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Total knee replacement
Total knee replacement: A surgical procedure in which damaged parts of the knee joint are replaced with artifical parts. The surgery is done by separating the muscles and ligaments around the knee to expose the inside of the joint. The…
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- Dejerine-Klumpke paralysis See: Klumpke palsy
- Nat'l Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Y Diseases (NIDDK): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name…
- Beef tapeworm Taenia saginata, the most common of the big tapeworms that parasitizes people, contracted from infected raw…
- Pancreatic insufficiency Not enough of the digestive enzymes normally secreted by the pancreas into the intestine. Pancreatic…
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation The circulatory system comprising the heart and blood vessels which carries nutrients and oxygen to the…
- T cell, peripheral A T cell found in the peripheral blood rather than in the lymphatic system.
- Radiation during pregnancy See: Prenatal radiation exposure
- RMSF Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- Colostomy, a patient's perspective For an excellent article about colostomy from a patient's viewpoint, please see Colostomy - A Patient's…
- Herpes, febrile A small sore situated on the face or in the mouth that causes pain, burning, or itching before bursting and…
- Beals, Rodney K. The hair that normally grows on the male face after puberty. Testosterone, the most potent of the naturally…