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Dictionary of Standard Medical Terms

  • Antigen any foreign substance that triggers an immune response
  • Aorta main arterial trunk of the circulatory system


  • Bioimoplant artificial organic material that can be surgically implanted into a person's body to replace damaged tissue
  • Brain circuitry pattern medical diagnostic image mapping neural activity in the brain. The BCB of each individual is unique, and thus serves as a positive means of identification


  • Consciousness parasite non corporeal life form that enters a hosts consciousness just before the moment of death. Once in the mind, it attempts to coerce the host's consciousness into a matrix where it can be slowly be consumed to sustain the parasite


  • Endorphins naturally occurring neurochemicals found in many humanoids and other vertebrate species


  • Genetic resequencing vector medical suspension form used to shut down Borg nanoprobes as they emerge from dormancy
  • Glial cells more specifically known as neuroglial tissue that forms the supporting elements of the nervous system, which plays an important role in reacting to injury or infection


  • Intravascular pressure measurable pressure of the blood against the walls of the vessels in a humanoid body


  • K-3 indicator medical measurement of neural activity corresponding to the level of pain being experienced by a patient


  • Leukocyte microvirus white blood cells


  • Neurolink used for the stabilization of patients with brainstem injuries


  • Ovarian resequencing


  • Positronic implant artificial cybernetic replacement for damaged portions of a biological brain
  • Postmortem resuscitation technique used to revive patients who, in an earlier age, might have been considered to be clinically dead
  • Preganglionic fiber nerve tissue located outside the central nervous system


  • Regilian fleaspider the venom could be used to synthesize a medicine to improve circulation in humanoid patients
  • Regilian liquid crystals an illegal and highly intoxicating aphrodisiac
  • Retrovirus member of a family of viruses
  • RNA substance found in all living cells which acts as a controller of protein synthesis (simular to DNA)


  • Telencephalon term for brain
  • Telesynaptic activity neural electrical impulses in the telepathic areas of the brains of some humanoid species


  • Vasodilation referring to a state in a vascular life form in which the blood vessels are temporarily enlarged, allowing a higher rate of blood flow through the circulatory system; used in fertility treatments
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