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Surgery, plastic
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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- Labile Labile: Unstable, unsteady, not fixed. In psychology or psychiatry, labile denotes free and uncontrolled…
- Periodontal disease A bacterial infection that destroys the attachment fibers and supporting bone that hold the teeth in the…
- Test, treadmill A test (sometimes called the exercise treadmill test or exercise test) in which a continuous…
- Osteoclasia Destruction and reabsorption of bone tissue, as occurs when broken bones heal
- Kinetics Kinetics (with an 's' at the end) refers to the rate of change in a biochemical (or other) reaction, the…
- IVC 1. Intravenous cholangiogram, an X-ray study of the gallbladder. 2. Inferior vena cava, the largest vein…
- Urogastrone See: EGF
- Allopath Or allopathist. A term sometimes applied to a physician who practices conventional medicine (allopathy)
- Onychomycosis Onychomycosis: Fungal infection of the nails. Fungal infections can involve either the toenails or the…
- BER Base excision repair
- Post-term Overly mature, overly developed, especially as regards a baby that has not been born until well after the…