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Laser coagulation
The coagulation (clotting) of tissue using a laser. A coagulation laser produces light in the visible green wavelength that is selectively absorbed by hemoglobin, the pigment in red blood cells, in order to seal off bleeding blood vessels…
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- Intermittent insomnia See Insomnia, intermittent
- Liquid diet The Liquid diet is the restriction of solid food intake, and replacement of solid food with liquids. In…
- Anorexia Anorexia: An eating disorder characterized by markedly reduced appetite or total aversion to food. Anorexia…
- Medicine, Chinese See: Traditional Chinese medicine
- Intensive care See critical care
- Kilocalorie The term used to represent the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of a liter of water one…
- Q fever vaccine A vaccine against Q fever, an illness first recognized in Australia in the 1930's that affects people dealing…
- Heterosexual A person sexually attracted to persons of the opposite sex. Or a person who has sexual relations with the…
- Caudal epidural anesthesia See Caudal anesthesia
- Thalassiosira pseudonana An ocean diatom that is a major participant in the biological pumping of carbon to ocean depths and that has…