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Ligature
In surgery, a filament or thread used to tie something, such a blood vessel to prevent it from bleeding or the pedicle of a tumor to constrict it. Ligatures may be of silk, gut, wire, and other materials. From the Latin 'ligare' meaning to…
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- Anthropology, forensic Forensic: See: Forensic anthropology
- Human gene therapy Insertion of normal DNA directly into cells to correct a genetic defect. The treatment of disease by…
- Penrose drain A soft tube-shaped rubber or silicone drain. Named for the American gynecologist Charles Bingham Penrose…
- Hypochloremia Low blood levels of chloride. Chloride is the major anion found in the fluid outside of cells and in blood…
- UROD Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase, an enzyme required for the synthesis of heme, a part of the hemoglobin…
- Fatty alcohol: NAD+ oxidoreductase deficiency Clinically known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized…
- Debilitate To impair the strength or to enfeeble. A chronic progressive disease may debilitate a patient. So may…
- Hormone, secretin Hormone made by glands in the small intestine that stimulates pancreatic secretion. The word 'hormone' was…
- EBA (epidermolysis bullosa acquisita) See: Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita
- ALS4 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4
- Heart disease Heart disease: Any disorder that affects the heart. Sometimes the term 'heart disease' is used narrowly and…