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Also called anophthalmia, a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the globe. Anophthalmia refers, strictly speaking, to absence of the globe and ocular tissue from the orbit. However, in most cases of anophthalmia, CT scans show some…
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- Midwife assistant A person who assists a midwife with prenatal care, childbirth education, delivery, and post-natal care. Also…
- Taint To poison, infect, or spoil
- Stripping Surgery to treat varicose veins. The problematic veins are 'stripped' out by passing a flexible device…
- Carcinoma of the breast, infiltrating lobular Breast, infiltrating lobular: Infiltrating lobular carcinoma is the second most common type of invasive…
- Coitus interruptus A method of contraception, also called withdrawal, in which the man withdraws his penis from the vagina…
- Curie (Ci) A unit of radioactivity. (Specifically, the quantity of any radioactive nuclide in which the number of…
- Endovascular aneurysm repair Abbreviated (and most often called) EVAR. See: EVAR
- Syndrome, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker This condition is a primary problem of platelets in which the platelets lack the ability to stick adequately…
- Vertebrae, cervical The cervical (neck) vertebrae are the upper 7 vertebrae in the spinal column (the vertebral column). They are…
- IgA Immunoglobulin A, a major class of immunoglobulins found in serum and external body secretions such as…