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Orthopedics
The branch of surgery broadly concerned with the skeletal system (bones). Orthopedics is how this field of surgery is listed under Physicians & Surgeons in the telephone Yellow Pages in Jacksonville, Florida. This spelling is quite…
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- Ectomy A surgical suffix referring to the removal of something. For example, a lumpectomy is the surgical excision…
- Surface EMG A technique in which electrodes are placed on (not into) the skin overlying a muscle to detect the electrical…
- Urolithiasis The process of forming stones in the kidney, bladder, and/or urethra (urinary tract). Kidney stones are a…
- Endometriosis uterina Also known as adenomyosis (pronounced ad-den-o-mi-o-sis), this is a common benign condition of the uterus in…
- Erotomania The false but persistent belief that one is loved by a person (often a famous or prominent person), or the…
- Temporal lobe The lobe of the cerebral hemisphere located down on the side just forward of the occipital lobe. The temporal…
- Lactose intolerance Lactose intolerance: Inability to digest lactose, a component of milk and most other dairy products. Lactose…
- Bone, parietal The main bone on the side of the skull. Although the parietal bone is curved, it is considered a flat bone…
- Test, exercise cardiac stress The exercise cardiac stress test (ECST) is the most widely used cardiac (heart) screening test. The patient…
- Gonadotropin, human chorionic See: Human chorionic gonadotropin