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Banjo traction splint
A splint made out of a steel rod bent to resemble the shape of a banjo. It provides anchor points for attachments to the fingers in the treatment of contractures and fractures of the fingers.
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Balkan splint
A splint used for continuous extension in fracture of the femur.
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Anchor splint
A splint for fracture of the jaw, with metal loops fitting over the teeth and held together by a rod.
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Airplane splint
An appliance usually used on ambulatory patients in the treatment of fractures of the humerus. It takes its name from the elevated (abducted) position in which it holds the arm suspended away from the body.
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Agnew’s splint
A splint used in fractures of the patella and metacarpus.
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Splice
To take two cut pieces and fasten them together; to link two cut segments of DNA.
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Splenotoxin
Cytotoxin having specific action on splenic cells.
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Splenorrhagia
Hemorrhage from a ruptured spleen.
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Splenorenal shunt
Anastomosis of the splenic vein to the renal vein to enable blood from the portal system to enter the general venous circulation; performed in cases of portal hypertension.
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Splenomyelomalacia
Abnormal softening of the spleen and bone marrow.
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