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Cardiac output
The amount of blood that is pumped by the heart per unit time, measured in liters per minute (l/min). The amount of blood that is put out by the left ventricle of the heart in one contraction is called the stroke volume. The stroke volume…
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- Brainstem auditory evoked potentials See: ABR test
- Patellofemoral joint One of the knee joints. The knee has three parts. The thigh bone (femur) meets the large shin bone (tibia)…
- Cranial nerve, second The second cranial nerve is the optic nerve, the nerve that connects the eye to the brain and carries the…
- Brown, Louise The world's first test-tube baby, conceived by in vitro fertilization and born on July 25, 1978
- Cuts Severed skin. Washing a cut or scrape with soap and water and keeping it clean and dry is all that is…
- Cardiac defibrillator, implantable A device put within the body that is designed to recognize certain types of abnormal heart rhythms…
- Niacin for high cholesterol Niacin or nicotinic acid, one of the water-soluble B vitamins, given to lower cholesterol. Nicotinic acid…
- Differentiation 1 The process by which cells become progressively more specialized; a normal process through which cells…
- Oligodendroglioma A rare slow-growing type of brain tumor that begins in cells called oligodendrocytes, which provide support…
- Cerebellar ataxia with progressive dementia See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Straight-jacket See: Straitjacket