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Cardiac defibrillator, implantable
A device put within the body that is designed to recognize certain types of abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) and correct them. Defibrillators continuously monitor the heart rhythm in order to detect overly rapid arrhythmias such as >…
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Show more- Neurogenic Starting with or having to do with the nerves or the nervous system
- Vitreous type Stickler syndrome Stickler syndrome, type I. See: Stickler syndrome
- Adenoid cystic carcinoma A type of cancer that most often develops in the salivary glands of the head and neck. It may arise in other…
- WBC Commonly used abbreviation for a white blood cell. WBC also stands for the white blood cell count which is…
- Naltrexone treatment program Treatment of opiate addicts with naltrexone, a long-acting synthetic opiate antagonist with few side effects…
- Villus, intestinal See: Intestinal villus
- Dirofilaria immitis The dog heartworm
- Familial mental retardation 1 See FMR1.
- RSV Although several standard medical dictionaries indicate only that RSV stands for Rous sarcoma virus, RSV in…
- Level 1 biosafety >Level 1 -- This level applies to agents that do not ordinarily cause human disease. >Level 2 -- This level…
- Atrial arrhythmias See: Arrhythmias, atrial
- Alpha-synuclein One in a family of structurally related proteins that are prominently expressed in the central nervous…