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Xenotransplantation
Transplantation from one species to a foreign one. The rationale for xenotransplantation has included the short supply of human organs for transplantation. The first surgeon to do an animal-to-human heart transplant was Dr. James D. Hardy…
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- Carotid Pertaining to the carotid artery and the area near that key artery located in the front of the neck though…
- Musical hallucination A form of auditory hallucination in which music is heard, often the same piece of music. In most cases the…
- Open wound An injury that is exposed due to broken skin. An open wound is at high risk for infection
- Refractory Not yielding (at least not yielding readily) to treatment
- Aneuploidy One or a few chromosomes above or below the normal chromosome number. For example, three number 21…
- Nonsense mutation A mutation (a change) in a base in the DNA that prematurely stops the translation (reading) of messenger RNA…
- NIH A genetic disease named for the city of Nijmegen (in The Netherlands) with increased chromosome breakage…
- Myelogenous Referring to the nonlymphocytic groups of white blood cells, including the granulocytes, monocytes and…
- History, social An account of a patient that puts his illness or behavior in context. It may include aspects of the patient's…
- Lesion Pronounced 'lee-sion' with the emphasis on the 'lee,' a lesion can be almost any abnormality involving any…
- Eyes, flashing lights in the There are a number of causes of spontaneous flashing light sensations in the eye. A sensation of flashing…