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Caesium
A radioactive element, used in treatment by radiation.
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Caecostomy
A surgical operation to make an opening between the caecum and the abdominal wall to allow faeces to be passed without going through the rectum and anus.
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Caecosigmoidostomy
An operation to open up a connection between the caecum and the sigmoid colon.
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Caecal
Referring to the caecum.
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Cadaveric
Referring to a person who is thin or wasting away.
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Cachet
A quantity of a drug wrapped in paper, to be swallowed. A flat capsule containing a drug that has an unpleasant taste. The cachet is swallowed intact by the patient. A flat capsule is used to enclose unpleasant-tasting medications, allowing them to be swallowed without any discomfort. This capsule, known as a cachet, is designed…
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Bypass
A surgical operation to redirect the blood, usually using a grafted blood vessel and usually performed when one of the person’s own blood vessels is blocked. Any surgically created, temporary or permanent channel or route around a part, esp. a part that has been damaged (e.g., a coronary bypass); a shunt. To go around. In…
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Buttonhole surgery
A surgical operation through a small hole in the body, using an endoscope.
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Butobarbitone
A barbiturate drug used as a sedative and hypnotic.
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Buscopan
A trade name for a form of hyoscine.
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