Category: S
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Split tongue
A cleft or bifid tongue resulting from developmental arrest.
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Splinter hemorrhage
A small linear hemorrhage under the fingernails or toe nails. It may be due to subacute bacterial endocarditis.
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Sugar tong splint
A splint commonly used instead of a cast to immobilize a Colies’ fracture after it has been reduced. The splint permits the affected arm to swell without being compressed within the confines of the cast, yet maintain its alignment. Follow up x-rays of the fracture are typically obtained 5 to 7 days after placement of…
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Static splint
Any orthosis that lacks movable parts and is used for positioning, stability, protection, or support.
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Splice
To take two cut pieces and fasten them together; to link two cut segments of DNA.
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Splenotoxin
Cytotoxin having specific action on splenic cells.
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Splenorrhagia
Hemorrhage from a ruptured spleen.
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Splenorenal shunt
Anastomosis of the splenic vein to the renal vein to enable blood from the portal system to enter the general venous circulation; performed in cases of portal hypertension.
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Splenomyelomalacia
Abnormal softening of the spleen and bone marrow.
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Splenolysin
An antibody that destroys splenic tissue.