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Transplant, renal
Replacement of a diseased, damaged, or missing kidney with a donor kidney. Also called a kidney transplant. Patients with end-stage renal failure are candidates for transplantation. A successful transplant frees the patient from dialysis…
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Show more- ACNM The American College of Nurse-Midwives. See: Nurse-midwife
- Corticosteroid Any of the steroid hormones made by the cortex (outer layer) of the adrenal gland. Cortisol is a…
- Morton's syndrome A syndrome characterized by a shortened first metatarsal (foot) bone that results in excessive force on the…
- Smell See Olfaction
- Milzbrand Known also as anthrax, milzbrand is a serious bacterial infection. It is not primarily a human disease but…
- Coagulation, laser The coagulation (clotting) of tissue using a laser. A coagulation laser produces light in the visible green…
- Vein, internal jugular The deeper of the two jugular veins in the neck that drain blood from the head, brain, face and neck and…
- History, social An account of a patient that puts his illness or behavior in context. It may include aspects of the patient's…
- Eyelid The lid or cover of the eye, a movable fold of skin and muscle that can be closed over the eyeball or opened…
- MODY Maturity onset diabetes of the young
- Barotrauma, sinus See: Sinus barotrauma
- Neuropathy, diabetic See: Diabetic neuropathy