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BMT
Bone marrow transplantation, a procedure in which doctors replace bone marrow that is diseased (or damaged) with healthy bone marrow. The bone marrow to be replaced may be deliberately destroyed by high doses of chemotherapy and/or…
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Show more- Fracture, open A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin. Also called a compound fracture. NTER> A fracture…
- Dysphasia One in a group of speech disorders in which there is impairment of the power of expression by speech…
- Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter White matter: An inherited brain disease that occurs mainly in children. and follows a chronic progressive…
- LMP Abbreviation for 'last menstrual period.' By convention, pregnancies are dated in weeks starting from the…
- Drain A device for removing fluid from a cavity or wound. A drain is typically a tube or wick. As a verb, to allow…
- Materterine See: Materteral
- Iritis Inflammation of the iris. The iris is the circular, colored curtain in the front of the visible of the eye…
- Wolhynia fever Fever: Also known as trench fever, a disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of…
- Carcinoma of the tongue See: Tongue cancer
- Anus The opening of the rectum to the outside of the body. The word 'anus' comes straight from the Latin. It…
- Sign, Babinski A neurologic reflex that constitutes an important medical examination based upon what the big toe does when…
- Diverticulum, pharyngoesophageal See: Zenker diverticulum