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Conization
Surgery to remove a cone-shaped piece of tissue from the cervix and cervical canal. Conization may be used to diagnose or treat a cervical condition. Also called cone biopsy.
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- ALS4 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4
- Chloral hydrate A prescription sedative/hypnotic drug developed in the 19th century. The drug acts rapidly and induces sleep…
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- Biopsy The removal of a sample of tissue for purposes of diagnosis. (Many definitions of 'biopsy' stipulate that the…
- STL2 Stickler syndrome, type II. See: Stickler syndrome