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Tonsillectomy
Tonsillectomy: The surgical removal of both tonsils. A tonsillectomy may be performed in cases of recurrent tonsillitis, or treat sleep apnea and some speech disorders.
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- Allopath Or allopathist. A term sometimes applied to a physician who practices conventional medicine (allopathy)
- Familial primary pulmonary hypertension See: Pulmonary hypertension
- Disease, Legg-Perthes See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- Ectomy A surgical suffix referring to the removal of something. For example, a lumpectomy is the surgical excision…
- Pressor substance A substance that elevates the arterial blood pressure. For example, prostacyclin (prostaglandin PGI2) is a…
- Ginger Ginger: A perennial tropical herb that has been used as a treatment for nausea and bowel spasms. Ginger may…
- Menetrier disease See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Cervical rib >True ribs: The first seven ribs attach to the sternum (the breast bone) in the front and are known as true…
- Xenotropic virus A virus that can grow in the cells of a species foreign to the normal host species, a species different from…
- Juncture In anatomy, a place where two or more structures join; a joint. From the Latin jungere, to join
- Biopsy, sentinel-lymph-node See: Sentinel lymph node biopsy