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Transurethral resection
Surgery performed with a special instrument inserted through the urethra. Also called TUR
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Show more- Thymus A lymphoid organ situated in the center of the upper chest just behind the sternum (breastbone). It is in the…
- Iridectomy The process of making a hole in the iris by surgically removing a full-thickness piece from the iris
- Hemiplegia Paralysis of one side of the body. From hemi- (half) + plege (a blow, stroke)
- Hysterectomy, complete Hysterectomy, complete: Complete surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Also called a total hysterectomy
- L- Abbreviation for levorotatory, applied to a chemical compound, as in l-dopa. Levorotary is opposed to…
- Leper 1. Someone with leprosy (Hansen disease). The term leper is now in disfavor. 2. By extension, a pariah. A…
- Oscitation The act of yawning, the involuntary opening of the mouth with respiration, breathing first inward, then…
- Drug, anti-infective Something capable of acting against infection, by inhibiting the spread of an infectious agent or by killing…
- Labor support professional See: Doula (the first meaning)
- Tachypnea (Pronounced tack-ip-nea.) Abnormally fast breathing. A respiratory rate that is too rapid. The normal rate of…
- Life support 1. A therapy or device designed to preserve someone's life when an essential bodily system is not doing so…
- Fibrous dysplasia, polyostotic The lateral (outside) and smaller of the two long bones in the lower leg between the knee and ankle. (The…