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Catheter, indwelling bladder
A flexible plastic tube (a catheter) inserted into the bladder that remains ('dwells') there to provide continuous urinary drainage. The principal type of indwelling bladder catheter is the 'Foley' which has a balloon on the bladder end…
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Show more- Materteral 1. Literally, relating to a maternal aunt.2. Figuratively, suggestive of an aunt on either side of the…
- XTC A street name for 3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine. See: Ecstasy
- CPEO Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia. Slowly progressive paralysis of certain eye muscles. See also…
- Sensory neuron A neuron that receives electrical input signals from sensory cells and from other neurons
- Labial Pertaining to the lip, one of the fleshy folds which surround the opening of the mouth or the vagina. Oral…
- Scorpion venom The potent poison of the scorpion, an insect that has an elongated body and a segmented, curved tail tipped…
- Splenectomy An operation to remove the spleen
- Doyne honeycomb retinal dystrophy Abbreviated DHRD. An eye disease also known as malattia leventinese. See: Malattia leventinese
- Ointment A medication preparation that is applied topically (onto the skin). An ointment has an oil base whereas a…
- Single transverse palmar line Simian crease
- Formication The illusion or hallucination that ants or other insects are creeping on or under the skin. Formication is a…
- Mandible The mandible is the bone of the lower jaw. The joint where the mandible meets the upper jaw at the temporal…