Category: S

The formation of a slough; separation of dead from living tissue.  

To move out of a customary place; to dislocate (to slip a disk). A dessert that was in vogue during the 19th century which comprised chilled, rennet-curdled milk accompanied by sugar and nutmeg. Despite having a comparable preparation method to bonny-clabber, naturally soured milk served in the same manner, this dish lacked its level of…

A sling for support of the arm that is made as follows: The center of a folded cloth band is placed under the acutely flexed elbow. One end of the sling is then carried to the front and upward across the forearm and over the affected shoulder. Then it is brought obliquely across the back…

A sling made as follows: The arm is flexed on the chest in the desired position, then a bandage is fixed with a single turn toward the uninjured side around the arm and chest, crossing the elbow just above the external epicondyle of the humerus. A second turn is made, overlapping two thirds of the…

A flat slab of metal, plastic, or wood used to transfer a patient horizontally from one surface to another, e.g., from a gurney to a hospital bed. Slider boards or patient transfer boards are used to prevent musculoskeletal injuries sustained while mobilizing patients.  

A means of studying living tissues by obtaining specimens from approx. 100 to 400 μm in thickness and maintaining them in vitro in a nutrient bath. The technique is used in investigations of brain or liver diseases.  

The amount of time spent asleep and awake and the cycle of that schedule from day to day.  

A technologist who monitors night-time sleep patterns in a formal sleep test (a polysomnogram). He or she makes audiovisual recordings as well as noninvasive records of the patient’s breathing, oxygenation, electrical brain activity, heart rate, and muscle movements.  

The subjective sense that one has disordered sleep without objective findings of insomnia, hypersomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, or other sleep disorders.  

Muscle jerking or shortening that occurs at the onset of sleep, usually involving the legs but occasionally the arms, neck, or head.