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Crossed embolism
Passage of a clot (thrombus) from a vein to an artery. When clots in veins break off (embolize) , they travel first to the right side of the heart and, normally, then to the lungs where they lodge. The lungs act as a filter to prevent the…
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Show more- Myocardial infarction A heart attack. Abbreviated MI. The term 'myocardial infarction' focuses on the myocardium (the heart muscle)…
- Pyelogram X-ray study of the kidney especially showing the pelvis (urine-collecting basin) of the kidney and the ureter.
- Deficiency, UROD See: UROD deficiency
- Pulled elbow See: Nursemaid's elbow
- Senile chorea A relatively mild and uncommon disorder that occurs in elderly adults and is characterized by choreic…
- Swimmer's ear Swimmer's ear: Infection of the skin covering the outer ear canal that leads in to the ear drum, usually due…
- Mycobacteria Plural of mycobacterium
- Caudal epidural anesthesia See Caudal anesthesia
- Endoplasmic reticulum A structure within cells that is an extension of the nuclear membrane and in which proteins slated to become…
- BER Base excision repair
- Degenerative arthritis Also known as osteoarthritis, this type of arthritis is caused by inflammation, breakdown and eventual loss…
- Armed tapeworm Taenia solium