... 1. a part of something ć
the middle section of the aorta 2. the action of cut-
ting tissue 3. a slice of tissue cut for examination
under a microscope 4. a part of a document such
as an Act of ... examination of part of the
body using computer-interpreted X-rays to create
a picture of the part on a screen í verb to examine
part of the body using computer-interpre...
... site
free of blood [Described 186 9. After Johann
Friedrich August von Esmarch ( 182 3–19 08) ,
Professor of Surgery at Kiel, Germany.]
esotropia
esotropia /esə
|
trəυpiə/ noun a type of squint,
where ... is progressive loss of function of a part of
the body, or in which a part of the body fails to
repair itself
deglutition
deglutition /dilu
|
tʃ(ə)n/ noun the action...
... superficial
thickness burn
particle
particle /pɑtk(ə)l/ noun a very small piece of
matter
particulate
particulate /pɑ
|
tkjυlət/ adjective referring to
or composed of particles
particulate matter
particulate ... view of the back of the body, or of the back of
part of the body. See illustration at ANATOMICAL
TERMS
in Supplement
posterior chamber
posterior chamber /pɒ
|
...
... Chapter 001. The Practice of Medicine
(Part 8)
Medical Ethics and New Technologies
The rapid pace of technological advances has profound implications for
medical applications ... techniques.
–William Osler, 184 9–1919
Further Readings
Blank L et al: Medical professionalism in the new millennium: A physician
charter 15 months later. Ann Intern Med 1 38: 839, 2003 [PMID: 1...
... disease of the liver, where
thrombosis has occurred in the hepatic veins
[Described 184 5. After George Budd ( 180 8 82 ),
Professor of Medicine at King’s College Hospi-
tal, London; Hans von Chiari ( 185 1–1916), ... condition in
which part of the eye, especially part of the iris, is
missing
colon
colon /kəυlɒn/ noun the main part of the large
intestine, running from the cae...
... [Described 184 8. After Hermann Christian
von Fehling ( 181 2 85 ), Professor of Chemistry
at Stuttgart, Germany.]
Fehling’s test
Fehling’s test /felŋz test/ noun a test for the
presence of aldehydes ... paralysis of the sym-
pathetic nerve in one side of the neck, making the
eyelids hang down and the pupils contract
[Described 186 9. After Johann Friedrich Horner
( 183 1 86 ), Pro...
... commonest form of alcoholic cirrhosis
of the liver [Described 181 9. After René
Théophile Hyacinthe Laennec (1 781 – 182 6),
Professor of medicine at the Collège de France,
and inventor of the stethoscope.]
-lalia
-lalia ... lifting pieces of fractured bone 2. a muscle
which lifts a limb or a part of the body
level of care
level of care /lev(ə)l əv keə/ noun any of the
p...
... /njυərəυep
|
θiliəm/ noun
the layer of epithelial cells forming part of the lin-
ing of the mucous membrane of the nose or the
labyrinth of the middle ear
neurofibril
neurofibril /njυərəυ
|
fabrl/ ... plural noun the
laws of heredity, that are the basis of the science
of genetics [Described 186 5. After Gregor
Johann Mendel ( 182 2 84 ), Austrian Augustinian
monk and...
... epilepsy
soft
soft /sɒft/ adjective not hard or not resistant to
pressure
soft chancre
soft chancre /sɒft ʃŋkə/ noun same as soft
sore
soft palate
soft palate /sɒft plət/ noun the back part of
the ... as part of their train-
ing
team nursing
team nursing /tim nsŋ/ noun a system in
which the care of a group of patients is assigned
to a team of four or five health...