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Vertebroplasty
A nonsurgical method for the repair of vertebral fractures and compression due to osteoporosis. Broken bones in the spine are often due to osteoporosis, the progressive loss of bone tissue, which depletes both the collagen and the calcium…
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- Sib Sibling
- Radiograph A film with an image of body tissues that was produced when the body was placed adjacent to the film while…
- Impulsivity Inclined to act on impulse rather than thought. People who are overly impulsive, seem unable to curb their…
- Accoucheuse French for a woman who is an obstetrician (a physician skilled in the art and science of managing pregnancy…
- DSM Abbreviation for the 'Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,' a comprehensive classification…
- Stanley B. Prusiner See: Prusiner, Stanley B.
- Caudal anesthesia Anesthesia produced by injection of a local anesthetic into the caudal canal, the sacral portion of the…
- Impotence Impotence: A common problem among men characterized by the consistent inability to sustain an erection…
- Warburg apparatus A device used in biochemistry for measuring breathing (respiration) by tissues. Tissue slices are enclosed in…
- Septicemia Systemic (bodywide) illness with toxicity due to invasion of the bloodstream by virulent bacteria coming from…
- Jordi Casals-Ariet See: Casals-Ariet, Jordi