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Shunt
1) To move a body fluid, such as cerebrospinal fluid, from one place to another. 2) A catheter (tube) that carries cerebrospinal fluid from a ventricle in the brain to another area of the body. A shunt may be placed to relieve pressure…
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Show more- Endometrium The uterine lining; the cells that line the uterus (the womb); the inner layer of the uterus. This tissue is…
- Nephropathy Any kidney disease. For example, there is diabetic nephropathy, gouty nephropathy, HIV-associated…
- Papillomatosis, juvenile laryngeal Juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis involves the growth of numerous warty growths on the vocal cords in…
- Embolization A treatment that clogs small blood vessels and blocks the flow of blood, such as to a tumor.
- MYH A base excision repair gene responsible for an hereditary colon cancer syndrome. MYH is located on the short…
- Kidney scoping Formally known as retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS), this is a procedure for doing surgery within the…
- Tonic-clonic seizure The classic type of epileptic seizure consisting of two phases to a tonic-clonic seizure -- the tonic phase…
- Carbohydrate intake, infant Carbohydrates (glucose, lactose, sucrose, galactose, etc.) are sugars or several sugars linked together…
- Kussmaul breathing Air hunger.
- WBS Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome. See: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
- Splenic artery A large artery within the abdomen that arises from an arterial vessel called the celiac trunk, which emerges…
- Scleromalacia Degenerative thinning of the sclera, the tough white coat that covers most of the back of the eyeball and…