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Skin graft, composite
A graft technique in which both the patient's own skin and donor skin are used together
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Show more- Pericardium, parietal The outer layer of the pericardium which is a conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the…
- Cancer, cervix See: Cervical cancer
- SMA Spinal muscular atrophy
- Elastase inhibitor See: Antielastase
- MLVT Malattia leventinese
- Breadbasket A popular term for the stomach in both senses: 1. The digestive organ, as to hear the breadbasket rumble with…
- Infant, postmature A baby born 2 weeks (14 days) or more after the usual 9 months (280 days) of gestation. The gestation (length…
- Spinal nerve One of the nerves that originates in the spinal cord. There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves. They consist of…
- Xeno- (prefix) Foreign or other. As in: > >Xenoantigen -- An antigen that is found in more than one species. >Xenograft -- A…
- KSS Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Mania, mixed See: Mixed mania
- GALT deficiency Lack of the enzyme called GALT (galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase) which causes the genetic metabolic…