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Ambulance

A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps.

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Auto 76% connected

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Car 76% connected

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

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Machine 76% connected

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

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Anaphylaxis noun · 78% connection

hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substan…

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Asystole noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Bleeding noun · 78% connection

the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

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Cannulation noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Cannulisation noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Cannulization noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Canulation noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Canulisation noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Canulization noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Cardiac arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Cardiac resuscitation noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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Cardiopulmonary arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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CPR noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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Defibrillation noun · 78% connection

treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)

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Haemorrhage noun · 78% connection

the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

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Hemorrhage noun · 78% connection

the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

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Intubation noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Aceldama noun · 78% connection

The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and ther…

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Army noun · 78% connection

A body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the Blue Ribbon Army.

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Army worm unknown · 78% connection

A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and…

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Ataxia noun · 78% connection

inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

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Ataxy noun · 78% connection

inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

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Cacolet noun · 78% connection

A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or…

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Clubhaul verb · 78% connection

To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the win…

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Collapse verb · 78% connection

To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's gove…

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Cornfield noun · 78% connection

A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn.

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Corps n. sing. & pl. · 78% connection

A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers;…

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Dyssynergia noun · 78% connection

inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

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Ensue verb · 78% connection

To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake.

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Escort noun · 78% connection

A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as…

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Fieldpiece noun · 78% connection

A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun.

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Follow verb · 78% connection

follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"; "tra…

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