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Diaphragm pacing
A procedure to help patients with spinal cord injuries to breathe. Their breathing is helped by setting the respiratory rate by electrical stimulation (pacing) of the phrenic nerve. The pacing is accomplished via electrodes surgically…
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- Major anomaly An unusual anatomic feature that is of serious medical or cosmetic consequence to the patient. For example, a…
- Abductor muscle Any muscle used to pull a body part away from the midline of the body. For example, the abductor muscles of…
- Central vision Straight-ahead vision. Central vision is the work of the macula, a small area in the center of the retina…
- Policy, Medigap See: Medigap policy>
- Brain aneurysm Brain aneurysm: A brain aneurysm is a small outpouching (an aneurysm) that looks like a berry and classically…
- Quackery Deliberate misrepresentation of the ability of a substance or device for the prevention or treatment of…
- Quintox Trade name of the insecticide dieldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
- End-stage renal disease ESRD. Chronic irreversible renal failure
- Lips Aside from the lips of the mouth, there are two pairs of lips at the entrance to the vagina. They are the…
- Papilla, cancer of Cancer of: Cancer of a structure called the papilla or ampulla of Vater, a small muscle located at the…
- Tubal pregnancy A pregnancy that is not in the usual place within the uterus but is located in the Fallopian tube. Tubal…