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State, hypercoagulable
A hypercoagulable state is the medical term for a condition in which there is an abnormally increased tendency toward blood clotting (coagulation). There are numerous hypercoagulable states. Each has different causes and each increases a…
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Show more- Code The genetic code is the correspondence between the triplet of bases in DNA with the amino acids. The…
- Shell egg An egg in a shell. See: Raw egg
- Guillain-Barre syndrome See: Guillain-Barré syndrome.
- Crossed embolism Passage of a clot (thrombus) from a vein to an artery. When clots in veins break off (embolize) , they travel…
- Undifferentiated cancer Cancer: A cancer in which the cells are very immature and 'primitive' and do not look like cells in the…
- Roux-en-Y gastric bypass Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: A surgical procedure which may be done for severe obesity. The procedure involves…
- Dehydration Dehydration: Excessive loss of body water. Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract that cause vomiting or…
- Coenzyme Q10 A compound needed for the proper functioning of an enzyme, a protein that speeds up the rate at which…
- African-American See: African American
- Otoscope Instrument for looking in the ear. Today, otoscopic or ophthalmoscopic heads can usually be attached to the…
- Laparoscopic staging A staging procedure for tumors of the abdomen using laparoscopy in combination with laparoscopic…
- Pericardium, visceral The inner layer of the pericardium, a conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the roots of…