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Radiofrequency ablation
Radiofrequency ablation: The use of electrodes to generate heat and destroy abnormal tissue. In radiofrequency ablation (RFA), heat is generated locally by a high frequency, alternating current that flows from the electrodes. A probe is…
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Show more- Psychosomatic Relating to both the mind and the body or to the mind-body interrelationships. From the Greek words…
- Gastric outlet The exit from the stomach through the pyloric channel and duodenum
- Abate To lessen or decrease. After a boil is lanced, the pus can drain and the pain and tenderness abate. From the…
- Defibrillator A device used to correct a dangerously abnormal heart rhythm, usually ventricular fibrillation, or to restart…
- Plasma cell A type of white blood cell that produces and secretes antibodies. A plasma cell is a fully differentiated…
- Bromobenzylcyanide A riot control agent or 'tear gas.' See: Riot control agent poisoning
- Xanthelasma Tiny (1-2 mm) yellowish plaques that are slightly raised on the skin surface of the upper or lower eyelids…
- Fractured hip Broken bone in the hip, a key health problem among the elderly, usually due to a fall or other kind of trauma…
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- Short hairpin RNA See: shRNA
- Snuff Tobacco in the form of a powder that is inhaled into the nose, not smoked. Snuff and chewing tobacco are the…
- Ectodermal Pertaining to the ectoderm or to tissues derived from the ectoderm, one of the three primary germ cell layers…