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Pain that seems to travel like lightning from one place to another.  

A soft rubber pad with an apron and inflatable rim for drainage of escaping fluids; used in surgery and obstetrics.  

A mass of fat in the cheeks, especially well developed in an infant, aiding sucking.  

Cardiac pacing set at a rate matching the underlying rate of one of the heart chambers.  

A device for oxygenating blood during extracorporeal circulation. The blood passes over a series of screens that are in an oxygen atmosphere. Oxygen is exchanged in the thin film of blood on the screens.  

A highly active form of oxygen produced during reactions of hydrogen peroxide with superoxide and hypochlorite ions. It is believed that this free radical is bactericidal. Singlet oxygen, an exceptionally reactive variation of the oxygen molecule (O2), is generated during Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) to aid in the destruction of cancer cells. This potent form of…

Any of the organs of smell, taste, sight, balance, and hearing.  

Any of the special clusters of cells that form a capsule around the receptor ends of certain sensory axons and affect the response of the axons. They include Meissner’s corpuscles, Pacinian corpuscles, Ruffini’s corpuscles, and Golgi tendon organs.  

A standing medical order in a patient’s chart requiring discontinuation of a specific drug or treatment after a specified time. The order may be reinstated by an authorized health care provider at a later date.  

Orchitis due to syphilis. This type of orchitis usually begins painlessly in the body of the gland and is apt to be bilateral. It causes dense, irregular, knotty induration but little enlargement in size.