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Cystoscopy
A procedure in which the doctor inserts a lighted instrument called a cystoscope into the urethra (the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body) in order to look inside the urethra and bladder. The cystoscope has…
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Show more- Plaque, skin A plaque is a broad, raised area on the skin. Because it is raised, it can be felt (palpated). By definition…
- Protocol, Bruce See: Bruce protocol
- Transthyretin A plasma protein consisting of 127 amino acids that binds retinol and thyroxine. The gene TTR that encodes…
- Presbyacousia See: Presbycusis
- Iron An essential mineral. Iron is necessary for the transport of oxygen (via hemoglobin in red blood cells) and…
- Surgery, off-pump See: Off-pump surgery
- Feces The medical and scientific term for the 'excrement discharged from the intestines.' The word 'feces' (or its…
- Post Short for postmortem examination (an autopsy)
- Sense of smell See Olfaction
- Urban typhus of Malaya Murine typhus, an acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder…
- Placenta, succenturiate An extra placenta separate from the main placenta. In anatomy 'succenturiate' means accessory to an organ. In…
- Metapneumovirus, human See: Human metapneumovirus