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Brain edema
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- Miasmic Pertaining to a miasma, a poisonous vapor or mist that was once widely believed to be made up of particles…
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- Enervate 1. To remove part or all of a nerve, a procedure also called a neurectomy. 2. To lose nervous energy and feel…
- Elastase 2 Neutrophil elastase, an enzyme in neutrophils that digests elastin. The gene ELA2 encoding elastase 2 is on…
- Dialysis, peritoneal Dialysis, peritoneal: Technique that uses the patient's own body tissues inside of the belly (abdominal…
- MPS Abbreviation for mucopolysaccharidosis
- Trans- (prefix) From the Latin meaning 'across, over, or beyond.' Medical terms containing 'trans- ' as a prefix include…