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Nose job
Slang for plastic surgery on the nose, known medically as a rhinoplasty. This is a facial cosmetic procedure, often performed to enhance the appearance of the nose. During rhinoplasty, the nasal cartilages and bones are modified, or tissue…
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- Foreskin, inflammation of the Inflammation of the foreskin of the penis (the prepuce) is called posthitis. In the uncircumcised male…
- Suction-assisted lipectomy Another name for liposuction, the surgical removal of fat deposits from specific parts of the body, the most…
- Cachexia Physical wasting with loss of weight and muscle mass caused by disease. Patients with advanced cancer, AIDS…
- Blood clot Blood that has been converted from a liquid to a solid state. Also called a thrombus. The process by which a…
- Ubidecarenone See: Coenzyme Q10
- Jenny Craig Jenny Craig is a diet program that originated in Australia in 1983 in Australia and started U.S. operations…
- Endoscope A surgical procedure for placing a feeding tube without having to perform an open laparotomy (operation on…
- Septate Ided: A septate uterus is a one that is divided
- Medicare Part B The Medicare program that covers physician and outpatient services. Medicare is the United States…
- Circum- Prefix meaning around, surrounding, or encircling. As in circumcision, circumflex, and circumjacent. From the…