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Mesentery
A fold of tissue which attaches organs to the body wall. The word mesentery usually refers to the small bowel mesentery which anchors the small intestine to the back of the abdominal wall. Blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics branch…
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- Recipient In medicine, a recipient is someone who receives something like a blood transfusion or an organ transplant…
- Cuts Severed skin. Washing a cut or scrape with soap and water and keeping it clean and dry is all that is…
- Beta-defensin See: Defensin
- Local treatment Treatment that affects the tumor and the area close to it.
- Nephrolithiasis The process of forming a kidney stone, a stone in the kidney (or lower down in the urinary tract). Kidney…
- LCSW Licensed clinical social worker
- Grapefruit diet The Grapefruit diet is a weight loss plan that incorporates eating half a grapefruit with each meal and…
- Diastole The time period when the heart is in a state of relaxation and dilatation (expansion). The final letter in…
- Aerosol 1. In general, a fine mist or spray which contains minute particles.2. In medicine, a spray administered by a…
- Subglottis The lower part of the larynx just below the vocal cords down to the top of the trachea, which takes air to…
- Pubic lice Parasitic insects found in the genital area of humans. Pubic lice are usually spread through sexual contact…