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A solution that has an infective agent that has been killed or substantially weakened and does not produce disease.  

A surgically implanted medical device for patients with life-threatening heart arrhythmias.  

Systematic and deliberate destruction of a patient’s immune function, usually to prepare for organ transplantation or to treat severe autoimmune disorders. The systematic destruction of a patient’s immune competence. Immunoablation is used to prepare patients for organ transplantation and to treat refractory autoimmune diseases, especially when followed by immunoreconstruction (usually with autologous stem cell transplantation).…

Knee pain caused by mechanical friction of the iliotibial band across the lateral femoral epicondyle.  

A compound muscle comprised of the iliacus and psoas major muscles that flex the thigh.  

Pertaining to the hip bone.  

Surgical excision of part or all of the ileum.  

Pertaining to the ileum.  

Extensive bleeding into the skin and organs due to excessive destruction of platelets in the spleen because of autoimmune dysfunction; condition may be mild and transient in children and more recurrent and severe in adults. A blood disease of unknown cause. Symptoms include skin hemorrhage, i.e., inadequate clotting of blood following small cuts, surgery, or…