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Physician-assisted suicide
The prescription by a physician of a lethal dose of a medication to a patient. Physician assisted suicide is illegal in most nations, but was legalized in the U.S. in the state of Oregon in 1997.
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Assisted suicide
Providing a patient with the means for ending his life (usually a prescription for a lethal dose of barbiturates), knowing that the patient intends to use it to commit suicide. Although someone other than the patient supplies the means, the patient is the person who takes action to end his life. For AS to occur,…
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Suggestive therapeutics
The practice of treating disease by hypnotic suggestions.
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Risk for suffocation
Accentuated risk of accidental suffocation (inadequate air available for inhalation).
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Risk for sudden infant death syndrome,
Presence of risk factors for sudden death of an infant under 1 year of age.
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Sudanophil
A leukocyte that stains readily with Sudan III, indicative of fatty degeneration.
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Sudan
One of a number of related biological stains for which fats have a special affinity, including Sudan II, Sudan III (G), Sudan IV, and Sudan R.
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Suctioning
The use of suction to remove debris or body fluids from an airway, body cavity, orifice, or surgical site.
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Suction channel
A passage within an endoscope through which fluids may be injected or removed. During endoscopy it is used to draw blood, feces, mucus, or secretions away from the lens of the scope, so that clinical observations can be made with clarity and tissues can be selected for specimen collection.
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Posttussive suction
The suction sound over a lung cavity heard on auscultation after a cough.
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