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Minimally invasive techniques for reducing the lung volume in advanced emphysema, including COPD, to improve pulmonary function, exercise capacity, quality of life, and survival. Minimally invasive techniques are designed to achieve lung…
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- Chromaesthesia See: Chromesthesia
- Restriction fragment length polymorphism A difference in DNA between people that can be recognized by the use of a restriction enzyme. Referred to as…
- First do no harm Slogan used in medicine often in the Latin wording 'primum non nocere,' a fundamental medical precept of…
- M protein An antibody or part of an antibody found in unusually large amounts in the blood or urine of patients with…
- Breathing The process of respiration, during which air is inhaled into the lungs through the mouth or nose due to…
- Speculum, ear An instrument inserted into the auditory canal of the ear to increase the circumference of the tunnel-shaped…
- Ginger Ginger: A perennial tropical herb that has been used as a treatment for nausea and bowel spasms. Ginger may…
- Rigor A word with two different but related meanings in medicine:1. A chill, usually with shivering, as at the…
- Nervine A nerve tonic, a medicine that acts therapeutically upon the nerves, particularly in the sense of a sedative…
- Granuloma, swimming pool Localized nodular skin inflammation (small reddish raised areas of skin) caused by a bacterium called…
- Degenerative joint disease Also known as osteoarthritis, this type of arthritis is caused by inflammation, breakdown and eventual loss…