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Xenograft
A surgical graft of tissue from one species to an unlike species (or genus or family). A graft from a baboon to a human is a xenograft. The prefix 'xeno-' means foreign. It comes from the Greek word 'xenos' meaning stranger, guest, or…
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Show more- Intraoperative blood salvage The recovery of blood that has been lost into a body cavity during surgery or due to trauma. This blood can…
- Test, Fisher's exact A statistical test of independence much used in medical research. It tests the independence of rows and…
- Salmonellosis Infection with bacteria belonging to the genus Salmonella. Salmonellosis is a common cause of food poisoning…
- Tendonopathy, patellar See: Patellar tendonitis
- Syringe A device used in medicine to inject fluid into or withdraw fluid from the body. Medical syringes consist of a…
- Amnion A thin membrane surrounding the fetus during pregnancy. The amnion is the inner of the two fetal membranes…
- Litmus test 1. A test to determine the acidity and alkalinity of a solution. See: Litmus. 2. Figuratively, any test in…
- Selenocysteine An amino acid in which selenium takes the place of sulfur in the amino acid cysteine. Its formula is…
- RNA, messenger A class of RNA that is the template upon which polypeptides are put together. Abbreviated mRNA
- Hip fracture Broken bone in the hip, a key health problem among the elderly, usually due to a fall or other kind of trauma…
- Paragonimiasis Infection with the trematode (parasitic worm) Paragonimus. More than 10 species of trematodes (flukes) of the…
- A- Prefix very much employed in medicine and all of the health sciences, indicating 'not, without, -less' as…