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Mastectomy, double
Removal of both breasts
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- Patient A person under health care. The person may be waiting for this care or may be receiving it or may have…
- Mastectomy, subcutaneous Removal of breast tissue using a minimal incision. This type of mastectomy may be used to remove small areas…
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- Endoscopy, upper A common type of endoscopy is upper endoscopy, also called esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). In this…
- Rheumatism, generalized Rheumatism affecting many and diverse parts of the body, such as fibromyalgia
- Natural killer cell A cell that can react against and destroy another cell without prior sensitization to it. Natural killer (NK)…
- Osteotomy, displacement Surgical reconfiguration of a bone by changing its physical relationship to other bones