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Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
A device used by swimmers and divers that enables them to breathe underwater. The mask worn is watertight and is connected to a tank of compressed air.
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Self-contained breathing apparatus
A device that provides respiratory gases. It is used, for example, by rescue personnel, when they enter hazardous breathing environments.
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Self-conscious
Being aware of oneself, especially overly aware of appearance and actions, and thus being ill at ease.
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Readiness for enhanced self-concept
A pattern of perceptions or ideas about the self that is sufficient for well-being and can be strengthened.
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Self-care framework
A conceptual model of nursing, also known as the Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing and the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory, developed by Dorothea Orem. The person is a self-care agent who has a therapeutic self-care demand made up of universal, developmental, and health deviation self-care requisites. The goal of nursing is to help people to…
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Readiness for enhanced self-care
A pattern of performing activities for oneself that helps to meet health-related goals and can be strengthened.
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Self-acceptance
Being realistic about oneself and at the same time comfortable with that personal assessment.
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Selenomethionine Se 75 injection
Radioactive L-selenomethionine in which the sulfur atom in the methionine has been replaced by selenium. The compound is used intravenously to investigate methionine metabolism.
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Selective decontamination of the digestive tract
The administration of nonabsorbable antibiotics to reduce the burden of potentially infectious bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract.
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Negative selection
The process by which immature T lymphocytes (thymocytes) with receptors for self-antigens are destroyed in the thymus. It is part of the mechanism that prevents autoimmune diseases.
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