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Surgery, plastic
The field of surgery concerned with reducing scarring or disfigurement that may occur as a result of accidents, birth defects, or treatment for diseases, such as melanoma. Many plastic surgeons also perform cosmetic surgery that is…
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- Relaxant Something that relaxes, relieves, reduces tension. For example, a muscle relaxant is often administered…
- Severe congenital neutropenia Neutropenia: A genetic disorder of the bone marrow characterized by a lack of neutrophils, white blood cells…
- Microscope, simple A microscope that has a single converging lens (or a combination of lenses that function optically as a…
- Premature birth A birth that takes place before 37 weeks of gestation have passed. Historically, the definition of…
- Weaver-Smith syndrome. See: Weaver syndrome
- T-cell lymphoma A disease in which cells in the lymphoid system called T cells (or T lymphocytes) become malignant. T-cell…
- Illness, chronic An illness that has persisted for a long period of time. It is a continuing disease process
- Cul-de-sac A viewer writes regarding the term 'cul-de-sac': 'I know we live on one. Is there a medical meaning for it?'…
- Habitual abortion The miscarriage of 3 or more consecutive pregnancies. The abortion of 3 or more miscarriages (spontaneous…
- Gefitinib Gefitinib: A drug that attaches to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) on the surfaces of cells. The…
- Exonuclease An enzyme that cleaves nucleotide bases sequentially from the free ends of a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA)