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Endotracheal tube
A flexible plastic tube that is put in the mouth and then down into the trachea (the airway). The doctor inserts the tube under direct vision with the help of a laryngoscope. The procedure is called endotracheal intubation. The purpose is…
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- Subscapular Under the scapula, like the subscapularis muscle, which originates beneath the scapula.
- Sociopathic personality disorder See: Antisocial personality disorder
- Scale, Centigrade Thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 0°C and the boiling point of water at sea level is…
- CVA Cerebrovascular accident
- Strep Very commonly used shortened form of Streptococcus, a very common and important group of bacteria. See…
- Toxaphene A chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide currently banned for all uses in the US. Breathing, eating, or drinking…
- USFDA The United States Food and Drug Administration (best known as the FDA) is an agency within the U.S. Public…
- Prograf Brand name of tacrolimus. See: Tacrolimus
- Gynecologist A doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the female reproductive organs. The word 'gynecologist'…
- Pituitary dwarfism Dwarfism caused by a lack of growth hormone, usually due to malfunction of the pituitary gland. Children with…
- Nosebleed, treatment of To stop a nosebleed, you should pinch all the soft parts of the nose together between your thumb and index…