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ECMO
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
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- Chinese medicine See: Traditional Chinese medicine
- Gastropathy Disease of the stomach, as in hypoproteinemic hypertrophic gastropathy. Gastropathy comes from gastro-…
- American Medical Association : The AMA. The AMA's mission statement proclaims: 'We are the Voice of the American Medical Profession. 'We…
- Fungistatic Capable of inhibiting the growth of fungi
- Seizure, partial See: Partial seizure
- Sarcoma, Ewing Sarcoma, Ewing: A type of bone tumor that occurs in children and adolescents, most often in the large bones…
- Speech, esophageal See: Esophageal speech
- Radial head subluxation See: Nursemaid's elbow
- Emergency physician A physician focused on the immediate decision making and action necessary to prevent death or any further…
- Pilonidal sinus A sinus tract from which there may be chronic drainage of pus, due to an embedded tuft of hair, most often in…
- Antro-duodenal motility study Antro-duodenal motility study: An antro-duodenal motility study is a study for detecting and recording the…