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Enhanced external counterpulsation
A non-invasive out-patient treatment for heart disease and, in particular, for angina (chest pain due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle). EECP is designed to relieve angina by improving perfusion in areas of the heart…
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- Babesiosis An illness caused by the parasite Babesia which is transmitted from animals to humans by ticks. In the US, it…
- Fear of horses An abnormal and persistent fear of horses. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even when a horse…
- SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome. A severe form of pneumonia which appeared in outbreaks in 2003. See…
- Colpoptosis A condition in which the vagina has dropped from its normal position against the abdominal wall
- Recombinant tPA Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. See: Tissue plasminogen activator
- Punch biopsy A biopsy performed using a punch, an instrument for cutting and removing a disk of tissue. For example, a…
- Bronchopulmonary Pertaining to both the air passages (bronchi) leading to the lungs and the lungs (pulmonary) themselves
- Micropenis An abnormally small penis. In medical practice, the dimension of the penis that is measured is the length…
- Abducent nerve A small motor nerve that has one task: to supply a muscle called the lateral rectus muscle that moves the eye…
- Chorda tympani A branch of the facial nerve (the seventh cranial nerve) that serves the taste buds in the front of the…
- Plexus 1. In medicine, a network or tangle of lymphatic vessels, nerves, or veins. For example, the brachial plexus…