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- Tophi The plural of tophus
- Neurinoma, acoustic A benign tumor that may develop on the hearing and balance nerves near the inner ear. The tumor results from…
- Off-pump CABG A coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) done without putting the patient on the heart-lung machine. Off-pump…
- Machine, heart-lung A machine that does the work both of the heart (pump blood) and the lungs (oxygenate the blood). Used, for…
- Purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic (TTP) A life-threatening disease involving embolism and thrombosis (plugging) of the small blood vessels in the…
- CIC Completely-in-the-canal (the ear canal). See: Completely-in-the-canal hearing aid. See also: Hearing aid
- Introitus, facial canal In anatomy, an introitus is an entrance, one that goes into a canal or hollow organ. The introitus of the…
- Pavlov stomach A Pavlov pouch fashioned surgically from part of the stomach (which is isolated from the rest of the…
- Tapeworm, armed Taenia solium
- Ptosis Downward displacement. Ptosis of the eyelids is drooping of the eyelids.
- Presentation, vertex In a vertex presentation, the top of the baby's head comes first at delivery. The vertex here refers…