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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Cholecystectomy: Rem of the gallbladder (cholecystectomy) by laparoscopy. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is performed through several small incisions. The laparoscope, a small thin tube, is put into the abdomen through a tiny cut made just…
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Show more- Taste bud One of the tiny, barrel-shaped endings of the gustatory nerve located around the base of the papillae (small…
- Familial eosinophilia An autosomal dominant condition characterized by an abnormally high level of eosinophils in the blood…
- Alpha helix The coiled structure of many proteins consisting of a single chain of amino acids stabilized by hydrogen…
- Peer review Scrutiny by one's peers (equals). Peer-reviewed articles appearing in medical journals have been scrutinized…
- Yersinia A group of bacteria that appear rod-like under the microscope and include Yersinia pestis (the cause of the…
- Medicine, nuclear See: Nuclear medicine
- Dol A unit of measurement of pain. The term dol was invented by James Hardy and his research colleagues Herbert…
- Intelligence, verbal Innate or learned ability to understand and answer questions given in writing or verbally
- Snot A popular, perjorative, and somewhat offensive term for nasal mucus (mucus produced in the nose)
- Sleep, rapid eye movement Sleep, rapid eye movement: REM sleep is the portion of sleep when there are rapid eye movements (REMs)…
- Salt In medicine, salt usually refers to sodium chloride, table salt, used for seasoning food, for the…
- African tick typhus One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted…