sump syndrome

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n.

A complication of side-to-side choledochoduodenostomy in which the lower end of the common bile duct occasionally acts as a diverticulum and traps food particles, a process that may result in infection.

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Advanced maternal age dramatically increases the risk of maternal mortality as well as birth defects like Down Syndrome.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Jolly somehow finds the time to also manage a restaurant and help kids who have Autism and Down syndrome ride horses.
The Moms of Monster Jam Drive Trucks, Buck Macho Culture|Eliza Krigman|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We still have a long way to go, but it has improved dramatically since the post Vietnam syndrome when Vets were spit on.
McCain’s 13 Favorite Soldiers|Sandra McElwaine|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 1975, Sesame Street became the first children's program to feature someone with Down Syndrome.
‘Sesame Street’ Is Middle-Aged and Awesome|Emily Shire|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

However, the current thinking is that Merrick may have suffered from Proteus syndrome.
The True Story of ‘The Elephant Man’|Russell Saunders|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ef I aint done come traipsin' off en lef' my ole man money-pus, en he got sump'n' in dar w'at he won't take a purty fer, needer!
Nights With Uncle Remus|Joel Chandler Harris
He put his leg up on a bench and an old gentleman seen sump'n stickin' out.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
The average elevation that the water has to be raised is 65 feet, measuring from center of sump to point of delivery.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884|Various
That was sumpty-sump years ago,” said Artie Van Arlen, “you have him in the third grade.
Tom Slade on the River|Percy K. Fitzhugh
He had rather a fine horse, and in passing a sump-hole, his sled had skidded and slipped downhill into the water.
The Trail of '98|Robert W. Service

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