Category: S

A postural reflex in which the movement of one extremity results in a movement in an opposite extremity.  

A colloquial term for an interruption of the infusion of sedatives in a mechanically ventilated patient. Decreasing the depth of a critically ill patient’s sedation facilitates weaning from mechanical ventilation.    

Free from danger, fear, care, or worry.  

A woman in her second pregnancy. A woman expecting her second child.  

A location within a minute or two’s response to the scene of a multiple-casualty incident, hazmat incident, or major fire where emergency vehicles and personnel are assigned to wait till they are needed at the location.  

The area of a circle included between two radii and an arc. A precisely characterized fragment of an in vitro fungal community that contrasts with the rest of the community, for instance, in terms of pigmentation, growth velocity, sporulation, and other related traits. The space between the radii and the arc of a circle. In…

The slicing of thin sections of tissue for examination under the microscope.  

One of the microscopic sections made and arranged in consecutive order.  

A peripheral motor nerve fiber that innervates glands and stimulates secretion.  

An enzyme in blood that inactivates secretin.