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- Retinal artery, central The blood vessel that carries blood into the eye and supplies nutrition to the retina. The counterpart to the…
- Fusiform aneurysm A vascular outpouching shaped like a spindle. A fusiform widening of an artery or vein. An aneurysm is a…
- Non-small cell lung cancer Lung cancer: Cancer of the lung which is not of the small cell carcinoma (oat cell carcinoma) type. The term…
- Block, caudal See Caudal anesthesia
- Magnet therapy An alternative therapy in which magnetic fields are administered by application of magnets to certain parts…
- Superfluous Beyond what is sufficient. A sixth finger is superfluous
- Stenosis, subaortic Narrowing of the left ventricle of the heart just below the aortic valve through which blood must pass on its…
- Sandfly fever An acute mild viral disease characterized by fever, malaise, eye pain, and headache occurring mainly during…
- Angiomyxoma, aggressive A slow-growing tumor of stromal cells which occurs primarily in the genital and pelvic regions. This tumor is…
- Adenosine triphosphate An important carrier of energy in cells in the body and a compound that is important in the synthesis (the…
- Membrane metalloendopeptidase See: Metallomembrane endopeptidase