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A surgical procedure designed to make the face appear younger by pulling loose facial skin taut. With age or excessive sun exposure, wrinkled creased skin can develop on the face, neck or forehead along with fat deposits and folds around…
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- Photophobia Painful oversensitivity to light. For example, there is photophobia in measles (rubeola). Keeping the lights…
- Gallstones and ERCP A mixture of microscopic particulate matter in bile, also called biliary sludge, that occurs when particles…
- Acetone In the body, a chemical that is formed when the body uses fat instead of glucose (sugar) for energy. The…
- Blood bank A place where blood is collected from donors, typed, separated into components, stored, and prepared for…
- Intubate To put a tube into a hollow organ or passageway, often into the airway. The opposite of intubate is extubate.
- Menometrorrhagia Excessive uterine bleeding, both at the usual time of menstrual periods and at other irregular intervals…
- Endoscopic papillotomy See: Endoscopic sphincterotomy
- Stroke Stroke: The sudden death of some brain cells due to a lack of oxygen when the blood flow to the brain is…
- CD8+ T cell See: Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte
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