Acute pancreatitis: the close proximity of the pancreas to the liver and the bile ducts results in some degree of hepatitis whenever there is a case of pancreatic inflammation. Treat the pancreatitis and the liver disease will regress.
Also found in: Dictionary, Wikipedia. microaggression An action that is deemed to be a subtle or indirect expression of bigoted or discriminatory views or attitudes. You may think your little digs against women are funny, but to your female co-workers, they're sexist microaggressions.
Even when young people do not use the term overtly, examples of perceived microaggressions abound. When students at Harvard performed a play this month based on a multimedia project, âI, Too, Am Harvard,â that grew out of interviews with minority students, an entire segment highlighted microaggressions.