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ACS (American College of Surgeons)
The American College of Surgeons was formed in 1913 under the aegis of Dr. John Miller Turpin Finney 'to elevate the standard of surgery, to establish a standard of competency and of character for practitioners of surgery, and to educate…
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Show more- Do not resuscitate order A request not to have cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) done if the heart stops or breathing ceases. One…
- Flat affect A severe reduction in emotional expressiveness. People with depression and schizophrenia often show flat…
- Tranquilizer In pharmacology, a drug that calms and relieves anxiety. The first tranquilizer, chlordiazepoxide…
- Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve syndrome See: Meralgia paresthetica
- Contralateral On the other side. The contralateral breast is the breast on the other breast. A stroke affecting the right…
- Mercury gilding A perilous process for gold-plating in which an amalgam of mercury and gold is applied to an object and then…
- Anhidrosis Not sweating. From the Greek an- meaning a lack of + hidros meaning sweat = lack of sweat. The inability to…
- Fibrillation, ventricular An abnormal irregular heart rhythm whereby there are very rapid uncoordinated fluttering contractions of the…
- Cerebral Pertaining to the brain, the cerebrum or the intellect. The word 'cerebral' was borrowed directly from the…
- Needlestick injury A penetrating stab wound from a needle (or other sharp object) that may result in exposure to blood or other…
- Film, AP An X-ray picture in which the beams pass from front-to-back (anteroposterior). As opposed to a PA…
- Total hysterectomy Hysterectomy: Complete surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Also called a complete hysterectomy