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Fracture, toddler's
A torsion fracture of the tibia, without bone displacement
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- Stem cell harvest, peripheral blood A technique for obtaining stem cells from the patient's blood for use in bone marrow transplantation. They…
- Thyroid hormones Chemical substances made by the thyroid gland, which is located in the front of the neck. This gland uses…
- Thrombocythemia An abnormally high number of platelets in the blood. Also known as thrombocytosis.
- Miosis Contraction of the pupil. The opposite of mydriasis.
- Comorbidity The coexistence of two or more disease processes.
- Brain aneurysm Brain aneurysm: A brain aneurysm is a small outpouching (an aneurysm) that looks like a berry and classically…