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Pneumococcal immunization
Vaccination to help prevent infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known as the pneumococcus bacterium. This bacterium causes one of the most common and severe forms of pneumonia. To prevent this form of pneumonia, a vaccine has been…
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- Apoptosis A form of cell death in which a programmed sequence of events leads to the elimination of cells without…
- Myometrium The muscular outer layer of the uterus.
- Collagen injection The practice of injecting collagen into a part of the face or body to make it larger, most often performed on…
- Conventional medicine Medicine as practiced by holders of M.D. (medical doctor) or D.O. (doctor of osteopathy) degrees and by their…
- BPD Stands for Borderline Personality Disorder, a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability…
- Telesurgery Surgical procedures carried out at a distance thanks to advances in robotic and computer technology and their…
- Cartilage hair hypoplasia syndrome A specific genetic form of short-limbed dwarfism with skeletal features that also include normal head…
- Sclerosis, multiple The injection of a chemical irritant into a vein to sclerose ("harden") it. The chemical irritates the lining…
- Chromatin The nucleoprotein material of chromosomes. Chromatin is essentially the substance of chromosomes. It is made…
- Syndrome, Gilbert See Gilbert syndrome
- Ileostomy An opening into the ileum, part of the small intestine, from the outside of the body. An ileostomy provides a…