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Resectable
Able to be removed (resected) by surgery
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- Injury, cold Cold injuries include chilblains, 'trench foot,' and frostbite. Cold injuries occur with and without freezing…
- IGT The Indian Health Service, a part of the US Public Health Service within the US Department of Health and…
- Materterine See: Materteral
- Bummed out Slang term for depression. For more, see: Depression
- Paternal age The age of the father at the time he conceives a child. The present mean (average) paternal age is 27 years…
- Kelman, Charles D. See: Phacoemulsification
- Dissociation In psychology and psychiatry, a perceived detachment of the mind from the emotional state or even from the…
- Hereditary atransferrinemia A genetic disorder in which there is absence of transferrin, a plasma protein that transports iron through…
- Hair-on-end skull Thin fine linear extensions radiating out from the skull that look on an X-ray like hair standing 'on-end'…