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A surgical operation in which the aim is to discover the cause of a person’s symptoms or the nature and extent of an illness. Any diagnostic procedure used to examine a portion of the body that is thought to be diseased. Exploratory surgery is an option when a medical problem exists and the exact cause,…

Referring to an exploration.  

The act of taking tissue from a body and growing it in a culture in a laboratory. The removal of an implant.  

To breathe out. To die.  

A patient with a long-term illness who has been taught how to manage his or her own medical care.  

To send something out of the body.  

The act of coughing up fluid or phlegm from the respiratory tract. Process of raising material (e.g., mucus or phlegm) from the respiratory tract oy coughing and then spitting it out of the mouth, v. expectorate. The act of discharging matter from the throat or lungs by coughing and spitting. The act of spitting out…

To cough up phlegm or sputum from the respiratory passages.  

The day on which a doctor calculates that the birth of a baby will take place.