A blunt instrument of varying shape to heat and carve or shape wax patterns.  

Removal of an invested wax pattern from a mold by heating, thereby creating the mold space for casting metal.  

Standard bronchoscopy, i.e., bronchoscopy in which tissues are illuminated with the normal light spectrum available for use in fiberoptic evaluation...

The amount of effort used to expand the lungs. It is determined by lung and thoracic compliance, airway resistance, and...

Botulism acquired when spores of the bacteria contaminate an anaerobic wound, germinate, and produce the neurotoxin.  

Embryonic or rapidly growing bone characterized microscopically by a prominent fibrous matrix.  

A therapeutic stainless steel, fiberglass, or plastic tank that uses turbines to agitate and aerate water into which the body,...

An IgG class autoantibody that is activated at a temperature of 37°C. These antibodies damage the membranes on the patient’s...

Astigmatism in which the eye has more refractive power in the vertical meridian than in the horizontal meridian.  

An animal whose body temperature remains constant regardless of the temperature of the environment; as opposed to a cold-blooded animal....