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Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.
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corticosteroid
Health care; Organ transplantation
A synthetic hormone used to reduce the body's normal immune reaction to infection and foreign tissue, such as a transplanted organ. Prednisone is a corticosteroid.
extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
Health care; Organ transplantation
A system to augment alveolar ventilation by gaseous diffusion of oxygen into blood outside the patient's body.
collaborative
Health care; Organ transplantation
A time-limited effort (usually 6 to 12 months) of multiple organizations that come together with faculty to learn about and to create improved processes in a specific topic area. ...
biopsy
Health care; Organ transplantation
A tissue sample from the body, removed and examined under a microscope to diagnose for disease, determine organ rejection, or assess donated organs or tissues.
hippocratic oath
Health care; Organ transplantation
A traditional oath of physicians, who pledge to practice medicine according to the ideals and moral principles put forth by Hippocrates: to treat the ill to the best of one's ...
active candidate
Health care; Organ transplantation
A transplant candidate eligible to be considered for organ offers at a given point in time. Some transplant candidates are temporarily classified as “inactive” by their transplant ...
potential transplant recipient (PTR)
Health care; Organ transplantation
A transplant candidate who has been ranked by the computer matching system as the person to whom an organ from a specific deceased organ donor is to be offered.
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