Category: C

The application of electric current to the heart by internal paddles, external paddles, or electrodes.  

A term rooted in Freudian psychoanalysis that refers to resistance by a psychotherapist that corresponds to the patient’s resistance to closeness and change of life patterns. Examples include coming late to sessions, avoiding certain subjects, and fascination with the patient. Three types are countertransferance, characterological resistance, and cultural resistance.  

An instrument that provides counter-retraction to offset that exerted by the exit of a needle.  

A second opening, as in an abscess that is not draining satisfactorily from the first incision.  

A second incision made to promote drainage or relieve the stress on a wound as it is sutured.  

The process in which antigens and antibodies are placed in separate wells and an electric current is passed through the diffusion medium. .Antigens migrate to the anode and antibodies to the cathode. If the antigen and antibody correspond to each other, they will precipitate and form a precipitin band or line upon meeting in the…

The exchange of chemicals between two streams of fluid flowing in opposite directions on either side of a permeable membrane. This permits the fluid leaving one side of the membrane to be similar to the composition of the fluid entering the other end of the other stream.  

An apparatus for counting bacterial colonies in a culture plate.  

One of a group of natural and synthetic compounds that inhibit blood clotting by antagonizing the biosynthesis of vitamin K- dependent coagulation factors in the liver.  

A tiny infarct in the retina, present in hypertension, diabetes mellitus, bacterial endocarditis, and other diseases.