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pp65 protein (medicine) and cholecystotomy (medicine)


pp65 protein (medicine)


pp65 protein
<protein> A protein made by a cytomegalovirus which prevents the cell that the virus has infected from displaying fragments of viral proteins, called antigens, on the cells surface. In this way the cytomegalovirus is able to evade the bodys immune system, more or less permanently.


cholecystotomy (medicine)


cholecystotomy
<procedure> Incision into the gallbladder.

Synonym: cholecystomy.

Origin: chole-+ G. Kystis, bladder, + tome, incision

Laparoscopic cholecystotomy, minimally invasive surgical technique for removal of the gallbladder that uses a laparoscope for visualization of the gallbladder and placement of instruments into the abdominal cavity through trocars, therefore avoiding the traditional incision.