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Bougienage
A procedure involving the use of a bougie. A bougie is a thin cylinder of rubber, plastic, metal or another material that a physician inserts into or though a body passageway, such as the esophagus, to widen the passageway, guide another…
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Show more- Macula A macula is a small spot. A macula on the skin is a small flat spot while the macula in the eye is a small…
- Genitalia, female See: Female genitalia
- H. floresiensis See: Homo floresiensis
- Blurred vision Lack of sharpness of vision with, as a result, the inability to see fine detail. Blurred vision can occur…
- Neutral posture The posture when the joints are not bent and the spine is aligned and not twisted. Working in neutral…
- Autosomal recessive A genetic condition that appears only in individuals who have received two copies of an autosomal gene, one…
- Amelanotic melanoma See: Melanoma, amelanotic
- Keratosis, solar Synonymous with actinic keratosis. See: Keratosis, actinic
- Inuit health See: Artic health
- Disease, inflammatory bowel A group of chronic intestinal diseases characterized by inflammation of the bowel -- the large or small…
- Category 1 storm See: Category two hurricane.
- Hemi- Prefix meaning one half, as in hemiparesis, hemiplegia, and hemithorax. From the Greek hemisus meaning half…