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Laparoscopic staging
A staging procedure for tumors of the abdomen using laparoscopy in combination with laparoscopic ultrasonography. The aim of laparoscopic staging is to prevent unnecessary laparotomies and avoid the trauma inherent in open surgery on the…
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Show more- Bone, frontal See: Frontal bone
- Onycho- (prefix) Pertaining to the nails. Examples of medical terms involving 'onycho-' include onychodystrophy (abnormal…
- Blood blister A blister full of blood due to a pinch, bruise or repeated friction. A blister is medically termed a vesicle…
- Osmolarity The concentration of osmotically active particles in solution, which may be quantitatively expressed in…
- Klippel-Feil anomalad See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Juvenile polyposis An autosomal dominant disorder in which polyps develop throughout the gastrointestinal tract in the first…
- Itis Suffix meaning inflammation. For example, colitis is literally colon inflammation or figuratively…
- Plastic surgery The field of surgery concerned with reducing scarring or disfigurement that may occur as a result of…
- Genome, C. elegans See: C. elegans genome.
- Analysis, linkage Study aimed at establishing linkage between genes. Today linkage analysis serves as a way of gene-hunting and…
- Histamine Substance that plays a major role in many allergic reactions. Histamine dilates blood vessels and makes the…
- Total hysterectomy Hysterectomy: Complete surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Also called a complete hysterectomy