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Ear tag
Common minor anomaly, a rudimentary tag of ear tissue, often containing a core cartilage, usually located just in front of the ear (auricle). Therefore also called preauricular tag. The presence of 2 or more minor anomalies in a child…
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- Gamma knife A type of radiosurgery (radiation therapy) machine that acts by focusing low-dosage gamma radiation from many…
- Growing pains Mysterious pains in growing children, usually in the legs. These pains are similar to what the weekend…
- Turbinectomy Removal of a turbinate bone. The turbinate is a bone in the nose; it is an extension of the ethmoid bone, is…
- Neurofibromatosis, central See: Neurofibromatosis type 2
- Machine, heart-lung A machine that does the work both of the heart (pump blood) and the lungs (oxygenate the blood). Used, for…
- Genetic transport defect Within the body, many molecules are able to pass across the membranes that surround cells. These molecules…
- Bariatric surgery Surgery on the stomach and/or intestines to help a person with extreme obesity lose weight. Bariatric surgery…
- Opportunistic infection An infection that occurs because of a weakened immune system. Opportunistic infections are a particular…
- TEE Transesophageal echocardiography. A diagnostic test which employs ultrasound waves to make images of the…
- Shingle In medicine, a small signboard outside the office of a doctor. The term has nothing to do with the disease…