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Tap, joint (aspiration)
A procedure whereby a sterile needle and syringe are used to drain joint fluid from the joint. This is usually done as an office procedure or at the bedside in the hospital. The skin over the joint is sterilized with a liquid. Local…
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- Sinus node The sinus node is one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction system, the system that controls the…
- Microscopic anatomy The study of the form of structures seen under the microscope, as opposed to gross anatomy which involves…
- Malaria Malaria: An infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites from the Plasmodium family that can be…
- Infection, Leishmania See: Leishmania infection
- Liver shunt Transjugular, intrahepatic, portosystemic shunt (TIPS), is a shunt (tube) placed between the portal vein…
- Circulation, fetal The blood circulation in the fetus (the unborn baby). Before birth, the blood from the heart that is destined…
- Granulation That part of the healing process in which rough, pink tissue containing new connective tissue and capillaries…
- Epithelium The outside layer of cells that covers all the free, open surfaces of the body including the skin, and mucous…
- Yellow enzyme, Warburg's A key respiratory enzyme discovered by the German biochemist Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883-1970), a pioneer in…