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- Liver transplant Liver transplant: Surgery to remove a diseased liver and replace it with a healthy liver (or part of one)…
- Bar chart Proper term in mathematics for what is popularly called a bar graph. See: Bar graph
- New, fear of the An irrational fear of anything new, of innovation, of new situations, places, or things. Also called…
- Minot-Von Willebrand disease See: Von Willebrand disease
- Chemical menopause Menopause: Menopause induced by chemotherapy or other chemicals or medications. Chemical menopause is a type…
- Therapy, interpersonal See: Interpersonal therapy
- Calor Heat, one of the four classic signs of inflammation (together with dolor, rubor and tumor). From the Latin…
- Cholecystogram, oral See: Oral cholecystogram
- Cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) Gas bubbles traveling and lodging (embolizing) in the arteries that supply the brain with blood (and oxygen)…
- Keratodermia blennorrhagicum Pertaining to keratolysis, the softening and shedding of the horny outer layer of the skin. A keratolytic…
- Dysphonia See: Spasmodic dysphonia.