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EPS
Stands for ElectroPhysiologic Study, a test of the electrical conduction system of the heart (the system that generates the heart beat). EPS is done by threading thin plastic tubes (catheters) into a vein where the leg connects to the…
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Show more- External fixation A procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of fractured (broken) bones by a splint or cast. External…
- Syndrome, Alport See: Alport syndrome
- Computed tomography colography See: Virtual colonoscopy
- Gap junction An organized collections of protein channels in cell membranes that allows ions and small molecules to pass…
- SPECT An acronym that stands for Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, a nuclear medicine procedure in which…
- Varicose veins Varicose veins: See: Varicose vein.
- Surgery, cataract See: Cataract surgery
- Sign, toe An important neurologic test based upon what the toes do when the sole of the foot is stimulated. If the big…
- Bartholin's glands A pair of glands between the vulva and the vagina that produce lubrication in response to stimulation. With a…
- Childhood (1) The time for a boy or girl from birth until he or she is an adult. (2) The more circumscribed period of…
- Jackknife seizure See: Infantile spasms
- Laryngoscopist A person who uses a laryngoscope, a flexible, lighted tube used to look at the inside of the larynx (the…