| abdominal nephrectomy | Removal of the kidney by an incision through the anterior abdominal wall; performed by either a transperitoneal or extraperitoneal technique. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| posterior nephrectomy | Retroperitoneal removal of a kidney through an incision in the posterior lumbar muscles, usually with the patient in a prone position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nephrectomy | <procedure, surgery> The surgical removal of a kidney. (27 Sep 1997) |
| lumbar nephrectomy | Nephrectomy through an incision in the flank or loin, usually with the patient in the lateral position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extracorporeal | <anatomy> Situated or occurring outside the body. Origin: L. Corpus = body (18 Nov 1997) |
| extracorporeal circulation | Diversion of blood flow through a circuit located outside the body but continuous with the bodily circulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| extracorporeal dialysis | Haemodialysis performed through an apparatus outside the body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extracorporeal membrane oxygenation | Application of a life support system that circulates the blood through an oxygenating system, which may consist of a pump, a membrane oxygenator, and a heat exchanger. Examples of its use are to assist victims of smoke inhalation injury, respiratory failure, and cardiac failure. (12 Dec 1998) |
| extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy | <procedure> This procedure uses sound waves delivered inside a water bath to pulverise kidney stones painlessly inside the body. (11 Nov 1997) |
| activated partial thromboplastin time | The time needed for plasma to form a fibrin clot following the addition of calcium and a phospholipid reagent; used to evaluate the intrinsic clotting system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reaction of partial identity | See: gel diffusion precipitin tests in two dimensions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| partial | 1. Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon. "Partial dissolutions of the earth." 2. Inclined to favor one party in a cause, or one side of a question, more then the other; baised; not indifferent; as, a judge should not be partial. "Ye have been partial in the law." (Mal. Ii. 9) 3. Having a predelection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond. "A partial parent." "Not partial to an ostentatious display." (Sir W. Scott) 4. <botany> Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole. Partial differentials, Partial differential coefficients, Partial differentiation, etc. (of a function of two or more variables), the differentials, differential coefficients, differentiation etc, of the function, upon the hypothesis that some of the variables are for the time constant. <mathematics> Partial fractions, the simple tones which in combination form an ordinary tone; the overtones, or harmonics, which, blending with a fundamental tone, cause its special quality of sound, or timbre, or tone colour. See, also, Tone. Origin: F, fr. LL. Partials, fr. L. Pars, gen. Partis, a part; cf. (for sense 1) F. Partiel. See Part. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| partial adrenocortical insufficiency | Normal basal adrenocortical function with failure of adrenocortical reserve to respond to ACTH stimulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| partial agglutinin | Immune agglutinin present in an antiserum in lesser concentration than the major agglutinin. Synonym: partial agglutinin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| partial anencephaly | Congenital failure of the cerebrum to develop normally; usually the cerebellum and basal ganglia are represented at least in rudimentary form. Synonym: partial anencephaly. Origin: hemi-+ G. Kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |