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Spitz-Holter valve
A pioneering one-way valve created by John Holter to treat hydrocephalus. In 1955 Mr. Holter, , a hydraulics technician, and his wife had a son with hydrocephalus for which there was then no effective treatment. Mr. Holter designed a…
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Show more- Additive genetic effects A mechanism of quantitative inheritance such that the combined effects of genetic alleles at two or more gene…
- Orchiectomy The surgical removal of one or both testes.
- Amniotic sac Popularly and more commonly known as the bag of waters. See: Bag of waters
- PVS Pigmented villonodular synovitis
- Saddle sore 1. Sore from riding on a saddle such as on a horse or bike. 2. A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitting…
- Syndrome, Edwards This is trisomy 18 syndrome. There are three instead of the normal two chromosomes #18. Children with this…
- Trichuriasis Infection with the human whipworm, a nematode (roundworm) formally known as Trichuris trichiura. The third…
- Liver biopsy Liver biopsy: A procedure in which a small sample of the liver is removed for the diagnosis of abnormal liver…
- Flatulent Pertaining to flatulence, the generation of excess gas in the intestinal tract. From the Latin flastus…
- Acute leukemia Leukemia: Cancer of the white blood cells (leukemia) that characteristically comes on abruptly and, if not…
- Paraplegic Pertaining to paraplegia (paralysis of the lower part of the body including the legs)
- Difficult urination See: Dysuria