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(medicine) During childbirth, a technique in which the abdomen is surrounded by a chamber and has the pressure decreased intermittently, to assist the uterus in its task.
n
(surgery) An incision in the abdomen for surgery on any of the abdominal organs.
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(medicine) A type of breathing used to treat dyspnea, where the patient used the abdominal muscles for the expiration and the diaphragm for the inspiration.
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(surgery) Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.
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(biology) The normal physical exit area for undigested solid food in living beings.
n
(anatomy) That volume of conducting airways of the lung, as measured by a cast of the airways.
n
(medicine, colloquial, slang) Appendicitis.
n
(medicine) A congenital shortening of the esophagus.
n
paracentesis of the bursa
n
(surgery) The presence of pressurised carbon dioxide in the peritoneum
n
An obstetric instrument for performing cephalotripsy.
n
(surgery) plastic surgery to the neck or to the cervix of the uterus
n
The lip cavity of a stoma
adj
Having undergone a clitorectomy.
adj
(medicine) Of two ends of the colon.
adj
(medicine, anatomy) Forming the tissues of the colon
adj
Alternative form of colorectal [(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the colorectum]
adj
Relating to coloproctology.
n
(medicine) The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery.
n
(pathology) any abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in an organ or part of the body.
adj
(surgery) Relating to duodenoscopy.
n
The condition where the nose has been physiologically crippled, typically by excessive surgical removal of turbinates (mainly the inferior turbinates) in a turbinectomy or conchotomy.
adj
Alternative spelling of endoesophageal [(anatomy) Within the esophagus.]
adj
Alternative form of esophageal [Of or pertaining to the esophagus.]
adj
Alternative form of esophagogastric [(anatomy) gastroesophageal]
n
(pathology) A peptic ulcer located at esophagus.
n
Alternative form of oesophagismus [oesophageal spasm]
n
diagnostic imaging of the esophagus
n
(pathology) The failure of the lower oesophageal sphincter to relax
n
(countable) A spasm of the esophagus.
n
(pathology) A cancerous growth in the esophagus
n
Alternative form of oesophagostenosis [constriction of the oesophagus]
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Eustachian [Of or relating to Bartolomeo Eustachi (1500 or 1514–1574), also known as Eustachius, one of the founders of the science of human anatomy.]
n
(medicine) A Fontan procedure.
adj
Alternative form of gastrooesophageal
adj
Obsolete spelling of gastroesophageal [Of or relating to the stomach and to the esophagus.]
n
Synonym of gastrogastrostomy
n
(medicine) esophagogastroduodenoscopy
adj
(British spelling) Alternative form of gastroesophageal [Of or relating to the stomach and to the esophagus.]
n
(medicine) Feeding by means of a tube passed into the stomach
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Abbreviation of gastroesophageal reflux. [The reflux of gastric juices into the esophagus.]
n
(anatomy) An opening in an organ.
adj
Alternative form of intratracheal [Within the trachea]
adj
Alternative spelling of intraesophageal [Within the esophagus]
adv
Alternative spelling of intraesophageally [Within the esophagus.]
n
(medicine) The invagination of one portion of a tubular anatomical structure (especially intestines or blood vessels) within the next.
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(surgery) A procedure for treating spinal stenosis by cutting of the lamina on both sides of the affected vertebrae and then "swinging" the freed flap of bone open, thus relieving the pressure on the spinal cord.
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(medicine) The closure or obstruction of the larynx.
adj
Affecting the larynx and bronchi.
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(medicine) A diagnostic and at times therapeutic procedure performed to collect a sample of cerebrospinal fluid for biochemical, microbiological, and cytological analysis, or rarely to relieve increased intracranial pressure.
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Someone who has undergone a mastectomy.
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(medicine) A surgical procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope and usually under general anesthesia.
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(surgery) incision of the mediastinum
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(pathology) An unusual enlargement of the oesophagus sometimes associated with achalasia
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(medicine) An abnormally large rectum.
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Relating to the nose and the bronchi
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(surgery) A surgically constructed clitoral glans.
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A surgically constructed urethra.
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Nasal irrigation performed using a neti pot as part of Hatha yoga.
