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A dressing made of open gauze covered with soft paraffin wax which prevents sticking. A soft dressing consisting of open-woven silk (or other material) impregnated with a waterproof soft paraffin wax. A wound dressing of gauze impregnated with soft paraffin to prevent it from sticking to the wound. A sterile dressing made from a loose…

A disease of rabbits, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella or Brucella tularensis, which can be passed to humans. In humans, the symptoms are headaches, fever and swollen lymph nodes. A disease of rodents such as rabbits and rats, caused by the bacillus, Francisella tularense, and spread either by flies or by direct inoculation for example,…

A small group of hairs. A group of blood vessels. A small clump, cluster, or coiled mass.  

The secretion of some substances into the urine by the tubules of the kidney.  

The process by which some of the substances filtered into the kidney are absorbed back into the bloodstream by the tubules.  

A bandage made of a tube of elastic cloth.  

Referring to the Eustachian tube and the tympanum.  

Referring to a Fallopian tube and an ovary.  

A toxic alkaloid which is the active constituent of curare, used as a muscle relaxant. A drug given by intravenous injection to produce relaxation of voluntary muscles before surgery and in such conditions as tetanus, encephalitis, and poliomyelitis. Toxic side-effects are usually only seen with overdo-sage, when respiratory failure due to paralysis of respiratory muscles…

Referring to a Fallopian tube and the abdomen. Relating to the Fallopian tube and the abdominal area.