Medical Dictionary

end–organ

adj

Medical Definition of END-ORGAN

:  of or relating to an organ (as the liver or kidney) that is ultimately affected by a chronic or progressive disease or condition <diabetic end–organ damage> <predictions of end–organ function and failure in severe sepsis—G. J. Slotman>

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