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Intradiskal electrothermal therapy, a procedure designed to relieve back pain due to damage to the disks between the spine bones. Under local anesthesia and X-ray guidance, a needle is introduced into the disk and a catheter with a heating…
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Show more- Globus hystericus The sensation of having a lump in the throat when there is nothing there. Sometimes simply called globus…
- Stem cell One of the human body's master cells, with the ability to grow into any one of the body's more than 200 cell…
- Residual Something left behind. With residual disease, the disease has not been eradicated
- Hemidiaphragm, raised See: Elevated hemidiaphragm
- Coarctation of the aorta A congenital constriction of the aorta, impeding the flow of blood below the level of the constriction and…
- Orbit In medicine, the bony cavity in which the eyeball sits together with its associated muscles, blood vessels…
- Developmental disorder, specific A disorder that selectively affects one area of development, sparing essentially all other areas of…
- Private mutation A rare mutation found usually only in a single family or a small population. It is like a privately printed…
- Toll receptor One of a family of receptors that provide a critical link between immune stimulants produced by…
- Albright syndrome Tough white fibrous tissue. The tunica albuginea of the testis, for example, is the layer of dense whitish…
- Ophthalmoplegia-plus syndrome See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Differentiation therapy Differentiation therapy: An approach to the treatment of advanced or aggressive malignancies in which the…