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Intraoperative
During surgery. Literally, within surgery. Intraoperative hemorrhage is bleeding during surgery
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- Nephron A key unit, both anatomically and functionally, of the kidney.
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- Dermoid Also called a dermoid cyst of the ovary, this is a bizarre tumor, usually benign, in the ovary that typically…
- Tension 1) The pressure within a vessel, such as blood pressure: the pressure within the blood vessels. For example…
- Infection, roundworm Infection from a type of parasitic worm that hatches in the intestines and lives there. The eggs of the…
- Lymphoreticulosis, benign Cat scratch disease, a mild flu-like infection, with swollen lymph nodes (lymphadenitis) and mild fever of…
- Triptan A class of drugs introduced in the 1990s for the treatment of migraine that act as agonists for…
- Bypass, coronary See: Coronary artery bypass graft.
- Syndrome, acute respiratory distress Better known as ARDS. See: ARDS
- Phage Short for bacteriophage, a virus that lives within a bacteria. A virus for which the natural host is a…