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Hemostasis
The stoppage of bleeding or hemorrhage. Also, the stoppage of blood flow through a blood vessel or organ of the body. Hemostasis is the arrest of bleeding, whether it be by normal vasoconstriction (the vessel walls closing temporarily), by…
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- Groin In anatomy, the area where the upper thigh meets the trunk. More precisely, the fold or depression marking…
- Infantile spasms A seizure disorder of infancy and early childhood with the onset predominantly in the first year of life of…
- Tenormin See: Atenolol
- Trigeminal nerve The trigeminal nerve functions both as the chief nerve of sensation for the face and the motor nerve…
- DTP Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis vaccine
- Frontal In anatomy, pertaining to the forehead. As, for example, the frontal bone, frontal sinus, and frontal nerve…
- Colostomy An alternative exit from the colon created to divert waste through a hole in the colon and through the wall…
- Hypoplasia, syndromatic hepatic ductular Also called Alagille syndrome or arteriohepatic dysplasia, this is a genetic disorder characterized by…
- Congenital anomaly Something that is unusual or different at birth. A minor anomaly is defined as an unusual anatomic feature…
- Fluorouracil A much-used anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites. Full name…