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Medical device
1. Broadly, any physical item used in medical treatment, from a cardiac pacemaker to a wheelchair.2.In insurance terms, usually synonymous an assistive device, although it may include items more frequently thought of as medical supplies…
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- Lymphoma, indolent See: Indolent lymphoma
- Prox- Proximal
- Hammer The malleus
- Dioxin One of a number of poisonous petroleum-derived chemicals which are produced when herbicides (substances used…
- Foreskin The fold of skin which covers the head (the glans) of the penis. Also called the prepuce. Only about 1 in…
- Oliguria Less urination than normal.
- Ig Abbreviation for immunoglobulin, a protein produced by plasma cells and lymphocytes. Immunoglobulins are an…
- Epidural Outside the dura, the outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes (meninges) covering the…
- Naprosyn See: Naproxen
- Dermatan sulfate An glycosaminoglycan (formerly called a mucopolysaccharide) found mostly in skin but also in blood vessels…
- White blood cell count Kocyte count): The number of white blood cells (WBCs) in the blood. The WBC is usually measured as part of…