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Dilatation and curettage
Dilatation and curettage: A minor operation in which the cervix is expanded enough (dilatation) to permit the cervical canal and uterine lining to be scraped with a curet (or curette), an instrument shaped like a spoon. This procedure also…
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- Craniology The study of variations in size, shape, and proportion of the skull (cranium). Also known as phrenology, it…
- Scabicide A medication used to treat scabies. Although they were the most effective treatment, pyrethrin- based…
- D-dimer A fragment produced during the degradation of a clot. The D here stands for domain. Dimer indicates two…
- Morgagni's tubercle See: Olfactory bulb
- Cancer, gastric Cancer of the stomach, the major organ that holds food for digestion. Worldwide, stomach cancer is the second…
- Plague, bubonic The most common form of the plague named for the characteristic buboes which are enlarged lymph nodes…
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