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Locoregional anesthesia
Anesthesia that produces loss of pain only in the region of the surgery. This may be done by a 'spinal' in which an anesthetic agent is administered by lumbar injection. Locoregional anesthesia is in contrast to general anesthesia on the…
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- Angiosarcoma A type of cancer that begins in the lining of blood vessels. This type of tumor tends to be aggressive, recur…
- Orthorexia nervosa A term designating a disorder in which there is an unhealthy obsession with healthy eating, an extreme…
- Granulomatosis, allergic A disease (also more commonly called the Churg-Straus syndrome) characterized by inflammation of the blood…
- Bone density Bone density is the amount of bone tissue in a certain volume of bone. It can be measured using a special…
- Phlebotomy Obtaining blood from a vein. In the old days, this was done by incising (cutting) a vein and just letting the…
- CST3 The gene for cystatin C
- Placenta praevia A placenta implanted near the outlet of the uterus, so that at the time of delivery the placenta precedes the…
- LAVH Laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy, a procedure using laparoscopic techniques to remove the uterus…
- Fracture, basilar A break in bone at the base of the skull. About a half of basilar fractures are caused by bicycle or motor…
- Axillary dissection Surgery in which the axilla (the armpit) is opened -- to 'dissect' means to 'cut apart' -- in order to…
- Hemoglobin, carbon monoxide See: Carboxyhemoglobin