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Thrombectomy
Procedure to remove a clot (a thrombus)
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- Disease, Niemann-Pick See: Niemann-Pick disease
- Pes planum Flat feet
- Stenosis, spinal See: Spinal stenosis
- Osteolytic Pertaining to the dissolution of bone, especially the loss of calcium from bone. 'Punched-out' osteolytic…
- Blot, Northern A technique in molecular biology, used mainly to separate and identify pieces of RNA. Called a Northern blot…
- Gland, thyroid See: Thyroid gland
- Stone, kidney Kidney stone: A stone in the kidney (or lower down in the urinary tract). Kidney stones are a common cause of…
- Syndrome, patellofemoral (PFS) The commonest cause of chronic knee pain, PFS characteristically causes vague discomfort of the inner knee…
- UDP-glucuronosyltransferase A liver enzyme essential to the disposal of bilirubin (the chemical that results from the normal breakdown of…
- Spondylolisthesis Forward movement of one of the building blocks (vertebrae) of the spine in relation to an adjacent vertebra…