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  2. Portal vein embolization - Wikipedia

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    Preoperative PVE is a very well tolerated procedure with extremely low mortality rates (0.1 percent) and technical failure rates (0.4 percent). [3] Complication rates from the procedure are low as well (2–3 percent) and include portal vein thrombosis, liver infarction, necrosis, infection, pneumothorax, and other risks as listed above. [3]

  3. The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.

  4. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.

  5. List of surgical procedures - Wikipedia

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    The term celio-is generally considered more accurate and more commonly used in America. [ citation needed ] lobo- : related to a lobe (of the brain or lungs ), from the latin lobo , ablative declension of lobus , itself from the Greek λοβός, lobós , "lobe", "pea-pod"

  6. Glossary of medicine - Wikipedia

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    Anatomically the shoulder girdle with bones and corresponding muscles is by definition a part of the arm. The Latin term brachium may refer to either the arm as a whole or to the upper arm on its own. [32] [33] [34] Arteriole – is a small-diameter blood vessel in the microcirculation that extends and branches out from an artery and leads to ...

  7. Medical terminology - Wikipedia

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    Medical terminology is a language used to precisely describe the human body including all its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it. Medical terminology is used in the field of medicine .

  8. PVE - Wikipedia

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    PVE may refer to: Places Beech River Regional Airport, Henderson County, Tennessee, United States; Palos Verdes Estates, California; Prairie Vista Elementary School, Granger, Indiana, United States; Science, technology, and medicine Portal vein embolization, a preoperative procedure before resection of another portion of the liver

  9. Medical dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Definition page from Amy Pope's 'A medical dictionary for nurses' (1914) A medical dictionary is a lexicon for words used in medicine. The four major medical dictionaries in the United States are Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, Stedman's, Taber's, and Dorland's. Other significant medical dictionaries are ...