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Snoreplasty, injection
An injection of a chemical called sodium tetradecyl sulfate that promotes stiffening of the soft palate by creating scar tissue in order to relieve snoring. The soft palate is the area above your throat in the back of your mouth. Snoring…
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Show more- Acou- Combining form relating to hearing. As in acoustic, otoacoustic emission test, and presbyacousia
- Carcinoma in situ, squamous cell An early stage of skin cancer. Also known as Bowen's disease. This is a tumor that develops from the squamous…
- Morquio syndrome An inherited error in carbohydrate metabolism that results in mucopolysaccharide accumulation and severe…
- Vesicles In dermatology, vesicles are small blisters, most often on the skin. Vesicles also can crop up on the mucous…
- Rickettsialpox A mild infectious disease first observed in New York City caused by Rickettsia akari, transmitted from its…
- Recombinant tPA Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. See: Tissue plasminogen activator
- Orphan drug 1. Oral rehydration salts. 2. Oral rehydration solution. 3. Orthopaedic Research Society.
- Medicare Part B The Medicare program that covers physician and outpatient services. Medicare is the United States…
- Fibula The lateral (outside) and smaller of the two long bones in the lower leg between the knee and ankle. (The…
- Thr Threonine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Lipoid nephrosis The earliest stage of nephrosis (the nephrotic syndrome of childhood). See: Minimal change disease. See also…
- Vitamin D A steroid vitamin which promotes the intestinal absorption and metabolism of calcium and phosphorus. Under…