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Nephrectomy
The surgical removal of a kidney. A nephrectomy can be radical, simple, or partial. The kidney, the adrenal gland, nearby lymph nodes, and other surrounding tissue are removed in a radical nephrectomy. Simple nephrectomy is the removal of…
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- Keratitis, rosacea See: Rosacea keratitis
- Amnestic aphasia See Anomia
- Circumcision Circumcision: Surgery that removes the foreskin (the loose tissue) covering the glans of the penis…
- Anemia, Biermer's Anemia, Biermer's: A blood disorder caused by a lack of vitamin B12. Patients who have this disorder do not…
- CREST syndrome A limited form of scleroderma, a disease of connective tissue with the formation of scar tissue (fibrosis) in…
- Contrast sensitivity, visual The ability to perceive differences between an object and its background
- Nit Nits are lice eggs. They are hard to see and are often confused with dandruff or hair spray droplets. Nits…
- Family planning, natural Also known as fertility awareness, periodic abstinence and the rhythm method, this approach entails not…
- Sequence, intervening An intervening sequence is the part of a gene that is initially transcribed from the DNA into RNA…
- Biliary atresia Congenital absence or closure of the major bile ducts, the ducts that drain bile from the liver. Biliary…
- Allodynia Pain from stimuli which are not normally painful. The pain may occur other than in the area stimulated…