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Cutting for the stone
The removal of kidney or bladder stones by surgery. The procedure is today called lithotomy. In the first surgical procedure at the Newcastle Infirmary in 1751, cutting for the stone produced a bladder stone from an Edward Lough, who later…
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- Peromyscus leucopus See: White-footed mouse
- Perineal Of or relating to the perineum
- Exstrophy Eversion of a hollow organ at birth. An exstrophic bladder is one that is turned inside out like a rubber…
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute The largest private source of medical research funds in the United States. The Institute is one of the…
- Anisometropia The condition in which the two eyes have an unequal refractive power. One eye may be myopic (nearsighted) and…
- Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy See: Corneal dystrophy, Fuchs endothelial
- Makeup, permanent See: Permanent makeup
- Romano-Ward syndrome See: Long QT syndrome
- Virus A microorganism smaller than a bacteria, which cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. A virus…
- Behavior, automatic A behavior that is performed without conscious knowledge and that does not appear to be under conscious…
- Psychosis, ICU A disorder in which patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) or a similar hospital setting may experience…