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Debride
To remove dead, contaminated or adherent tissue or foreign material. The purpose of wound debridement is to remove all materials that may promote infection and impede healing. This may be done by enzymatic debridement (as with proteolytic…
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Show more- Ejaculate To ejaculate is to release semen during an orgasm in a male. The ejaculate (used as a noun) is the semen.
- BMP2 Bone morphogenic protein 2
- Dysfunction, orgasmic See: Anorgasmia
- Sebaceous gland A normal gland of the skin which empties an oily secretion into the hair follicle near the surface of the skin
- Streptococcus faecalis Now called Enterococcus faecalis. See Enterococcus
- Retrospective study Behind the sternum (the breastbone).
- Breast aplasia Breast aplasia: A rare condition wherein the normal growth of the breast or nipple never takes place. They…
- Pregnancy danger from fifth disease Caused by a virus known as parvovirus B 19. Symptoms include low-grade fever, fatigue, a 'slapped cheeks…
- Replacement therapy, hormone (HRT) The combination therapy of estrogen plus progestogen, termed hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Estrogen…
- Interventional radiologist A radiologist who uses image guidance methods to gain access to vessels and organs. Interventional…
- Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction Abbreviated RT-PCR. See: RT-PCR
- HMPV Human metapneumovirus