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Show more- Sinus, cavernous A large channel of venous blood creating a 'sinus' cavity bordered by the sphenoid bone and the temporal bone…
- Tension, arterial The pressure of the blood within an artery, the arterial pressure. Also called the intra-arterial pressure…
- Cerebellar Pertaining to the cerebellum, the part of the brain in the back of the head between the cerebrum and the…
- Homotrisomy Trisomy of the same chromosome. The occurrence of two children in the same family with trisomy 21 is an…
- Familial lung cancer Lung cancer that recurs in families. Lung cancer can occur sporadically in people with no known family…
- Arterial tension The pressure of the blood within an artery, the arterial pressure. Also called the intra-arterial pressure
- Vomiting of pregnancy, pernicious Medically known as hyperemesis gravidarum, this is excessive vomiting in early pregnancy. By definition…
- Lamella A thin leaf, plate, disk, wafer
- Fetoscopy A technique for looking directly at the fetus within the uterus (using a fetoscope).
- Stenosis, pulmonary The pulmonary valve is too tight so that the flow of blood from the right ventricle of the heart into the…
- Total hysterectomy Hysterectomy: Complete surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Also called a complete hysterectomy
- Anesthetic, local An anesthetic that causes loss of feeling in a small part of the body