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Corneal transplant
The replacement of the clear window on the front of the eye (cornea) by a healthy cornea. The procedure is typically done under local anesthesia in an outpatient setting. Transplantation of the cornea may be indicated in cases of severe…
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Show more- Labia majora The larger (major) outside pair of labia (lips) of the vulva (the female external genitalia).
- Electrosurgery Instead of using a scalpel, the surgeon utilizes a heat-generating electrical device to burn or vaporize…
- Lycanthropy The delusion that one has become a wolf or the werewolf transformation. Werewolf myths were associated with…
- Cerclage Encircling with a ring, loop, wire, or ligature. Cerlage can be around bone fragments to hold them together…
- Colon polyp family history See: Colon cancer family history
- Renal cancer Malignancy of the kidney, the organ that is primarily responsible for the removal of metabolic waste products…
- Fasting blood glucose A method for learning how much glucose (sugar) there is in a blood sample taken after an overnight fast. The…
- Deficiency, uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase See: UROD deficiency
- Lacrimal Pertaining to tears, as in lacrimal gland (tear gland). From the Indo-European dakru meaning a tear (from a…
- Karyotype A standard arrangement of the chromosome complement done for chromosome analysis. For example, a normal human…
- Abuse, pregnancy Abuse of an expectant mother. This abuse is most often perpetrated by the woman's spouse, partner, or…
- Neurotheology The search for the place(s) in the brain where religious beliefs originate. Neurotheology mixes terms and…