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Probe
(1) In surgery, a probe is a slender flexible rod with a blunt end used to explore, for example, an opening to see where it goes. (2) In molecular genetics, a probe is a labeled bit of DNA or RNA used to find its complementary sequence or…
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- Fracture, Salter-Harris A traumatic fracture around or through the growth plate (the epiphyseal plate) of a bone in a child
- Joint, patellofemoral One of the knee joints. The knee has three parts. The thigh bone (femur) meets the large shin bone (tibia)…
- Radiation oncology Also called radiation therapy or radiotherapy, radiation oncology is the use of high-energy rays to damage…
- Testicles The testicles (also called testes or gonads) are the male sex glands. They are located behind the penis in a…
- ECST ECST stands for the exercise cardiac stress test, the most widely used cardiac (heart) screening test. In an…
- Virology The study of viruses
- Glaucoma Glaucoma: A common eye condition in which the fluid pressure inside the eyes rises because of slowed fluid…
- Cancer, leukemia Leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells. Leukemias are grouped by how quickly the disease develops…
- Familial juvenile nephronophthisis (FJN) A childhood genetic kidney disease in which there is progressive symmetrical destruction of the kidneys…