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- Familial polyposis of colon, autosomal recessive See: MYH
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- Doctor-assisted suicide The term in the UK for physician-assisted suicide
- Aneurysm A localized widening (dilatation) of an artery, vein, or the heart. At the area of an aneurysm, there is…
- Red-green colorblindness A form of colorblindness in which red and green are perceived as identical. This is the most common type of…
- MCP1 Monocyte chemotactic protein-1, a member of the small inducible gene (SIG) family, plays a role in the…
- Laminaria A small rod-shaped piece of dried seaweed; when placed within the cervix, a laminaria causes it to gradually…
- Surgery, stereotactic Surgery in which a system of three- dimensional coordinates is used to locate the site to be operated on…
- Rebound Return of the original symptoms when maneuvers or treatment is discontinued
- Endovascular aneurysm repair Abbreviated (and most often called) EVAR. See: EVAR