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Lancing device
A device that holds a lancet firmly, and when triggered, moves the lancet linearly ahead to prick the skin in a controlled manner. Lancing devices usually can be adjusted to alter the depth that the lancet goes into the skin. The purpose…
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- Regurgitation, aortic See: Aortic regurgitation
- Hormone,T4 Thyroxine
- Starttheweekendearlyitis See: Fridayitis
- Test, eye chart This test measures how well you see at various distances. The eye chart itself -- the usual one is called…
- Open wound An injury that is exposed due to broken skin. An open wound is at high risk for infection
- Autotransplant The process of transplanting tissue from one part of the body to another in the same individual. The…
- Gastric outlet obstruction Any disease that mechanically impedes gastric emptying, the normal emptying of the stomach. There is…
- Disorder, seasonal affective (SAD) Depression that tends to occur (and recur) as the days grow shorter in the fall and winter. It is believed…
- Sequence, intervening An intervening sequence is the part of a gene that is initially transcribed from the DNA into RNA…
- Extrauterine Outside the uterus (the womb). As opposed to intrauterine: inside the uterus. For example, normal pregnancies…
- Unilateral Having, or relating to, one side. Unilateral is as opposed, for example, to bilateral (which means having, or…