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Plastic surgeon
A surgeon who specializes in reducing scarring or disfigurement that may occur as a result of accidents, birth defects, or treatment for diseases, such as melanoma. Many plastic surgeons also perform cosmetic surgery that is unrelated to…
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- Occlude 1 To close, obstruct, or prevent the passage. To occlude an artery is to occlude the flow of blood. 2 To…
- Diabetic nephropathy The kidney disease associated with long-standing diabetes. Diabetic nephropathy is also called…
- Banding of chromosomes The treatment of chromosomes to reveal characteristic patterns of horizontal bands like bar codes. The…
- Axillary dissection Surgery in which the axilla (the armpit) is opened -- to 'dissect' means to 'cut apart' -- in order to…
- Bacillus anthracis The bacterium that causes anthrax. Anthrax differs from most bacteria in that they exist in an inactive…
- Silver A metal used in some medications and in many 'natural' remedies, as well as in silver amalgam for filling…
- Medigap Health insurance in the US that is intended to supplement Medicare benefits and presumably to fill the gaps…
- Angiostatin Angiostatin is a piece (a fragment) of a protein, plasminogen, used normally in blood clotting. This fragment…
- Hemizygous Having only a single copy of a gene instead of the customary two copies. All of the gene on the single X…
- Tularemia A bacterial disease caused by infection with a bacterium called Francisella tularensis that usually occurs in…
- Speech, esophageal See: Esophageal speech