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A hollow part in an organ. Small, hollow cavity (e.g., pharyngeal recess, a slitlike cavity in the wall of the pharynx). A hollow chamber or a depression in an organ or other part.  

Part of a tube which is expanded to form a sac. The dilated portion of a tubular anatomical part. The receptaculum (or cisterna) chyli is the dilated end of the thoracic duct, into which lymph vessels from the lower limbs and intestines drain.  

To get something, especially a transplanted organ.  

Surgery to unblock a vessel within the body or reconnect a tube or duct.  

To make good again a damaged structure or part of the body.  

A clinical syndrome characterised by Type 2 diabetes, abdominal obesity, hypertension and dyslipidaemia. Insulin resistance may be a key factor. [Described 1988. After Gerald Reaven, US physician.]  

An act of reassuring.  

To appear again.  

The use of ultrasound information to produce a series of images of a process or changing object almost instantly.  

A note taken of figures, especially of degrees on a scale. The process of perceiving and recognizing written symbols and translating them into words that individually and together convey meaning. Though many of us take reading for granted, it is, in fact, a highly complex process, and many people have difficulty with one or another…