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Replacement, total hip
Replacement, total hip: Surgery in which the diseased ball and socket of the hip joint are completely removed and replaced with artificial materials. A metal ball with a stem (a prosthesis) is inserted into the femur (thigh bone) and an…
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- Dystocia Difficult or abnormal labor or delivery. From the Greek 'dys' meaning 'difficult, painful, disordered…
- Autologous In blood transfusion and transplantation, a situation in which the donor and recipient are the same person…
- Dry mouth Dry mouth: The condition of not having enough saliva to keep the mouth wet. This is due to inadequate…
- Bornholm disease Bornholm disease is a temporary illness that is a result of virus infection. The disease features fever and…
- Septum, cardiac The cardiac septum is the dividing wall between the right and left sides of the heart. That portion of the…
- Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Bacteriaphobia An abnormal and persistent fear of germs. Sufferers from bacteriaphobia experience undue anxiety even though…
- Hydroxyapatite crystal disease Hydroxyapatite crystal disease:The inflammation caused by hydroxyapatite crystals has been referred to as…
- Protein ZIP code An informal name for a molecular cell biology system of signals or 'address tags' that guide the movement of…
- Drug, sulfa One of the sulfonamides, the sulfa-related antibiotics which are used to treat bacterial and some fungal…
- Autoantibody An antibody directed against the patient's own body tissue