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Show more- Keratoplasty Corneal transplant.
- Strabismus surgery Surgery for strabismus, a condition in which the visual axes of the eyes are not parallel and the eyes appear…
- Cell, plasma A type of white blood cell that produces and secretes antibodies. A plasma cell is a fully differentiated…
- Dejerine-Klumpke paralysis See: Klumpke palsy
- Outlet The exit or opening. The means by which something escapes.
- Obesity-related disease Any disease for which obesity is a significant risk factor. Obesity increases the risk of developing a very…
- Stromal Pertaining to the stroma of an organ. See: Stroma
- Androgen suppression Treatment designed to suppress or block the production of male hormones. Androgen suppression can be achieved…
- Risk factor Something that increases a person's chances of developing a disease
- Growing pains Mysterious pains in growing children, usually in the legs. These pains are similar to what the weekend…
- Herniation Abnormal protrusion of tissue through an opening. For example, a intervertebral disk (one situated between…
- Veisalgia The sober medical term for a hangover. 'There is no consensus definition of veisalgia ('alcohol…