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Facelift surgery risks: Although infrequent, the risks and complications of facelift surgery include: bleeding, hematoma, bruising; infection; neurological dysfunction (loss of muscle function or sensation), which is usually temporary…
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Show more- Carotid Pertaining to the carotid artery and the area near that key artery located in the front of the neck though…
- Papilloma, intraductal A benign, wart-like growth that occurs in breast ducts
- Cryo-electron microscopy An electron microscopic technique that involves freezing the biological sample in order to view the sample…
- Medullary cystic kidney disease, recessive Ssive type: A childhood genetic kidney disease in which there is progressive symmetrical destruction of the…
- Brachial vein A vein that accompanies the brachial artery between the shoulder and the elbow. The route of the brachial…
- Spider telangiectasia Spider veins.
- Perry syndrome A familial form of Parkinson disease together with depression, weight loss and central hypoventilation in…
- Typhus, rat-flea See Typhus, murine
- Fear of vomiting An abnormal and persistent fear of vomiting. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even though they…
- Interleukin-1 A protein produced by various cells, including macrophages, interleukin-1 raises body temperature, spurs the…
- Saphenous vein, small The smaller of the two saphenous veins, the principal veins that run up the leg superficially (near the…
- Sequencing Learning the order of nucleotides (base sequences) in a DNA or RNA molecule or the order of amino acids in a…