Category: D

Surgical therapy for torsion of a testicle, ureter, or volvulus of the bowel.  

An effect that has a threshold of chemical or radiation exposure below which are no measurable effects and above which the severity is dose-related.  

That which determines the character of something.  

A device for determining the presence of something, as an image detector. The instrument employed to detect the happening of an incident.  

The resolution of a radiologic image; the clarity or distortion of its individual elements.  

An upset of a person’s internal biological clock, caused by the difference between the time at a person’s present location and the time to which the person is accustomed. This condition occurs in persons traveling across several time zones in a short period. The lay term for this condition is “jet lag.”  

An enzyme that cleaves cysteine into hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, and pyruvic acid.  

A pathological change such as an infection, tumor, or injury that causes the death of tissue or an organ.  

Causing ruin or destruction; the opposite of constructive.  

The use of permanently implanted left ventricular assist devices to treat patients with severe end-stage heart failure. Destination therapy is typically employed for patients who either are deemed poor candidates for heart transplantation or for those who cannot obtain a heart for transplantation as a result of a shortage of organs.