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Transplant, renal
Replacement of a diseased, damaged, or missing kidney with a donor kidney. Also called a kidney transplant. Patients with end-stage renal failure are candidates for transplantation. A successful transplant frees the patient from dialysis…
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- Pee An informal term for piss, meant to lessen its vulgarity, but synonymous with it
- Sigmoidoscope A thin lighted instrument used to view the inside of the rectum and lower colon
- Test, glucose tolerance A blood test done to make the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. The test may also be done for other purposes…
- Breast surgeon A surgeon who is especially skilled in operating on the breast. A breast surgeon may biopsy a tumor in the…
- Fourth ventricle >Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres, one in each hemisphere. Each…
- Lymphocytosis Too many lymphocytes, a finding that may be a marker for infection or disease.
- Dystonia, cranial A term used to describe dystonia that affects the muscles of the head, face, and neck. Oromandibular dystonia…
- Fifth cranial nerve The fifth cranial nerve is the trigeminal nerve. The trigeminal nerve is quite complex. It functions both as…
- Innervate To supply with nerves. It is a little known fact that the cornea is the most densely innervated tissue in the…
- MAO inhibitor Monoamine oxidase inhibitor. One of a potent class of medications used to treat depression.
- Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Stitute of (NIDDK): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name…