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Laparoscopic
1. Pertaining to the procedure of laparoscopy.2. Pertaining to a laparoscope, the instrument by which laparoscopy is done.3. Performed by laparoscopy.4. Performed with a laparoscope. Laparoscopic comes from two Greek words. The first is…
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Show more- Contraindicate To make a treatment or procedure inadvisable because of a particular condition or circumstance. For examples…
- Allergy, honey bee See: Honey bee allergy
- Efferent nerve A nerve that carries impulses away from the central nervous system (CNS). An efferent nerve is the opposite…
- Monoclonal Pertaining to a single clone of cells, a single cell and the progeny of that cell. As opposed to polyclonal…
- Milligram A unit of measurement of mass in the metric system equal to a thousandth of a gram. A gram is equal to the…
- Congenital anomaly Something that is unusual or different at birth. A minor anomaly is defined as an unusual anatomic feature…
- Enterostomy A surgical operation that opens the small intestine and brings it through the abdominal wall to create a new…
- Neuropsychologist A psychologist who has completed special training in the neurobiological causes of brain disorders, and who…
- King's evil An old term for tuberculosis of the lymph nodes in the neck. Also known as scrofula
- Antro-duodenal motility study Antro-duodenal motility study: An antro-duodenal motility study is a study for detecting and recording the…
- Nose, runny Rhinorrhea is the medical term for this common problem. From the Greek words 'rhinos' meaning 'of the nose'…
- Pool, gene The sum total of genes, with all their variations, possessed by a particular species at a particular time…