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(surgery, obsolete) Cauterization.
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(UK, Canada) Alternative spelling of apheresis [(linguistics, prosody) Elision, suppression, or complete loss of a letter or sound (syllable) from the beginning of a word, such as the development of special from especial; procope.]
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(medicine, general, obsolete) Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood.
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Obsolete form of apheresis. [(linguistics, prosody) Elision, suppression, or complete loss of a letter or sound (syllable) from the beginning of a word, such as the development of special from especial; procope.]
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(pathology, cardiology) Absence of systole; failure of the heart to contract.
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(medicine) Lacking blood vessels.
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A first aid procedure for cardiac arrest involving compression of the chest wall alternating with artificial respiration.
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Alternative spelling of dead space [(physiology) The portion of the respiratory tract that is ventilated but not perfused by pulmonary circulation.]
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(biology) From which the chorion has been removed
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From which the chorion has been removed
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From which the clots have been removed
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From which the cutin has been removed
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(ecology) From which animals have been removed.
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From which the jelly has been removed
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From which the marrow has been removed
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From which the membrane has been removed.
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removed from a paraffin wax embedding
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From which plastic has been removed
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From which the portals have been removed
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From which the pulp has been removed
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(dermatology) To perform dermabrasion.
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A cosmetic medical procedure in which the surface of the epidermis of the skin is removed by abrasion, typically to remove scarring or sun-damaged skin.
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The exfoliation of the skin by means of a scalpel.
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From which saccades have been removed
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From which a shield has been removed
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From which the stalk has been removed
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From which the blood vessels have been removed
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Having had the veins removed.
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From which the vitellin has been removed.
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(medicine) The failure of a ventilation process to work correctly.
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(medicine) A device or instrument, which allows the exsanguination of limbs for surgeries.
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(surgery) A form of surgery in which small jets of water are employed to debride damaged tissue
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(medicine) The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the occlusion of the lumen of a duct, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel, be it solely functional (as when squeezed by nearby mass effect or inflammation) or both structural and functional (as when clogged with thrombus, embolus, or fibrosis).
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The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.
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The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
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The removal, preservation and use of human organs and tissue from the bodies of the recently deceased to be used in surgical transplants on the living.
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(medicine, surgery) To ablate again (as, for example, with repeated ablation of cardiac fibers for recurrent arrhythmias).
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(surgery) rotary ablation (as a technique to remove plaque from an artery
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(medicine, transitive) To surgically separate the spinal cord of (an animal) from the brain.
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(biology) The air which under ordinary circumstances does not leave the lungs during respiration.
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(medicine) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression.
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(medicine) A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction.
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(medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue: a graft.
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(rare) One who has undergone a vasectomy.
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