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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Abbreviated ERCP. A procedure done to diagnose and treat problems in the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, and pancreas, including gallstones, inflammatory strictures (scars), leaks (from trauma and surgery), and cancer. ERCP combines the…
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Show more- Access 1. In general, a means of approaching something. 2. In health care, the opportunity or right to receive…
- United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) The nationwide umbrella for transplantation organ sharing in the U.S. UNOS states that it is 'a private…
- Twelfth cranial nerve The hypoglossal nerve. The twelve cranial nerves, including the hypoglossal nerve, emerge from or enter the…
- Papilledema Swelling of the head of the optic nerve, a sign of increased intracranial pressure. The optic nerve head…
- Salt In medicine, salt usually refers to sodium chloride, table salt, used for seasoning food, for the…
- Papillary muscle Small muscles within the heart that anchor the heart valves. The anchor ropes are the chordae tendineae…
- PPD 1. Postpartum depression. 2. Purified protein derivative (the PPD skin test for tuberculosis)
- Fever, Rocky Mountain spotted (RMSF) Fever, Rocky Mountain spotted (RMSF): An acute febrile (feverish) disease initially recognized in the Rocky…
- Biomagnetic therapy See: Magnet therapy
- Phocomelia A congenital malformation (birth defect) in which the hands and feet are attached to abbreviated arms and…
- Flores man See: Homo floresiensis
- Ischial bursitis Bursitis: Inflammation of the bursa that separates the gluteus maximus muscle of the buttocks from the…