See Also: leuconostoc(medicine)
Leuconostoc mesenteroides(medicine)
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Dells Area Health Center Avera Health(health)
Divine Providence Health Center Avera Health(health)
eye, artificial(medicine)
artificial(dictionary)
artificial(dictionary)
Artificial(medicine)
artificial eye(medicine)

Artificial knee (health) and leuconostoc (medicine)


Artificial knee (health)


A replacement for the human knee. An artificial knee typically has a metal shell on the end of the thigh bone (the femur), a metal and plastic trough on the shin bone (the tibia), and sometimes a plastic button in the kneecap (the patella).





leuconostoc (medicine)


leuconostoc


A genus of gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic bacteria whose growth is dependent on the presence of a fermentable carbohydrate. It is nonpathogenic to plants and animals, including humans.