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Dialysis
Dialysis: The process of cleansing the blood by passing it through a special machine. Dialysis is necessary when the kidneys are not able to filter the blood. Dialysis allows patients with kidney failure a chance to live productive lives…
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- Skin graft, autogenic A graft using the patient's own skin. Also known as an autologous graft.
- Cyclic vomiting syndrome See: Cystocele.
- Hereditary arthroophthalmopathy See: Stickler syndrome
- Condyloma subcutaneum Molluscum contagiosum. Wartlike growths around the anus and genitals caused by a virus. Molluscum contagiosum…
- Gyrus A convolution on the surface of a cerebral hemisphere caused by the infolding of the cerebral cortex. The…
- Genesis A suffix referring to the beginning, development, or production of something. For example, gametogenesis is…
- La Montagne, John (1945-2004) Medical scientist and administrator who helped develop numerous vaccines and made significant…
- Thrombus A blood clot in a blood vessel or within the heart. From the Greek thrombos meaning a lump or clump, or a…
- Loa loa The eye worm, a parasite that lives in humans and other primates. People contract the parasite when bitten by…
- ENT physician A medical specialist who is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the head and neck…
- Public health school A school designed to teach public health and train public health professionals. The first school of public…