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Bladder catheter, indwelling
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- Vertebrae, lumbar There are 5 lumbar vertebrae. The lumbar vertebrae are situated between the thoracic vertebrae and the sacral…
- Reflux surgery (fundoplication) A surgical technique that strengthens the barrier to acid reflux when the lower esophageal sphincter does not…
- Urinary Having to do with the kidneys, ureters, and bladder. The urinary system represents the functional and…
- Hereditary amyotrophic lateral sclerosis See: Familial ALS
- Vestibule of the ear A cavity in the middle of the bony labyrinth in the inner ear
- Post-term Overly mature, overly developed, especially as regards a baby that has not been born until well after the…
- Fluoroscopy An x-ray procedure that makes it possible to see internal organs in motion. Fluoroscopy uses x-ray to produce…
- Prosthesis, auditory See: Auditory prosthesis
- Employment Retirement Income Security Act See: ERISA
- PMLD Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease
- Tympanoplasty A surgical operation to correct damage to the middle ear and restore the integrity of bones of the middle ear…
- Epithelial carcinoma Cancer that begins in the cells that line an organ.