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Acute myocardial infarction
A heart attack. The term 'myocardial infarction' focuses on the heart muscle, which is called the myocardium,and the changes that occur in it due to the sudden deprivation of circulating blood. This is usually caused by arteriosclerosis…
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Show more- Endoscopic sphincterotomy An operation to cut the muscle between the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct. The operation uses a…
- Food, functional Functional foods are 'those foods that encompass potentially healthful products including any modified food…
- Thrombocytosis See thrombocythemia
- Kirklin, John W. American cardiovascular surgeon (1920-2004) who improved and applied the heart-lung machine to open heart…
- La Montagne See: La Montagne, John
- Hershey-Chase experiment An extraordinarily important experiment in 1952 that helped to convince the world that DNA was the genetic…
- Colitis, universal Ulcerative colitis that involves the entire colon (the large intestine). Ulcerative colitis itself is a…
- Ibuprofen Ibuprofen: A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) commonly used to treat pain, swelling, and fever…
- Defensive medicine Medical practices designed to avert the future possibility of malpractice suits. In defensive medicine…
- LVF 1. Left ventricular failure, failure of the left side of the heart.2. Left ventricular function, the function…
- Hayfever Hay fever is, always has been, and ever shall be two separate words. See: Hay fever
- Gingiva The gum