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- Histocompatible Literally, tissue compatible. If a donor and recipient are histocompatible, a transplant is expected to be…
- UNOS Acronym for the United Network for Organ Sharing, the nationwide umbrella for transplantation organ sharing…
- Inflammation A basic way in which the body reacts to infection, irritation or other injury, the key feature being redness…
- Genotype The genetic constitution (the genome) of a cell, an individual or an organism. The genotype is distinct from…
- Accoucheur French for a male obstetrician, a physician skilled in the art and science of managing pregnancy, labor and…
- Transmission, vertical Transmission of a disease-causing agent (a pathogen) vertically from mother directly to baby during the…
- Biliary decompression A procedure done to remove pressure on the biliary tree and permit the normal drainage of bile
- Tumor grade The degree of abnormality of cancer cells, a measure of differentiation, the extent to which cancer cells are…
- Pharmacologic stress test Stress test: There are a diversity of pharmacologic stress tests. Here this refers specifically to a…
- Antithyroid drug A drug directed against the thyroid gland. The antithyroid drugs include carbimazole, methimazole, and…