(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.Arterial pressure
the pressure of the circulating blood on the arteries; "arterial pressure is the product of cardiac output and vascular resistance"
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(medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group; "erectil…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group; "erectil…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) the theory that all contagious diseases are caused by microorganisms
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) the practice of medicine by a group of physicians who share their premises and other resources
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which they are immune but who can pass it on to others
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) radioactive waste consisting of objects that have been briefly exposed to radioactivity (as in certain medical tests)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.Words connected by meaning
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severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, circulating, blood, arteries, arterial.The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial syst…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, circulating, blood, arteries, arterial.Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, circulating, blood, arteries, arterial.The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic ac…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, circulating, blood, arteries, arterial.To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, circulating, blood, arteries, arterial.One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, circulating, blood, arteries, arterial.a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, circulating, blood, arteries, arterial.The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing aw…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, circulating, blood, arteries, arterial.the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the he…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, circulating, blood, arteries, arterial.Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, circulating, blood, arteries, arterial.the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time; "a resting adult has a cardiac output of about three quart…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, circulating, blood, arteries, arterial.an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, circulating, blood, arteries, arterial.Explore Academic Dictionary
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