Category: D

A small apparatus that fits over the tip of the index finger. A small knifelike projection at the end of the device is used to puncture the bag of waters before delivery of the fetus. This usually expedites progression of labor.  

One of several secretions that aid in processes of digestion.  

That part of digestion that occurs in the duodenum where stomach contents mix with biliary and pancreatic secretions. The duodenum absorbs iron, vitamin B12, and other essential nutrients.  

A n agent that digests food or aids in digestion, such as pepsin or pancreatin.  

An order of parasitic flatworms belonging to the class Trematoda. It reproduces asexually, lives usually in molluscs, and alternates with a sexual generation living in vertebrates as their final host. It includes all four groups of flukes parasitic in humans.  

Having two bellies; said of certain muscles.  

In dialysis, the portion of a liquid that passes through a membrane and that contains crystalloid matter in solution.  

The device in a spectrophotometer that disperses white light into the colors (wavelengths) of the electromagnetic spectrum, using multiple lines precisely etched into an optically aligned material such as a specialized mirror or metal plate.  

The use of medications to make cancer cells evolve into cells no longer capable of infinite replication.  

The use of different ventilatory strategies in each lung in a patient with focal lung disease, e.g., a patient undergoing surgery to remove a tumor in one lobe of a lung but not another, or a patient with more severe COPD on one side of the chest than another. This technique requires a double-lumen endotracheal…