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Operation, Blalock-Taussig
A pioneering heart operation named after the American surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899-1964) and the pediatric cardiologist Helen B. Taussig (1898-1986). Dr. Taussig designed and Dr. Blalock carried out the first 'blue-baby' operation to treat…
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- Breast abscess A local accumulation of pus within the breast due to infection. Symptoms may include painful local swelling…
- Ventricle, fourth >Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres, one in each hemisphere. Each…
- Polycystic kidney disease Polycystic kidney disease: One of the genetic disorders characterized by the development of innumerable cysts…
- Biochemical aspirin resistance The inability of aspirin to produce an anticipated effect on one or more tests of platelet function, such as…
- Brittle diabetes A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…
- Brain plasticity See Neuroplasticity
- Fecal occult blood test Fecal occult blood test: A test to check for hidden blood in the feces. Fecal refers to stool. Occult means…
- ATN Acute tubular necrosis
- Error of the first kind See: Error, alpha
- Gibbon heart-lung machine The first heart-lung machine. Named for the American physician John H. Gibbon who built it in 1937. This…
- Forensic anthropology The application of the science of physical anthropology to the legal process. Forensic anthropology includes…