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Collateral
In anatomy, a collateral is a subordinate or accessory part. A collateral is also a side branch, as of a blood vessel or nerve. After a coronary artery occlusion, collaterals (that is, collateral vessels) often develop to shunt blood…
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Show more- EVAR Endovascular aneurysm repair. A procedure to repair an aneurysm of the aorta. In EVAR a stent is placed in…
- Summer cold A popular term for hay fever. Although the symptoms of a 'summer cold' may be similar to those of a real…
- Psychosis, schizophrenia The most chronic and disabling of the major mental illnesses. Schizophrenia may be one disorder, or it may be…
- Epicanthal fold A fold of skin that comes down across the inner angle (canthus) of the eye. The epicanthal fold is more…
- Humidifier Anything, usually a machine today, that adds moisture to the air
- Hypopigmented Underpigmented.
- PLGF Placental growth factor
- Open fracture A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin. Also called a compound fracture. NTER> Note that…
- Lightening Not to be confused with a discharge of atmospheric electricity, lightening refers to the sensation that a…
- Syndrome, Kartagener's The trio of sinusitis, bronchitis and situs inversus (lateral reversal of the position all organs in the…
- Score, Gleason A grading system for prostate carcinoma. See Gleason score
- Post-polio muscular atrophy (PPMA) Belated muscle wasting that occurs as part of the post-polio syndrome (PPS), a constellation of symptoms and…