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Anesthesia awareness
The situation that occurs when a patient under general anesthesia becomes aware of some or all events during surgery or a procedure, and has direct recall of those events. Because of the routine use of neuromuscular blocking agents (also…
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Show more- Case-to-infection proportion See: Case-to-infection ratio
- IU (international unit) An international unit (IU) is an internationally accepted amount of a substance. This type of measure is used…
- Balantidium A genus of protozoa with cilia that includes Balantidium coli (B. coli). B. coli is the largest protozoan and…
- Heel bone Formally called the calcaneus. A more or less rectangular bone at the back of the foot. The words 'calcaneus'…
- National Research Council In the United States, a part of the National Academies. There are also National Research Councils in Canada…
- APL Abbreviation for acute promyelocytic leukemia, a malignancy of the bone marrow in which there is a deficiency…
- Athlete foot See: Athlete's foot
- Genital Pertaining to the external and internal organs of reproduction. (Not to be confused with genetic.)
- Decompression 1. In general, the removal of pressure.2. In surgery, a procedure to remove pressure on a structure, as in…
- Vein, mesenteric One of the large veins which return blood from the intestines. The inferior (lower) mesenteric vein empties…
- DISH Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
- CCL5 See: RANTES