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A mild stroke caused by a brief stoppage of blood supply to the brain. A brief disruption of blood flow to a section of the brain leads to temporary dysfunction in vision, speech, sensation, or movement. These occurrences, known as Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIAs), usually endure for a few minutes or, in more extended instances,…

Not lasting long.  

To cut through a part of the body completely, e.g. when amputating a limb. To pierce through or impale with a sharp instrument.  

To pass from one place to another, or cause someone or something to pass from one place to another. The formal shifting of responsibility for the care of a patient from one physician to another, from one institution to another, or from one unit of the hospital to another. There are specific Medicare payment implications…

The act of cutting across part of the body. A sample of tissue which has been taken by cutting across a part of the body. A cross section of a piece of tissue.  

An operation carried out through the diaphragm.  

A patch containing medication applied to the skin and releasing its contents into the body over a period of time. A technique for delivering medication via the skin using a patch embedded with the drug. The drug is gradually released from the patch and absorbed by the skin over a specific duration.  

An antipsychotic, anxiolytic or hypnotic drug which relieves someone’s anxiety and calms him or her down.  

A drug used to control severe bleeding. A drug used in the control of bleeding. It inhibits the activation of plasminogen and fibrinolysis, and may be useful when bleeding cannot be stopped for instance, dental extraction in haemophilia. The drug is also useful in menorrhagia. A medication with antifibrinolytic properties that enhances the formation of…

A piece of cartilage in the outer ear which projects forward over the entrance to the auditory canal. The small frontal portion of ear cartilage near the auditory canal. The projection of cartilage in the pinna of the outer ear that extends back over the opening of the external auditory meatus. A cartilaginous projection in…