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Gastrostomy
A surgical opening into the stomach. This opening may be used for feeding usually via a feeding tube called a gastrostomy tube. This can also be done by percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). PEG is a surgical procedure for placing a…
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Show more- Dysgraphia A specific developmental disability that affects the person's ability to write. Problems may include…
- Health outcomes research The measurement of the value of a particular course of therapy. Health outcomes research is based on the…
- Lymphoma, MALT See: MALT lymphoma
- Anterior The front, as opposed to the posterior. The anterior surface of the heart is toward the breast bone (the…
- Water hammer pulse See: Pulse, water hammer
- Hyperhidrosis, axillary See: Axillary hyperhidrosis
- Herbicidal Capable of controlling or destroying plants, weeds, or grasses
- Panacea A universal remedy, a cure-all. The word 'panacea' comes from the name of Panaceia, the daughter of…
- Mucolipidosis IV A type of mucolipidosis due to mutation in the gene encoding mucolipin-1. Most patients have developmental…
- Ligament A ligament is a tough band of connective tissue that connects various structures such as two bones…
- Intraoperative radiation therapy Radiation treatment given during surgery. Also called IORT. See also radiation therapy
- Atresia, biliary Congenital absence or closure of the major bile ducts, the ducts that drain bile from the liver. Biliary…