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Inside or into the nose.  

A test requiring an injection into the thickness of the skin, e.g. a Mantoux test or an allergy test. Procedure used in allergy testing in which a small amount of the suspected allergen is injected within the skin. Wheal formation and reddening of the skin within 30 minutes of the injection indicate a positive result.…

Within or introduced between the layers of the skin. A type of injection made directly into the skin, specifically the dermis. A medical phrase denoting “inside or within the skin.” For instance, an intradermal injection is administered into the skin, while a subcutaneous injection is given into the fatty layer beneath the skin.  

An injection of a liquid between the layers of skin, as for a test for an allergy.  

The pressure of the subarachnoidal fluid, which fills the space between the skull and the brain. Force exerted by brain tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, and blood within the cranial vault. The pressure on the brain inside the skull. The pressure maintained by the brain tissue, intracellular and extracellular fluid, cerebrospinal fluid and blood. An increase in…

A blood clot inside a cerebral hemisphere.  

The layers of tissue which form the intestine.  

A blocking of the intestine. Blockage in the intestine that results m failure of the contents of the intestine to pass through to the lower bowel; it may be due to tumor, adhesions, hernia, narrowing from Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, or other cause. Symptoms include pain, abdominal distension, constipation, and vomiting of fecal matter.…

An infection in the intestines.  

Tubular glands found in the mucous membrane of the small and large intestine, especially those between the bases of the villi in the small intestine. Simple tubular glands in the small intestine that open into the spaces between the villi. On the villi themselves the epithelium of these glands includes specialized cells: absorptive cells, goblet…