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Hemodialysis
Hemodialysis: A medical procedure that uses a special machine (a dialysis machine) to filter waste products from the blood and to restore normal constituents to it. This shuffling of multiple substances is accomplished by virtue of the…
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Show more- Encephalomyelitis Inflammation of both the brain and the spinal cord. Encephalomyelitis can be caused by a variety of…
- Claudication Claudication: Limping. The word 'claudication' comes from the Latin 'claudicare' meaning to limp. The Roman…
- IgE Immunoglobulin E, a class of immunoglobulins that includes the antibodies elicited by an allergic substance…
- Obesity, gynecoid >Gynecoid pelvis: A pelvis that is shaped like a woman's. >Gynecology: The study of the diseases of the…
- Pneumopericardium Air or gas in the space between the heart and the pericardium, the membrane surrounding the heart.
- Agenesis of the gallbladder This is a condition in which the gallbladder fails to develop. This happens in approximately one out of every…
- Imbibe 1. To drink, especially alcoholic beverages. 2. To absorb or take up fluid.From the Latin imbibere (to drink…
- HER1 See: EGFR
- Occupational medicine The field of medicine encompassing occupational disease, diseases due to factors in people's occupations. For…
- Phosphorus An essential element in the diet and a major component of bone. Phosphorus is also found in the blood…
- Masklike face An expressionless face with little or no sense of animation, a face more like a mask than a real face. A…
- Submandibular gland The second largest of the three major salivary glands. It is located deep to the mandible (jaw bone).