Category: E

A stethoscope with an amplifier which makes sounds louder. A stethoscope equipped to amplify electronically sounds from the body. A kind of stethoscope that includes a tiny microphone linked to an amplifier. This amplifies the sounds either straight into the doctor’s ears or through a loudspeaker. It’s particularly useful for detecting faint or distant body…

Referring to electrolytes or to electrolysis.  

A pint (0.56 litres) of boiled water with a teaspoonful of sugar and a generous pinch of table salt used for the prevention of diarrhoea.  

The destruction of tissue such as unwanted hair by applying an electric current. Electrical action that causes a chemical (e.g., a salt) to break down into simpler forms. Destruction of tissue by electric current. Removal of unwanted body hair through destruction of hair roots with an electric current. In electrolysis, a needle is inserted in…

Referring to electricity and chemicals and their interaction. Changes in the electrical charge within or between cells or membranes due to movement of chemicals, usually electrolytes such as sodium, potassium, or calcium.  

The process of electrically recording the sounds of the heartbeats.  

A sudden passage of electricity into the body, causing a nervous spasm or, in severe cases, death. Traumatic state caused by the passage of an electric current through the body. It usually results from accidental contact with exposed circuits in household appliances but may also result from contact with high-voltage wires or from being struck…

Hospital care which is planned in advance, rather than a response to an emergency.  

Referring to a chemical substance which tends to combine with one substance rather others. Referring to surgery or treatment which someone can choose to have butis not urgently necessary to save their life. An optional course that a student may take, as opposed to the courses in a school’s core curriculum, which all students must…

A crutch which surrounds the arms at the elbows and has a handle to hold lower down the shaft. Older than 65.