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Cryocardioplegia
Paralysis of the heart by cold (hypothermia)
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- Drug activity A measure of the physiological response a drug produces. A less active drug produces less response (and visa…
- ECST ECST stands for the exercise cardiac stress test, the most widely used cardiac (heart) screening test. In an…
- Blister, fever Fever: A small sore situated on the face or in the mouth that causes pain, burning, or itching before…
- Phalangeal Pertaining to a phalanx (a bone in the finger or toe)
- FMO3 Abbreviation for the enzyme, flavin-containing monooxygenase-3. See Fish-odor syndrome
- Capsule of Glisson See Glisson's capsule
- Histoplasma capsulatum See: Histoplasma
- Embolism The obstruction of a blood vessel by a foreign substance or a blood clot blocking the vessel. Something…
- Narcolepsy Narcolepsy: A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep…
- Orphan disease A disease which has not been 'adopted' by the pharmaceutical industry because it provides little financial…
- Coxsackievirus A family of enteroviruses first found in the town Coxsackie south of Albany, New York. The Coxsackieviruses…