Category: S

An oven or appliance for sterilizing. A device utilized to render medical equipment free from germs. A device used to kill germs using heat.    

Sterilization by exposure of microorganisms at to flowing steam or pressurized steam. There are three types of steam-thermal sterilization: gravity methods, in which ambient air in the sterilization chamber is gradually displaced by steam; prevacuum, in which air in the chamber is mechanically removed; and flash sterilization      

Any agent used to render objects free of living or potentially infectious organisms.  

Concerning the spatial arrangement of atoms in a chemical compound.  

A response toward (positive stereotropism) or away from (negative stereotropism) a solid object.  

Specific for only one of the possible receptors on a cell.  

An instrument that creates an impression of solidity or depth of objects seen by combining images of two pictures. An instrument that allows for simultaneous viewing of two images, producing a three-dimensional effect.  

Radiography from two slightly different angles to simulate the distance between the viewer’s eyes (usually 4 in.) so that a stereoscopic effect is produced when the radiographs are viewed through a stereoscope. A radiographic procedure characterized by the acquisition of two consecutive films in quick succession, each captured from a predetermined angle of projection. This…

Photography that produces the effect of solidity or depth in the pictures. A photograph showing the solidity or depth of a microscopic subject.  

A prism-refracting device for use in correcting extraocular eye muscle imbalance.