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Swan-Ganz catheter
See: Catheter, Swan-Ganz
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- Shell egg An egg in a shell. See: Raw egg
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- Travel-related disease A disease to which travelers are susceptible specifically because of their travel. Travel-related diseases…
- Keratitis, vaccinia See Vaccinia keratitis
- Plano- Flat. A lens that is planoconvex is flat on one side and convex on the other
- Trochanter One of the bony prominences toward the near end of the thigh bone (the femur). There are two trochanters: >…
- Six fingers or toes The presence of an extra sixth finger or toe, a very common congenital malformation (birth defect). This…
- Tularemia A bacterial disease caused by infection with a bacterium called Francisella tularensis that usually occurs in…
- Drosophila genome All of the genetic information contained in Drosophila, the fruitfly. The genomes of particular nonhuman…