Category: I

The administration of parenteral medications such as insulin into a different part of the body each day to avoid local tissue trauma, atrophy, or lipodystrophies. Subcutaneous injections of insulin are typically rotated around the abdomen from the right upper quadrant, to the midepigastrium, left upper quadrant, left lower quadrant, hypogastrium, and right lower quadrant before…

A part of the body into which any medicine, e.g., insulin, an anticoagulant, or a vaccine, is injected.  

The injection of medicines into the tongue, usually done as an emergency measure when a vein suitable for use is not available because of circulatory collapse.  

Injection into the skin, used in giving serums and vaccines when a local reaction is desired.  

One who gives himself drugs parenterally, usually to attain a euphoric or altered state of consciousness. The practice is rarely performed aseptically and may result in the spreading of communicable disease or self-injury.  

Relating to the beginning or commencement of a thing or process.  

A double deformity in which two fetuses are joined from the posterior thorax up, so that one complete face is anterior, with the suggestion of a face posteriorly.  

Twins fused at the occiput.  

A congenitally deformed fetus in which the brain substance protrudes through a fissure in the occiput, so that the brain and spinal cord occupy a single cavity.  

A test done by patients rather than health care professionals to provide information about an individual’s health status. Examples include tests to measure blood sugar (glucose), cholesterol, occult blood in feces, and blood pressure, as well as ovulation predictors and pregnancy tests. The materials and devices needed for in-home tests may be available over the…