Category: E

A method of rehabilitating flexor and extensor injuries, using splinting and active exercises, beginning the first week after injury or surgical repair.  

A cream preparation of lidocaine and prilocaine. A thick layer is applied to the skin to be anesthetized before skin biopsies, minor surgeries, or needle penetration, especially in pediatric patients.  

Cow’s milk that has been concentrated by evaporating some of the water. It can be canned after pasteurization and stored for long periods of time. Canned milk that has been condensed through evaporation, resulting in a thick and unsweetened final product. Milk that has been subjected to heat to reduce approximately half of its water…

Mesoderm lying outside the embryo proper and involved in the formation of amnion, chorion, yolk sac, and body stalk.  

The outer layer of cells of the embryonic neural tube.  

An excessive proliferation of retinal pigment epithelial cells and extracellular proteins on the retinal surface. This condition, which can distort vision, is typically found in people older than 50. Marked visual blurring caused by epiretinal membranes occurs in macular pucker.  

One of several membranes formed of elastic connective tissue fibers.  

One of the protective membranes or envelopes enclosing an ovum. It may be primary (formed by egg itself, as in vitelline membrane), secondary (formed by follicle cells, as in zona pellucida), or tertiary (formed by oviduct or uterus, as in albumin and shell of hen’s egg).  

The scientific study of disease or pathological conditions through experimentation on laboratory animals or through clinical research.  

The lateral, outer opening of the external auditory canal, or the canal itself.