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Tomography, computerized axial
Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X-ray images and turns them in pictures. The CAT (computerized axial tomography) scan can reveal some soft-tissue and other structures that…
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- Muscular dystrophy, tibial A specific form of muscular dystrophy in which weakness is usually confined to the anterior compartment (the…
- Cyst A cyst is an abnormal, closed sac-like structure within a tissue that contains a liquid, gaseous, or…
- Skittles Street name for dextromethorphan (DXM)
- Curettement Curettage
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- Nerve, trochlear The trochlear nerve controls the superior oblique muscle of the eye, one of the extraocular muscles, the…
- Neurectomy The removal of part or all of a nerve
- Warfarin Warfarin: An anticoagulant drug (brand names: Coumarin, Panwarfin, Sofarin) taken to prevent the blood from…
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- Transplant, lung The first lung transplant was done by the American surgeon James Hardy (1918-) in 1964.