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Plastic surgery
The field of surgery concerned with reducing scarring or disfigurement that may occur as a result of accidents, birth defects, or treatment for diseases, such as melanoma. Many plastic surgeons also perform cosmetic surgery that is…
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- Ectodermal Pertaining to the ectoderm or to tissues derived from the ectoderm, one of the three primary germ cell layers…
- Meadow syndrome After Dr. Roy Meadow, the pediatrician who coined the term Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Coronary bypass A bypass of a plaque within a coronary artery using part of a vein as a graft. See: Coronary artery bypass…
- Diaphragm (contraceptive) A barrier method of contraception that is available by prescription only and must be sized by a health…
- Martorell syndrome Named after Fernando Martorell Otzet, Spanish cardiologist (1906-1984). In 1944 Martorell provided an…
- Stroke index A cardiodynamic measure. Stroke volume is the amount of blood the left ventricle ejects in one beat, measured…
- Glycogen storage disease type V One of the 14 recognized diseases that interfere with the storage of carbohydrates as glycogen in the body…
- Amenorrhea Absence or cessation of menstruation. Amenorrhea is conventionally divided into primary and secondary…
- Endocrine gland A gland that secretes a substance (a hormone) into the bloodstream. The endocrine glands are 'glands of…
- Calcification The process of building bone by suffusing tissues with calcium salts. Also called ossification
- Two-faced twins Twin: Known medically as diprosopus, two-faced twins are conjoined twins (incompletely separated identical…