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A pharmacologic agent used to paralyze the ciliary muscle for examination or treatment.  

Response associated with increased intracranial pressure or compromised circulation in the brain stem; characterized by hypertension, increased systolic pressure with widened pulse pressure, bradycardia, and irregular respirations.  

A laboratory test that utilizes a swab of material from a body part or wound to grow bacteria in culture medium in a Petri dish to identify the infectious agent, then determine which antibiotics are capable of impeding their growth.  

Bluish discoloration around the umbilicus in postoperative clients; can indicate intro-abdominal or perineal bleeding. Bluish discoloration of the periumbilical skin caused by intraperitoneal hemorrhage. This may be caused by ruptured ectopic pregnancy or acute pancreatitis.  

Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the cul-de-sac of Douglas. The procedure for obtaining specimens from the posterior cul-de-sac by aspiration or surgical incision through the vaginal wall, performed for therapeutic or diagnostic reasons.  

Use of external pressure to compress the bladder and express urine when nervous impulses are interrupted. The means whereby the placenta is expelled by downward pressure on the uterus through the abdominal wall with the thumb on the posterior surface of the fundus uteri and the flat of the hand on the anterior surface, the…

Surgical procedure of opening the skull and removing a portion of the bone. Opening of the skull and removal of a portion of it.  

Pain and inflammation of the hip joint due to arthritis.  

Deformity of the angle of the femoral neck resulting in outward displacement. A deformity produced when the angle of the head of the femur with the shaft is increased above 120°, as opposed to coxa vara.  

Enlargement of the femoral head causing osteoarthritis of the joint.