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Clostridium welchii
See: Clostridium perfingens.
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- Myopathy Any and all disease of muscle. Or any type of damage to muscle. There are many different kinds of myopathies…
- Paul C. Lauterbur See: Lauterbur, Paul C.
- Tunica albuginea of the testis The layer of dense whitish inelastic tissue that surrounds the testis
- Vertebroplasty A nonsurgical method for the repair of vertebral fractures and compression due to osteoporosis. Broken bones…
- Petasites hybridus See: Butterbur
- System, cardiovascular The circulatory system which comprises the heart and blood vessels. The system carries nutrients and oxygen…
- Fenfluramine A weight loss drug, in a class of drugs called anorectics which decrease appetite. This drug, sold in the US…
- Sand, biliary Biliary sand is a term mostly used by surgeons when they remove the gallbladder to describe uncountable…
- Retinal vein, central The blood vessel that carries blood away from the retina of the eye. The counterpart to the central retinal…
- Medicated stent See: Coated stent
- Eye bleed Medically called a subconjunctival hemorrhage. A very common cause of a painless bloody eye usually first…