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Fluoroscopy
An x-ray procedure that makes it possible to see internal organs in motion. Fluoroscopy uses x-ray to produce real-time video images. After the x-rays pass through the patient, instead of using film, they are captured by a device called an…
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- IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) Irritable bowel syndrome): A common gastrointestinal disorder involving an abnormal condition of gut…
- Internal carrier In the drug trade, an individual used to transport internally concealed illicit drugs. Also called a body…
- Contraception, emergency See: Emergency contraception
- Transverse A fracture in which the break is across the bone, at a right angle to the long axis of the bone.
- Aden- See: Adeno-
- Chorion The outermost of the two fetal membranes - the amnion is the innermost --. which together surround the…
- Capsid The protein coat of a virus. The term capsid came in 1960 from the French capside, from the Latin capsa…
- Coitus Sexual union of a male and a female; also called sexual intercourse. Coitus begins when the male inserts his…
- Popliteal fossa The hollow behind the knee
- Abraham-man Also abram-man. One of a class of beggars who once wandered over England after the dissolution of the…
- Bypass, coronary See: Coronary artery bypass graft.