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Bone marrow transplant
A procedure in which bone marrow that is diseased or damaged is replaced with healthy bone marrow. The bone marrow to be replaced may be deliberately destroyed by high doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. The replacement marrow…
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Show more- Duct, ejaculatory See: Ejaculatory duct
- Anal papillae The plural of anal papilla. See: Anal papilla
- Laynx, pneumatic See: Pneumatic larynx
- Septum, interatrial The wall separating the upper chambers (the atria) of the heart. A hole in the interatrial septum is termed…
- Campion, Thomas (1567-1620) English physician, poet, and composer. Campion first studied law, but had little sympathy with…
- Access 1. In general, a means of approaching something. 2. In health care, the opportunity or right to receive…
- Syndrome, hand-foot-and-mouth A clinical pattern consisting of a rash on the hands and feet and in the mouth due to a viral infection. The…
- Zinc finger protein 9 See: ZNF9
- Algia Word ending indicating pain, as in arthralgia (joint pain), cephalgia (headache), fibromyalgia, mastalgia…
- Antiprotozoal Something that destroys protozoa or inhibits their growth and ability to reproduce. A few of the protozoa of…
- Body type A somewhat old-fashioned term used to classify the human shape into three primary types: ectomorphic…
- Septum, atrial The wall between the two upper chambers (the right and left atrium) of the heart