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The most complete online medical dictionary: 16,436 terms covering anatomy, physiology, pathologies, diagnostic exams, pharmacology and every clinical specialty.
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Heart transplant
Heart transplant: A surgical procedure in which a diseased heart is replaced with a healthy heart from a deceased person. The world's first heart transplant was done on December 3, 1967 by South African surgeon Christiaan Bernard…
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- Gastric outlet obstruction Any disease that mechanically impedes gastric emptying, the normal emptying of the stomach. There is…
- Cholesterol guidelines The guidelines on cholesterol for adults. A 2004 update to the National Cholesterol Education Program's…
- Pain, chest See: Chest pain
- Menstrual synchronization A phenomenon that occurs when two or more menstruating women live together, in which the menstrual cycles of…
- Vertebral artery A key artery located in the back of the neck that carries blood from the heart to the brain
- Cancer of the pancreas See: Pancreatic cancer
- Food, functional Functional foods are 'those foods that encompass potentially healthful products including any modified food…
- Phase, resting More appropriately called interphase. The interval in the cell cycle between two cell divisions when the…
- Convulsion An abnormal, involuntary contraction of the muscles most typically seen with certain seizure disorders. The…
- Parkinson disease genetics See: Parkinson disease gene
- Genome, yeast See: Yeast genome