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Photocoagulation
The coagulation (clotting) of tissue using a laser which 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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- PARK7 Familial Parkinson disease type 7
- Leukemia, refractory Leukemia in which the high level of white blood cells is not decreasing in response to treatment
- Seizure, Jacksonian See: Jacksonian seizure
- Discordance 1. The presence of any given condition such as HIV in only one member of a couple. 2. In genetics, the…
- Mucus, nasal See: Nasal mucus
- Aspergillosis Infection with the fungus Aspergillus, seen especially in people with a deficient immune system. The clinical…
- Chondrodystrophic myotonia See: Schwartz-Jampel syndrome
- Frontal lobe The part of each hemisphere of the brain located behind the forehead that serves to regulate and mediate the…