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.
While the term microaggressions has been a part of academic discourse for some time (micro-inequities was coined by an MIT Ph.D. in 1973), it became better known through the popular Tumblr Microaggressions. The Tumblr is a project that aims to highlight the daily microaggressions people encounter through user submitted stories.