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PTC (percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography)
See: Cholangiography, percutaneous transhepatic
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Show more- Cryosurgery Treatment performed with an instrument that freezes and destroys abnormal tissue. See also cryotherapy.
- Fever, scarlet Also called scarlatina, a disease caused by infection with group A streptococcal bacteria that occurs in a…
- Monochromatism 1) Total inability to perceive color. A person with true monochromatism perceives only black, white, and…
- RDS (respiratory distress syndrome) Formerly known as hyaline membrane disease, a syndrome of respiratory difficulty in newborn infants caused by…
- Heterokaryon A cell with two separate nuclei formed by the experimental fusion of two genetically different cells…
- Cryptosporidium parvum The parasite that causes the disease, cryptosporidiosis. See: Cryptosporidiosis
- Alternative Medicine, National Center for Compleme See: National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
- DEXA Dual energy X-ray absorptometry. See: DXA
- Hysterectomy, total Hysterectomy, total: Complete surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Also called a complete hysterectomy
- Syndrome, nervous colon A common gastrointestinal disorder involving an abnormal condition of gut contractions (motility)…
- Vein, pulmonary One of four vessels that carry aerated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. (The four are…
- Intrastromal corneal ring A plastic ring designed to be implanted in the cornea, the transparent structure in the front of the eye. The…