Compression of the front portion of the involved vertebrae due to osteoporosis leads to forward bending of the spine (kyphosis) and creates a hump at the upper back.
A bicornuate uterus is the most common mÃ¼llerian duct anomaly. A bicornuate uterus results from the uterus improperly forming during a woman's early prenatal development. This can happen to women whose mothers took a medication called diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnancy or for other, unknown reasons.