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End-of-life companion
See: Doula (the second meaning)
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Show more- RNA virus, negative-strand See: Negative-strand RNA virus
- Elastase inhibitor See: Antielastase
- Gallstone pancreatitis Pancreatitis: Gallstone-induced pancreatitis. Pancreatitis due to gallstones
- Elastin A protein that coil and recoils like a spring within the elastic fibers of connective tissue and accounts for…
- Slake 1. To satisfy or quench. As, for example, she drank some water to slake her thirst. 2. To mix with water, to…
- Elastase An enzyme that digests and degrades a number of proteins including elastin, an elastic substance in the lungs…
- Disease, Alpers See: Alpers disease
- Citrulline antibody Citrulline antibody: An antibody (an immune protein) directed against a circular peptide (a ring of amino…
- Torsion dystonia A form of dystonia known as early-onset torsion dystonia (also called idiopathic or generalized torsion…
- Swallowing tube Descriptive term for the esophagus. See: Esophagus.
- Hyperthermia, malignant A series of potentially fatal problems that can occur during surgery, malignant hyperthermia is caused by a…
- Ligature In surgery, a filament or thread used to tie something, such a blood vessel to prevent it from bleeding or…