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Stent, medicated
See: Coated stent
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Show more- Diabetes, insulin-dependent Also called type 1 diabetes. See Diabetes, type 1
- Nasogastric Referring to the passage from the nose to the stomach. A nasogastric tube is one that is passed through the…
- Antiviral agent An agent that kills viruses or suppresses their replication and, hence, inhibits their capability to multiply…
- Vein, hepatic One of the veins which drains blood from the liver
- Akinetic mutism A state in which a person is unspeaking (mute) and unmoving (akinetic). A textbook on clinical neurology…
- AQP Aquaporin
- Ileitis, Crohn Inflammation of the ileum (the farthest segment of the small intestine) due to Crohn disease. Crohn disease…
- Carbon dioxide content A measure of the bicarbonate level in the blood. The normal carbon dioxide content may vary somewhat from one…
- Acellular vaccine A vaccine that may contain cellular material but does not contain complete cells
- Late infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy See: Hallervorden-Spatz disease
- Parietal Adjective from the Latin 'parietalis' meaning 'belonging to the wall' that the ancient anatomists used to…
- Bladder Any pouch or other flexible enclosure that can hold liquids or gases but usually refers to the hollow organ…