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Show more- Great pox Syphilis. An old name to distinguish it from the smallpox
- Infant vitamin requirements Vitamins are organic substances that are essential in minute quantities for the proper growth, maintenance…
- Peter Mansfield See: Mansfield, Peter
- Inguinal orchiectomy Surgery to remove the testicle, with the incision made through the groin.
- Keratectomy Removal of part of the cornea. This can be done by surgical excision or by laser. One such laser procedure is…
- Leprosy See: Hansen disease
- Ventilator A ventilator is a machine which mechanically assists patients in the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide…
- Ventricle, right The ventricles are the two lower chambers of the heart. The right ventricle is the chamber that receives…
- Depression Depression: An illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts, that affects the way a person eats and…
- Tube feeding See: Enteral nutrition
- Phonosurgery Surgical procedures that maintain, restore, or enhance the human voice. Phonosurgery includes…
- Drop seizure See: Atonic seizure