Category: A

Cellulose pulp prepared in thin sheets from fibers of wood, rags, and other substances.  

An anomalous condition in which a portion of the pancreas encircles the duodenum.  

A small mass of pancreatic tissue close to the pancreas but detached from it.  

The recurrence of a disease or a relapse.  

A prosthetic device molded to fill a cleft in the palate.  

Discomfort arising from the fallopian tubes and ovaries; usually due to inflammation, infection, or ectopic pregnancy.  

A dressing for absorbing discharges from surgical wounds of the abdomen.  

A device that can trigger mechanical contractions of the heart by emitting periodic electrical discharges. If the device delivers electricity through the chest wall, it is called a transcutaneous pacemaker; if it works via electrodes inserted inside the body, it is called an internal or implantable pacemaker. Pacemakers are used most often to treat patients…

The supplying of oxygen to the upper airway of patients who are not breathing.  

An ovum with a small yolk portion that is distributed throughout the protoplasm.