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transplantation, medical

(Encyclopedia)transplantation, medical, surgical procedure by which a tissue or organ is removed and replaced by a corresponding part, usually from another part of the body or from another individual. A life-saving...

medical jurisprudence

(Encyclopedia)medical jurisprudence or forensic medicine, the application of medical science to legal problems. It is typically involved in cases concerning blood relationship, mental illness, injury, or death resu...

homograft

(Encyclopedia)homograft: see transplantation, medical. ...

histocompatibility

(Encyclopedia)histocompatibility: see transplantation, medical. ...

allograft

(Encyclopedia)allograft: see transplantation, medical. ...

autograft

(Encyclopedia)autograft: see transplantation, medical. ...

organ transplant

(Encyclopedia)organ transplant: see transplantation, medical. ...

graft

(Encyclopedia)graft, in surgery: see transplantation, medical. ...

Meharry Medical College

(Encyclopedia)Meharry Medical College məhârˈē [key], at Nashville, Tenn.; coeducational; organized 1876 as the medical department of Central Tennessee College, granted an independent charter 1915. There are sch...

American Medical Association

(Encyclopedia)American Medical Association (AMA), professional physicians' organization (founded 1847). Its goals are to protect the interests of American physicians, advance public health, and support the growth o...