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Latarget's nerve (medicine) and bubas braziliana (medicine)


Latarget's nerve (medicine)


Latarget's nerve
<anatomy, nerve> Terminal branch of anterior vagal trunk which runs along lesser curvature of the stomach to within a few centimeters of the gastroduodenal junction, but apparently never reaching the pyloric sphincter.

Synonym: superior hypogastric plexus.


bubas braziliana (medicine)


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A type of American leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis that affects the mucous membranes, particularly in the nasal and oral region, resulting in grossly destructive changes; particularly common in Brazil where a significant proportion of persons infected with L. Braziliensis develop this condition; may develop metastatically from sores originally found elsewhere on the body.

Synonym: Breda's disease, bubas braziliana.

Origin: Sp., fr. L. Spongia, sponge