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Endovascular aneurysm repair. A procedure to repair an aneurysm of the aorta. In EVAR a stent is placed in the aneurysmal area of the aorta. The procedure is similar to the placement of a stent in a coronary artery after angioplasty. An…
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Show more- Lights, flashing A sensation of flashing lights is created when the vitreous (the clear, jelly-like substance that fills the…
- Labor support professional See: Doula (the first meaning)
- Intrastromal corneal ring A plastic ring designed to be implanted in the cornea, the transparent structure in the front of the eye. The…
- Claudication, intermittent Claudication, intermittent: An aching, crampy, tired, and sometimes burning pain in the legs that comes and…
- Cauda equina syndrome Impairment of the nerves in the cauda equina, the bundle of spinal nerve roots that arise from the lower end…
- Calcification The process of building bone by suffusing tissues with calcium salts. Also called ossification
- Dark adaptometry A type of electrophysiologic retinal testing done to measure the period of time which passes before the…
- Endoplasmic reticulum A structure within cells that is an extension of the nuclear membrane and in which proteins slated to become…
- Solitude, fear of An abnormal and persistent fear of solitude, of being alone. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety…
- Psychiatrist A physician (an M.D.) who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness…
- Osteitis Osteitis is inflammation of the bone. For example, patients with what is called the SAPHO syndrome develop…
- Anoxia 1. Strictly speaking, the absence of oxygen. 2. The near absence of oxygen. 3. Sometimes used loosely as a…