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Electrodesiccation
Use of an electric current to destroy cancerous tissue and control bleeding
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- Thalassemia major The dire disease also known as beta thalassemia. The clinical picture of this form of anemia was first…
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- Universal donor A person who is type O in the ABO blood group system and can donate blood to all recipients
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