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(grammar) The second of the two nouns in status constructus, which occurs in its phonetically full form or status absolutus.
adj
Alternative form of esophageal [Of or pertaining to the esophagus.]
adj
Alternative spelling of esophageal [Of or pertaining to the esophagus.]
adj
Alternative form of esophagic [Pertaining to an oesophagus; esophageal.]
n
(British spelling) Alternative form of esophagitis [(American spelling) Inflammation of the oesophagus.]
adj
Alternative form of esophagobronchial [(anatomy) Relating to the esophagus and the bronchi]
n
Alternative spelling of esophagogastroduodenoscopy [(medicine) upper gastrointestinal endoscopy]
n
Alternative form of esophagogastroscopy [(surgery) endoscopy of the esophagus and stomach]
n
Alternative form of esophagogastrostomy [(surgery) The creation of a channel between the esophagus and the stomach]
n
Alternative form of esophagogram [A diagnostic image produced by esophagography.]
n
Alternative form of esophagography [diagnostic imaging of the esophagus]
n
Alternative form of esophagopathy [(pathology) The failure of the lower oesophageal sphincter to relax]
n
Alternative spelling of esophagoplasty [(surgery) Surgical repair of the wall of the esophagus]
n
Alternative form of esophagoscope [(American spelling) A form of endoscope for inspecting the esophagus.]
n
Alternative form of esophagoscopy [(American spelling, medicine) Diagnostic inspection of the interior of the esophagus.]
n
Alternative form of esophagospasm [(countable) A spasm of the esophagus.]
n
constriction of the oesophagus
n
Alternative form of esophagostomy [(surgery) The making of an opening directly into the esophagus]
adj
Consistent with the patrilect.
adv
(medicine) By or through the rectum, as (usually, more specifically) the rectal route of administration for drugs.
n
(surgery) The removal of fluid from the pericardium for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes
n
(surgery) repair or reshaping of the pharynx
n
(surgery) Removal of a lung together with the parietal pleura
adj
Alternative form of postesophageal [(anatomy) posterior to the esophagus]
adj
Relating to proctology.
n
(more generally) A false opening that resembles a stoma but without any true aperture.
n
A rectosigmoid junction.
adj
Alternative form of rectosigmoid [(anatomy) Of the rectum and the sigmoid colon; especially, of the junction between them.]
n
(anatomy) The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon, but before leaving the body through the anus.
n
(surgery) incision into, or division of, the retina
adj
(surgery) Describing posterior (rather than the normal anterior) transperitoneal laparoscopic techniques
adj
(surgery) Via the sigmoid colon in a direction from lower to upper
adj
Alternative form of retrosigmoid [(surgery) Via the sigmoid colon in a direction from lower to upper]
n
(medicine, archaic) A dilatable bag, inserted into the nostril and inflated to arrest a profuse nosebleed.
n
A calculus that forms in the nasal cavity.
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mutilation, usually amputation, of the nose
n
(surgery) The efferent or antegrade limb of the Y that serves as the primary recipient of food after Roux-en-Y anastomosis.
n
(anatomy) A Eustachian tube.
n
(anatomy) A form of articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another.
n
(surgery) excision of a septum
n
(anatomy) The S-shaped section of the large intestine between the descending colon and the rectum.
n
(medicine, colloquial) Lumbar puncture (LP).
n
The operation of uniting a cleft palate by paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft.
n
(zoology) A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.
adj
Of, or relating to a stoma.
n
Alternative spelling of stomodeum [(anatomy) A depression on the ectoderm of a developing embryo that becomes the mouth]
n
centesis of the synovial membrane
n
Abbreviation of Tommy John surgery. [(informal, medicine) An ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction.]
adj
Alternative form of tracheooesophageal
n
A ureterostomy that brings both ureters to the same side of the abdomen, through the same stoma.
n
(surgery) stenosis of the ureter
n
(medicine) End-to-end anastomosis of the two portions of a transected ureter.
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A surgical procedure that provides support to the urethra, sometimes performed in the treatment of incontinence.
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(surgery) Repair of the vena cava
n
Surgical remodelling of the female external genitalia, especially the labia.
n
Obsolete form of weasand. [The oesophagus; the gullet.]
n
Alternative spelling of weasand [The oesophagus; the gullet.]
n
Obsolete form of weasand. [The oesophagus; the gullet.]
n
Obsolete form of weasand. [The oesophagus; the gullet.]
n
Obsolete form of weasand. [The oesophagus; the gullet.]
adj
Obsolete form of esophageal. [Of or pertaining to the esophagus.]
adj
Obsolete form of esophagic. [Pertaining to an oesophagus; esophageal.]
adj
(rare) Obsolete form of esophagical. [(rare) Esophageal, oesophageal, œsophageal.]
n
Obsolete spelling of esophagitis [(American spelling) Inflammation of the oesophagus.]
n
Obsolete form of esophagotomy. [(surgery) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus for the purpose of removing an obstruction.]
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