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CVC
Commonly used abbreviation for a Central Venous Catheter, a catheter (tube) that is passed through a vein to end up in the thoracic (chest) portion of the vena cava (the large vein returning blood to the heart) or in the right atrium of…
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Show more- Chemoembolization Chemoembolization is a procedure in which the blood supply to a tumor is blocked and anticancer drugs are…
- Jugular vein The jugular veins are in the neck and drain blood from the head, brain, face and neck and convey it toward…
- Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy Damage to cells in the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) from inadequate oxygen…
- SCYA2 Small inducible cytokine A2. See: MPC1
- Chronic myelocytic leukemia See: Chronic myelogenous leukemia
- Artery, femoral See: Femoral artery
- Chronic myelogenous leukemia Chronic inflammation of the skin lining the external ear canal leading to the ear drum. Can be caused by a…
- Cerclage Encircling with a ring, loop, wire, or ligature. Cerlage can be around bone fragments to hold them together…
- Genome, Arabidopsis thaliana See: Arabidopsis thaliana genome
- Smoking, involuntary The involuntary inhaling of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) by someone who is not smoking. See: ETS
- Fracture, open A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin. Also called a compound fracture. NTER> A fracture…
- Norwegian scabies See crusted scabies