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Multiple subpial transection
A multiple subpial transect(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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- Tyrosinemia type I A metabolic genetic disease characterized by abnormally high levels of amino acid tyrosine in blood…
- PAS 1. Physician-assisted suicide. 2. Personal alert system (an alarm system for an elderly or infirm person). 3…
- Antiinfective Something capable of acting against infection, by inhibiting the spread of an infectious agent or by killing…
- Toddler A young child who is learning to walk with short unsteady steps. The word toddle is of unknown origin
- Ethmoid sinus A collection of air cells within the ethmoid bone, a spongy bone which makes up the front of the floor of the…
- Ovary The female gonad, the ovary is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. They are located in the pelvis…