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Dissection, radical neck
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- Neural Having to do with nerve cells
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- Arthritis, degenerative A type of arthritis caused by inflammation, breakdown, and eventual loss of the cartilage of the joints. Also…
- Neck dissection A surgical procedure in which the neck is opened -- to 'dissect' means to 'cut apart' -- in order to…
- Biopsy, liver See: Liver biopsy
- Esophageal stricture, acute A narrowing or closure of the normal opening of the swallowing tube leading to the stomach, usually caused by…
- Radiation, food See: Food irradiation
- Tuna A fish about which there are several health concerns. One concern involves carbon monoxide that prevents the…
- Hepato- Prefix or combining form used before a consonant to refer to the liver. From the Greek hepar, liver
- Nocebo A negative placebo effect as, for example, when patients taking medications experience adverse side effects…
- Fornix cerebri An arching fibrous band in the brain connecting the two lobes of the cerebrum. (The cerebrum is the largest…