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Spinal fusion
Spinal fusion: A surgical procedure in which two or more of the vertebrae in the spine are united together so that motion no longer occurs between them. Bone grafts are usually placed around the section of the spine to be fused. The body…
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- CHARGE association A constellation of congenital malformations (birth defects). The name of the condition is an acronym of some…
- LPA Little People of America. The abbreviation also for the left pulmonary artery
- Rock (drug) A street name given to cocaine that has been processed from cocaine hydrochloride to a ready-to-use free base…
- Socialized medicine A system of health care in which all health personnel and health facilities, including doctors and hospitals…
- Paternal 1. Pertaining to the father as, for example, a paternal age effect.2. Related through the father as, for…
- Cavities Cavities: Holes in the two outer layers of a tooth called the enamel and the dentin. The enamel is the…
- Humor, aqueous In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally…
- Scalded skin syndrome A potentially serious side effect of infection with the Staph (Staphylococcus) bacteria that produces a…
- Hyperkalemia Hyperkalemia: Elevated blood potassium. Potassium is the major positive ion (cation) found inside of cells…
- Shoulder, frozen See: Frozen shoulder
- Red blood cell The blood cell that carries oxygen. Red cells contain hemoglobin and it is the hemoglobin which permits them…