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Corpse
A dead body. The term corpse is more often used in in mystery stories than in medicine which, for obscure reasons, prefers the term cadaver. Corpse entered the English language in the 14th century. It came from the Latin corpus meaning…
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Show more- Coronary arteries The vessels that supply the heart muscle with blood rich in oxygen. They are called the coronary arteries…
- Donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) A cancer treatment in which lymphocytes from a bone marrow donor are infused into the person who…
- Goodpasture syndrome An autoimmune disease characterized by a combination of lung and kidney disease --specifically, pulmonary…
- Anatomy, gross Better known among medical students simply as 'gross', gross anatomy is the study of the form of structures…
- Test, CEA CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) is a protein found in many types of cells but associated with tumors and the…
- Yersinia A group of bacteria that appear rod-like under the microscope and include Yersinia pestis (the cause of the…
- SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome. A severe form of pneumonia which appeared in outbreaks in 2003. See…
- Dorsal The back or posterior side of a structure. "Dorsum" is the Latin word for the back. Something pertaining to…
- Artery, hepatic An artery that distributes blood to the liver, pancreas and gallbladder as well as to the stomach and…
- Rate, maternal mortality The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number…
- Disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary (COPD) Any disorder that persistently obstructs bronchial airflow. COPD mainly involves two related diseases --…
- Insulin-dependent diabetes See Diabetes, type 1