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Line, central
A catheter (tube) that is passed through a vein to end up in the thoracic (chest) portion of the vena cava (the large vein returning blood to the heart) or in the right atrium of the heart. Central lines have a number of different uses. A…
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- Vesicle, seminal See: Seminal vesicle
- Preexcitation In cardiology, the premature activation of part of the ventricle due to transmission of impulses along an…
- Life support 1. A therapy or device designed to preserve someone's life when an essential bodily system is not doing so…
- Kit, emergency supplies A group of bacteria normally living in the intestinal tract and frequently the cause of nosocomial infections…
- Duane and radial ray anomaly with deafness See: Okihiro syndrome
- Proximal white subungual onychomycosis The rarest form of fungus infection of the finger or toenail. (Fungus infection of the finger or toenail is…
- Ankylosis Stiffness or, more often, fusion of a joint. From the Greek ankylsis, meaning stiffening of a joint
- Chemokine receptor Chemokine receptor: A molecule that receives a chemokine and a chemokine dock. A chemokine is a protein that…
- Chemo-brain See: Chemobrain
- Molecular phylogenetics The determination of the rates and patterns of change occurring in DNA and proteins in order to reconstruct…