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septostomy
Health care; Hospitals
Making a hole in the septum or the wall between the left and right chambers of the heart. It is usually done to allow more blood to circulate through the lungs. In some pediatric heart defects, ...
blood type
Health care; Hospitals
Blood cells contain inherited factors that are not the same in all people. Before a scheduled transfusion occurs, samples from the donor and recipient are tested (type A, B, AB, or 0, RH + or - and ...
neutropenia
Health care; Hospitals
meaning not enough neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that kills and digests microorganisms such as viruses. The neutrophil has a lifespan of about 3 days. Neutropenia may be seen with viral ...
blue blood (venous blood)
Health care; Hospitals
Blood that is returning in the veins of the body to the heart. Blood is then pumped to the lungs to pick up oxygen (becoming red blood).
blunt abdominal injury
Health care; Hospitals
To be struck in the abdomen by something that does not penetrate the skin.
pyloric stenosis
Health care; Hospitals
Narrowing (stenosis) of the outlet of the stomach so that food cannot pass easily from the stomach into the duodenum (intestine), resulting in feeding problems and projectile vomiting. The ...
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