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Tampon
A tampon is a pack or pad used to plug, to stanch, to stop the flow of blood or other fluids. The tampon may be made of cotton, sponge, or another material. Tampons serve in surgery to control bleeding. Likewise, with nosebleeds. Vaginal…
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- Injury, scooter See: Scooter injury
- Liposuction, tumescent The surgical suctioning of fat deposits from specific parts of the body, the most common being the abdomen…
- Pneumocystis pneumonia One of the cells lining the alveoli (the air sacs) in the lung. The alveoli are, in fact, lined with two…
- Hetero- Chromosomal material that is darkly staining and tightly coiled throughout the cell cycle and that is, for…
- Homeotherm A homeotherm is a warm-blooded animal (such as homo sapiens). Another term for us warm-blooded creatures is…
- Super spreader A highly infectious person who spreads the agent of an infectious disease to many other people. The historic…
- Thrombi Just the plural of thrombus. See: Thrombus
- Syndrome, Duane See: Duane syndrome
- Serositis Inflammation of the serous tissues of the body. The serous tissues line the lungs (pleura), heart…
- Mudslide injury See: Landslide injury
- Jaw The bones below the mouth (the mandible) and the bone above the mouth just above the mouth (the maxilla). The…