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Catheter, Foley
A flexible plastic tube (a catheter) inserted into the bladder to provide continuous urinary drainage. The 'Foley' has a balloon on the bladder end. After the catheter is inserted in the bladder, the balloon is inflated (with air or fluid)…
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- Chickenpox Immunization designed to prevent or lessen the severity of the common disease known as chickenpox. The…
- Macrophage inhibitory cytokine 1 See: MIC-1
- Bone, coccygeal The small tail-like bone at the bottom of the spine very near to the anus. The coccyx is made up of 3-5…
- Ganglion Ganglion: The celebrated 2nd century Greek physician Galen ((c. 130-201 A.D.) who lived and worked in Rome…
- Doctor discontent See: Physician discontent
- Wart Wart: A local growth of the outer layer of the skin (the epidermis) caused by a virus. The virus of warts (a…
- Carcinoma Cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover body organs. For example, carcinoma can arise…
- Trimox See: Amoxicillin
- Abscess, breast See: Breast abscess. see also: Breast infection; Mastitis
- Gallus gallus The Red Jungle Fowl, the ancestor of domestic chickens
- Disease, rheumatic heart Heart damage caused by rheumatic fever. Treatment is by preventing reinfection with strep and by treating…