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A small wire-spring forceps for compressing bleeding vessels.  

An opportunistic bacterium that causes septicemia and pulmonary disease, especially in immunocompromised patients, and is found in water, soil, milk, and stools. In the proper environment, the organism will grow on food and produce the red pigment prodigiosin. A gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic bacteria with red-pigmented varieties, occurring in water, soil, and food and in clinical…

A species that has caused septicemia and other hospital acquired infections.  

A genus of gram-negative bacilli of the family Enterobacteriaceae. It is a gram-negative rod.  

Variants within a species defined by variation in serological reactions.  

An injection combining serum (containing preformed antibodies to provide immediate passive immunity) and components of a vaccine (to stimulate long-term active immunity). It may be used for unimmunized patients after rabies or tetanus exposure and for neonates born of mothers who are hepatitis B carriers.  

An antidepressant medication (such as duloxetine or venlafaxine) that elevates mood by blocking neurons from taking up both norepinephrine and serotonin. Combined reuptake inhibitors differ from medications such as sertraline (Zoloft) or fluoxetine (Prozac), which are relatively selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and from tricyclic antidepressants, which primarily prevent the reuptake of norepinephrine by brain cells.…

A nerve cell that uses serotonin as its neurotransmitter.  

Synovitis with an increase of synovial fluid. Inflammation of the synovial membrane with a buildup of serous fluid. A common example is “housemaid’s knee.”