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Show more- Transaminase, serum glutamic oxaloacetic An enzyme that is normally present in liver and heart cells, and is released into blood when the liver or…
- Melan- (prefix) Prefix meaning dark or black. It comes from the Greek 'melas', black. Examples of terms containing melan-…
- Device, assistive Any device that is designed, made, and/or adapted to assist a person to perform a particular task. For…
- Toilet 1. In medicine, cleansing of a wound and the skin around it. 2. In obstetrics, cleansing of a woman just…
- Intravenous cholangiogram Feeding through a vein. Also called parenteral alimentation or parenteral nutrition.
- Infant carbohydrate intake Carbohydrates (glucose, lactose, sucrose, galactose, etc.) are sugars or several sugars linked together…
- Juxtapyloric The prefix 'juxta-' comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Juxtapyloric thus means…
- Laparoscopic 1. Pertaining to the procedure of laparoscopy.2. Pertaining to a laparoscope, the instrument by which…
- Paraplegia Paralysis of the lower part of the body including the legs. As in flaccid or spastic paraplegia. The suffix…
- Nerve, abducent A small motor nerve that has one task: to supply a muscle called the lateral rectus muscle that moves the eye…
- Alpha-defensin See: Defensin
- Female The traditional definition of female was 'an individual of the sex that bears young' or 'that produces ova or…