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Medical directives, advance
Advance directives preserve the person's right to accept or reject a course of medical treatment even after that person becomes mentally or physically incapacitated to the point of being unable to communicate those wishes. There are two…
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Show more- Trichinosis Trichinosis: See: Trichinellosis.
- Deformity, cauliflower-ear Deformity, cauliflower-ear: Destruction of the underlying cartilage framework of the outer ear (pinnae)…
- Med school Short informal term for medical school. (Medical schools are not often called med schools by medical…
- Pulmonary artery One of the two vessels which are formed as terminal branches of the pulmonary trunk and convey unaerated…
- Transforming growth factor (TGF) One of several proteins secreted by transformed cells that can stimulate the growth of normal cells…
- Abscess A local accumulation of pus anywhere in the body. The following are some examples of abscesses: > >A skin…
- Seroconversion Seroconversion: The development of detectable antibodies in the blood directed against an infectious agent…
- Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation: A new technique in which stem cells are obtained from a patient's…
- Fracture, basilar A break in bone at the base of the skull. About a half of basilar fractures are caused by bicycle or motor…
- Genitalia, ambiguous See: Ambiguous genitalia
- Wilms tumor An inherited disorder in which too much copper accumulates in the body. Although the accumulation of copper…
- Annulus A ringlike structure, or any body part that is shaped like a ring. Applied to many small ring-shaped…