Category: E
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Exsiccant
An agent that absorbs moisture. Absorbing or drying up a discharge.
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Exsect
To cut out.
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Exsanguinotransfusion
Withdrawal of small amounts of blood and replacement with donor blood until a large proportion of the blood volume has been replaced.
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Exsanguinate
To deprive of blood; bloodless. To drain blood from the body. To deprive the body of blood; for example, as a result of an accident causing severe bleeding or, very rarely, through uncontrollable bleeding during a surgical operation. The removal of blood from the body. This may occur as the result of a serious accident…
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Expulsive
Tending to expel.
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Explant
To remove living tissue for culture. Tissue taken from a body and grown in a culture in a laboratory. live tissue transferred from the body (or any organism) to a suitable artificial medium for culture. The tissue grows in the artificial medium and can be studied for diagnostic or experimental purposes. Tumor growths are sometimes…
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Expiratory
Referring to the process of breathing out.
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Exotropic
Turning outward.
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Exostotic
Bony growth projecting outward.
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Exosmose
To seep outward from within.