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Lung transplant
The first lung transplant was done by the American surgeon James Hardy (1918-) in 1964.
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- Cathartic A laxative
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- Mitochondrial inheritance The inheritance of a trait encoded in the mitochondrial genome. Because of the oddities of mitochondria…
- Serotonin reuptake inhibitor, selective A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) is one of the commonly prescribed drugs for treating…
- Transplant, lung The first lung transplant was done by the American surgeon James Hardy (1918-) in 1964.
- Popliteal pterygium syndrome An inherited condition with a web behind the knee. (A pterygium is a winglike triangular membrane). The…
- Whipple disease A form of intestinal malabsorption (an inability to absorb nutrients from the intestine) described in 1907 by…
- Distention The state of being distended, enlarged, swollen from internal pressure. For example, on inhalation there is…
- Chemotherapy, adjuvant Chemotherapy, adjuvant: Chemotherapy (drug therapy) that is given after tumor surgery. The idea underpinning…
- Cerebrovascular ferrocalcinosis A condition, first described in 1930 by T. Fahr and therefore called Fahr syndrome, that is a genetic…
- Sjogren-Larsson syndrome The Sjogren-Larsson syndrome is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a triad of clinical…