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.
Back in the 1970s, Harvard University professor Chester M. Pierce coined the term microaggression to describe the insults and slights he had witnessed against black people.He wrote : These [racial] assaults to black dignity and black hope are incessant and cumulative.Any single one may be gross.his is how psychologist Derald W. Sue, who's written two books on microaggressions, defines the term: The everyday slights, indignities, put downs and insults that people of color, women, LGBT populations or those who are marginalized experiences in their day-to-day interactions with people..