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Dialysis, peritoneal
Dialysis, peritoneal: Technique that uses the patient's own body tissues inside of the belly (abdominal cavity) to act as a filter. The intestines lie in the abdominal cavity, the space between the abdominal wall and the spine. A plastic…
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- Constitutional thrombopathy See: Von Willebrand disease
- Screening mammogram Mammogram: A mammogram (an X-ray of the breast) in women who have no signs of breast cancer. It usually…
- Platelet count The calculated number of platelets in a volume of blood, usually expressed as platelets per cubic millimeter…
- Hornet sting Stings from hornets and other large stinging insects such as bees, yellow jackets and wasps can trigger…
- Telesurgery Surgical procedures carried out at a distance thanks to advances in robotic and computer technology and their…
- Alice in Wonderland syndrome A syndrome of distorted space, time and body image. The patient with the Alice in Wonderland syndrome has a…
- ELISA ELISA stands for 'enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.' This is a rapid immunochemical test that involves an…
- Central retinal artery The blood vessel that carries blood into the eye and supplies nutrition to the retina. The counterpart to the…
- Pericardium, visceral The inner layer of the pericardium, a conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the roots of…
- Arhythmia We do not usually give a misspelling but this is a frequent misspelling of arrhythmia (with two r's), meaning…
- G G stands for guanine, one member of the base pair G-C (guanine-cytosine) in the DNA. The other base pair in…