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Excimer laser
A laser that emits very concentrated light in the ultraviolet (UV) region of the spectrum. Excimer lasers are used, for example, in: > >Ophthalmology -- to vaporize part of the surface layer of the cornea and thus reshape the cornea to…
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Show more- Acrochordon A small tag of skin that may have a stalk (a peduncle). An acrochordon may appear on skin anywhere although…
- Doxorubicin cardiomyopathy Brand name: Vibramycin. A synthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from tetracycline. Doxycycline is used…
- Felty's syndrome Felty's syndrome: A complication of long-standing rheumatoid arthritis. See: Felty syndrome.
- Engagement This term in obstetrics refers to the sensation that a pregnant woman feels when the baby drops. This is the…
- Yellow enzyme, Warburg's A key respiratory enzyme discovered by the German biochemist Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883-1970), a pioneer in…
- Legg disease See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- DNA cloning The use of DNA manipulation procedures to produce multiple copies of a single gene or segment of DNA
- Concordant couple Pair of long-term sexual partners in which both partners have a sexually transmitted infection. The CDC has…
- Madelung disease A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…
- Indication 1. In medicine, a condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure advisable. CML (chronic myeloid…
- Remodeling, chromatin See: Chromatin remodeling
- Naloxone A drug that antagonizes morphine and other opiates. Naloxone is a pure opiate antagonist and prevents or…