Category: E

  • Exquisitely tender

    Producing a sharp localised pain or tenderness when touched.  

  • Expression

    The look on a person’s face which shows what he or she thinks and feels. The act of pushing something out of the body. Act of forcing something out by pressing or squeezing (e.g., expressing milk from a breast). In genetics, refers to exhibition of one or more traits carried by a gene. A method…

  • Expose

    To show something which was hidden. To place something or someone under the influence of something. To open, as in surgically opening the abdominal cavity. To position a trial vegetation in a location where it is anticipated to obtain inoculation via natural mechanisms from an indigenous source, one must carry out inoculation.  

  • Explore

    To examine a part of the body in order to make a diagnosis.  

  • Exploratory surgery

    A surgical operation in which the aim is to discover the cause of a person’s symptoms or the nature and extent of an illness. Any diagnostic procedure used to examine a portion of the body that is thought to be diseased. Exploratory surgery is an option when a medical problem exists and the exact cause,…

  • Exploratory

    Referring to an exploration.  

  • Explantation

    The act of taking tissue from a body and growing it in a culture in a laboratory. The removal of an implant.  

  • Expire

    To breathe out. To die.  

  • Expert patient

    A patient with a long-term illness who has been taught how to manage his or her own medical care.  

  • Expel

    To send something out of the body.