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Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation: A new technique in which stem cells are obtained from a patient's blood and used in bone marrow transplantation. Stem cells are small, round cells with a squat nucleus and scant surrounding…
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- Treadmill, exercise Exercise on a treadmill, a machine with a moving strip on which one walks without moving forward. A treadmill…
- Meralgia paresthetica Meralgia paresthetica: Entrapment or pinching of the nerve that supplies sensation to the outer portion of…
- Congenital hemolytic jaundice Jaundice: Known also as hereditary spherocytosis (HS), this is a genetic disorder of the red blood cell…
- Gunnar B. Stickler See: Stickler, Gunnar B.
- An- Prefix very much employed in medicine and all of the health sciences, indicating 'not, without, or -less.'…
- Occlude 1 To close, obstruct, or prevent the passage. To occlude an artery is to occlude the flow of blood. 2 To…
- BMI A person's weight in kilograms (kg) divided by their height in meters (m) squared. BMI stands for body mass…
- U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) The world's largest medical library, the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) is part of the National…
- Pain, chest See: Chest pain
- Colonic 1. See: Colonic (adjective). 2. See: Colonic (noun)
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) >To provide responsible advocacy for and education of patients and the public in all health-related matters…