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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
The circulatory system comprising the heart and blood vessels which carries nutrients and oxygen to the tissues of the body and removes carbon dioxide and other wastes from them. Cardiovascular diseases affect the heart and blood vessels…
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Show more- Hemoglobin A1C The main fraction of glycosylated hemoglobin (glycohemoglobin) which is hemoglobin to which glucose is bound…
- Cell, alpha (pancreatic) A type of cell in the pancreas (the organ of the digestive system located behind the stomach). Within the…
- Pectus excavatum Caved-in or funnel chest. The Latin 'pectus' means 'chest.' The chest is excavated. It looks as if it has…
- Endoscopic papillotomy See: Endoscopic sphincterotomy
- Kidney cancer Kidney cancer: Malignancy of the kidney, the organ that is primarily responsible for the removal of metabolic…
- Backbone The spine. A flexible row of bones stretching from the base of the skull to the tailbone
- Kinder-cam See: Kiddie cam
- Muscular dystrophy, facioscapulohumeral A form of muscular dystrophy that begins before age 20 with slowly progressive weakness of the muscles of the…
- Cul-de-sac A viewer writes regarding the term 'cul-de-sac': 'I know we live on one. Is there a medical meaning for it?'…
- Microchimerism The presence of two genetically distinct and separately derived populations of cells, one population being at…
- GD Gaucher's disease
- Chromatin modelling See: Chromatin remodeling