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.
Microaggression was coined in 1970 by Harvard psychiatrist Chester Pierce to explain the indignities heaped on black people, sometimes unknowingly, by whites. It has since been broadened to include all minority groups and women.he sheer number of negative interactions has convinced him, and many others, that they are more than innocent oversights. Indeed, social scientists have coined a term for them: racial microaggression.