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Transplant, kidney
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Show more- Hepato- Prefix or combining form used before a consonant to refer to the liver. From the Greek hepar, liver
- Facioauriculovertebral sequence See: Goldenhar syndrome
- Warfarin Warfarin: An anticoagulant drug (brand names: Coumarin, Panwarfin, Sofarin) taken to prevent the blood from…
- Hepatitis A Inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). HAV is usually transmitted from person to…
- Extrapyramidal system That part of the nervous system that regulates muscle reflexes
- Eye chart test This test measures how well you see at various distances. The eye chart itself -- the usual one is called…
- Calcification The process of building bone by suffusing tissues with calcium salts. Also called ossification
- Pathogen, special See: Special pathogen
- Shinbone The larger of the two bones in the lower leg (the smaller one being the fibula). The shinbone is anatomically…
- Mirror, mouth See: Mouth mirror
- Autosomal Pertaining to a chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; relating to any one of the chromosomes save the sex…
- Compassionate use Term used in the US for a method of providing experimental therapeutics prior to final FDA approval for use…