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(medicine, usually capitalized) Alternative form of Miller-Abbot tube
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the entrance to a cavity or channel
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(medical device, abbreviation) a mode of respiratory ventilation, which automatically provides pressure into the airway
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(by extension) a bilevel positive airway pressure machine, a BiPAP device
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(medicine) A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie.
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(medicine) A tube inserted in the body to drain or inject fluid.
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(medicine) to use a cannula; to insert a tube, particularly into a vein
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(medicine) One who cannulates, or a device that aids cannulation.
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Alternative form of cannula [(medicine) A tube inserted in the body to drain or inject fluid.]
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Alternative form of cannulate [(medicine) to use a cannula; to insert a tube, particularly into a vein]
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Abbreviation of catheter. [(medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.]
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(medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.
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(by extension) The machine used for continuous positive airway pressure therapy.
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A device for administering such an injection.
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(medicine) a device used to feed people who cannot eat or swallow, normally in the form of a tube passed through the nose or straight into the abdomen.
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(medicine) A central venous catheter most often used for the administration of chemotherapy or other medications, as well as for the withdrawal of blood for analysis.
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A hydraulic fluid composed of a glycol and water
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A hollow needle with a sharp point intended to puncture the skin to draw a fluid from under the skin or inject a fluid under the skin, used as part of a hypodermic syringe.
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A syringe equipped with a hypodermic needle
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(medicine) Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle.
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(medicine) a solid, boring catheter inserted into bone marrow to supply intravenous fluids osseously.
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(medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.
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(transitive, medicine) To insert a tube into.
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A device which facilitates the insertion of an intubation tube.
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A kind of electric toothbrush that releases ions, causing the teeth to repel plaque.
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A kind of medical syringe that uses a narrow, high-pressure jet of liquid instead of a hypodermic needle to penetrate the epidermis.
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A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
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(perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
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(slang) A principal vein into which a drug can be injected.
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(medicine, more common in Canada, US) A device used to deliver supplemental oxygen or increased airflow to a patient in need of respiratory help.
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A permanently inserted catheter.
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(surgery) A flexible polypropylene suction cannula
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A type of pressure chamber used to build up and hold extreme pressures, pressurizing samples with high-pressure fluids.
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A container designed to maintain a volume at a significantly different pressure to that of ambient.
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A syringe with a flexible tube for withdrawing fluids from the stomach, or injecting them into it.
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To inject by means of a syringe.
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(medicine, informal) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.
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(chemistry) A variation of thermite and is an incendiary pyrotechnic composition that can generate short bursts of very high temperatures focused on a small area for a short period of time.
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A device that administers transjections
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A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids.
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(medicine, transitive, colloquial) To intubate.
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(transitive, medicine) To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use.
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(medicine) A collection tube, with an internal vacuum, used to draw blood samples
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A tube with a constriction, utilizing venturi effect e.g. to measure the velocity or volume of a fluid flow.
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