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Stem cell harvest, peripheral blood
A technique for obtaining stem cells from the patient's blood for use in bone marrow transplantation. They are lured out of the bone marrow by a special regimen of drugs. The blood is then filtered through a machine, and the stem cells are…
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- Vaccine, rubella A vaccine designed to prevent rubella, or German measles. German measles was once seen merely as a child's…
- Aortic arch syndrome 1. Any disorder that causes occlusion of the arteries that arise from the aortic arch. 2. Synonym for…
- Exchange, gas The primary function of the lungs involving the transfer of oxygen from inhaled air into the blood and the…
- Contrast sensitivity, visual The ability to perceive differences between an object and its background
- Mycobacterium marinum Mycobacterium marinum: A bacterium found in both fresh and salt water that can cause disease in fish and…
- Obese Well above ones normal weight. A person has traditionally been considered to be obese if they are more than…
- Zhitai One of the three major preparations of red yeast rice, a tradition Chinese medicine now used to lower…
- Syndactyly, cutaneous A condition in which fingers or toes are joined together, and the joining involves only the skin, not the…
- Keratitis, rosacea See: Rosacea keratitis
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSDS) RSDS is a condition that features a group of typical symptoms, including pain (often 'burning' type)…