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Breast surgeon
A surgeon who is especially skilled in operating on the breast. A breast surgeon may biopsy a tumor in the breast and, if it is malignant, remove the tumor. A breast surgeon may also do breast reconstruction following a mastectomy for…
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Show more- Minor salivary gland A small gland which produces saliva. There are numerous minor salivary glands distributed within the mouth…
- Uveitis Uveitis: Inflammation of the uvea, the part of the eye that collectively refers to the iris, the choroid of…
- Carcinoma, hepatocellular A tumor in which the cancer starts during adulthood in cells in the liver. Also called adult primary liver…
- Pregnancy, ectopic A pregnancy that is not in the usual place and is located outside the inner lining of the uterus. A…
- Syndrome, tarsal tunnel See Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- Aphasia, acquired epileptiform See Landau-Kleffner syndrome
- FAS gene A gene that encodes one of several proteins important to apoptosis, the normal process through which cells…
- Sarcoma, soft tissue See: Soft tissue sarcoma
- Pendred syndrome Pendred syndrome: A genetic disease characterized by congenital deafness, abnormality of the bony labyrinth…
- Keratitis Inflammation of the cornea (the transparent structure in the front of the eye).
- FMDV Foot-and-mouth disease virus. See: Foot-and-mouth disease
- Vanishing bone syndrome An inherited form of osteolysis -- the destruction of bone. There are several such syndromes. In one form of…