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Mediastinoscopy
A procedure in which the doctor inserts a tube into the chest to view the organs in the mediastinum. The tube is inserted through an incision above the breastbone.
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- Sweat chloride test Sweat chloride test: A test for cystic fibrosis. See: Sweat test.
- Pharyngitis Inflammation of the pharynx (the hollow tube in the back of the throat about 5 inches long that starts behind…
- Genome, cholera See: Cholera genome
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- MCAD deficiency Deficiency of an enzyme that makes it impossible to digest certain kinds of fat. MCAD stands for medium-chain…
- ErbB1 See: EGFR
- Empiric risk The chance that a disease will occur in a family based upon experience (past history, medical records, etc.)…
- Therapy, behavior A treatment program that involves substituting desirable behavior responses for undesirable ones
- Relapse The return of signs and symptoms of a disease after a patient has enjoyed a remission. For example, after…
- Classic typhus See: Typhus, epidemic