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MST
A multiple subpial transection (MST) is a procedure is used to help control seizures that begin in areas of the brain that cannot be safely removed. The surgeon makes a series of shallow cuts (transections) in the brain tissue. These cuts…
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- Spanish flu A pandemic of influenza A (H1N1) in 1918-19 that caused the highest number of known flu deaths. More than…
- Lazy eye An eye that diverges in gaze. A lazy eye is formally called strabismus. A lazy eye (strabismus) can be due to…
- Abbreviations, prescription A prescription, as is well known, is a physician's order for the preparation and administration of a drug or…
- Hypocarbia Less than the normal level of carbon dioxide in the blood. The opposite of hypercarbia
- Adnexa This Latin word (in the plural) is used in medicine in reference to appendages. For example, in gynecology…
- Central retinal vein The blood vessel that carries blood away from the retina of the eye. The counterpart to the central retinal…
- DPT immunization Immunization to protect against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus. DPT immunizations are…
- Immunization, mumps Mumps: See Immunization, MMR
- Cubitus 1. The elbow.2. The forearm and hand.3. The ulna.From the Latin cubitus meaning elbow. The adjective is…
- Wildervanck syndrome A syndrome characterized by the combination of congenital deafness, Duane syndrome (eye retraction), and…
- Restriction enzyme An enzyme from bacteria that can recognize specific base sequences in DNA and cut the DNA at that site (the…