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Palliative care
1) Medical or comfort care that reduces the severity of a disease or slows its progress rather than providing a cure. For incurable diseases, in cases where the cure is not recommended due to other health concerns, and when the patient…
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Show more- Fat, trans An unhealthy substance, also known as trans fatty acid, made through the chemical process of hydrogenation of…
- Ventilation, mechanical Use of a machine called a ventilator or respirator to improve the exchange of air between the lungs and the…
- Stenosis, carotid-artery See: Carotid stenosis
- Psoriasis, pustular A type of recurring psoriasis characterized by the appearance of pus-filed pimples and sores in clusters. It…
- Stanley B. Prusiner See: Prusiner, Stanley B.
- Test, carcinoembryonic antigen See: Carcinoembryonic antigen
- Dermatology 1. The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases of the skin…
- Excise To cut out. A laser beam may be used to excise a tumor, much as a scalpel does. The terms excise and resect…
- Retinal pigment epithelium The pigment cell layer that nourishes the retinal cells. The retinal pigment epithelium is located just…
- Prosthesis An artificial substitute or replacement of a part of the body such as a tooth, eye, a facial bone, the…
- Fear of cold An abnormal and persistent fear of cold, including cold weather and cold objects. Sufferers of this fear…
- Pneumonectomy An operation to remove an entire lung or part of a lung