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Glossary - B
Back pain: Pain felt in the low or upper back. There are many causes of back pain.
Benign: Something which is not life threatening or cancerous. A benign tumor does not invade surrounding tissue or spread to other parts of the body. Benign tumours can cause problems if they are large, or obstruct the bowel or other organs.
Biopsy: The removal of a sample of tissue for purposes of diagnosis. During a laparoscopy, the doctor may biopsy some tissue from your body, to see if it has endometriosis or other diseases. The biopsy is examined a laboratory.
Bone density: The measurement of how strong (dense) a person’s bones are, in their body. If a person’s bones become weak, and lose bone density – this can lead to them becoming brittle and easily broken. This is a condition called osteoporosis.
Bowel: The section of the digestive system that runs from the stomach to the rectum (anus). It is also known as the intestine. The small bowel and the large bowel are the small intestine and large intestine, respectively. The bowel works by digesting and then absorbing the nutrients form the food we eat, then by making stools (faeces/poo).
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