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PEG
Stands for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, a surgical procedure for placing a feeding tube without having to perform an open laparotomy (operation on the abdomen). The aim of PEG is to feed those who cannot swallow. PEG may be done by…
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- Adjuvant chemotherapy Chemotherapy given after tumor surgery. The idea underpinning adjuvant chemotherapy is that the chemotherapy…
- Typhus, classic See: Typhus, epidemic
- Palliation To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely…
- Disease, pelvic inflammatory (PID) Despite its seeming lack of gender, this term is applied to women only. PID refers exclusively to ascending…
- Open charting The practice of making medical charts available to the patient
- Botox Ng=4 cel ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Botox Main…
- Eye Institute, National (NEI) One of the US National Institutes of Health, NEI's mission is to 'conduct and support research, training…
- Cryocardioplegia Paralysis of the heart by cold (hypothermia)
- Caseous Cheeselike. In caseous lymphadenitis, the lymph nodes turn into a soft, dry, crumbly mass resembling cheese…
- Optic glioma A benign tumor on an optic nerve or the optic chiasm (the crossing of the two optic nerves). Optic gliomas…
- Probe (1) In surgery, a probe is a slender flexible rod with a blunt end used to explore, for example, an opening…