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Sympathicoblastoma
A surgical procedure to effect an immediate dramatic increase in the size of the pelvic outlet to permit delivery of a baby. The cartilage of the symphysis pubis (where the pubic bones come together) is surgically divided in the procedure…
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- Onychocryptosis The medical term for what is better known as an ingrown toenail. From onycho-, nail + crypto-, hidden or…
- Chilblain A cold injury which, while painful, causes little or no permanent impairment. It appears as red, swollen skin…
- Leucemia A different spelling of leukemia, cancer of the blood cells. The growth and development of the blood cells…
- Dark adaptometry A type of electrophysiologic retinal testing done to measure the period of time which passes before the…
- Double-blinded study A study in which at least two separate groups receive the experimental medication or procedure at different…
- Amino acid, nonessential An amino acid that can be made by humans and so is not essential to the human diet. There are 11 nonessential…
- Yawning Involuntary opening of the mouth with respiration, breathing first inward, then outward. Yawning is often…
- Acute myeloid leukemia Acute myeloid leukemia: A quickly progressive malignant disease in which there are too many immature…
- Parvovirus infection Infection with one of a family of small single-stranded DNA viruses. (Parvovirus means small virus, from the…
- Hemostasis The stoppage of bleeding or hemorrhage. Also, the stoppage of blood flow through a blood vessel or organ of…
- Hyperconscious More conscious than usual. Extremely aware. People became hyperconscious of Parkinson disease after the actor…