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Biventricular assist device
A ventricular assist device that helps both ventricles of the heart. It helps the right ventricle of the heart to pump blood to the lungs and the left ventricle to pump blood to the body. The Berlin Heart is an example of a biventricular…
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- Tumor debulking Surgically removing as much of the tumor as possible
- Audiometry The measurement of hearing.
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool Abbreviated BLAST. A computer program that identifies homologous genes in different organisms (such as worms…
- Medical helminthology The field of medicine that pertains to helminths (worms) capable of disease in people. For more about these…
- Tumor, Wilms See: Wilms tumor
- Autoimmune process A process in which the body's immune system attacks and destroys body tissue that it mistakes for foreign…
- Vitamin B6 A group of closely related chemical compounds with related names -- pyridoxine, pyridoxal and pyridoxamine --…
- Category 4 storm See: Category four hurricane
- Palpebral fissure The opening for the eyes between the eyelids.
- Disease, Quincke's This is angioneurotic edema (or angioedema), a form of localized swelling of the deeper layers of the skin…