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A bag of light material inflated with air or a gas, used to unblock arteries. To expand, dilate, or distend, as to expand a cavity by filling it with air or water in a bag.  

An artificial heart valve, formed of a silicon ball which moves inside a metal cage to open and shut the valve.  

The soft part of the hand below the thumb. The soft part of the foot below the big toe.  

A frame fitted above a bed to which a leg in plaster can be attached. A framework that fits over a bed. Weights suspended from the frame and connected through ropes and pulleys are used to produce continuous traction while permitting freedom of motion, thus maintaining desired immobilization of the part being treated. A structure…

The state of not having any hair. loss or absence of hair, commonly of the scalp. In male-pattern baldness the hairline recedes at the forehead and hair is lost at the back and top of the head.  

The round end of the penis. The glans penis or glans clitoridis. The rounded end of the penis, also known as the glans penis.  

An infestation of the large intestine by a parasite Balantidium coli, which causes ulceration of the wall of the intestine, leading to diarrhoea and finally dysentery. An infestation of the large intestine of man with the parasitic protozoan Balantidium coli. Man usually becomes infected by ingesting food or drink contaminated with cysts from the feces…

Inflammation of the foreskin and the end of the penis. inflammation of the head (glans) of the penis and of the foreskin, often the result of bacterial or fungal (frequently venereal) infection; it is characterized by soreness and discharge. Inflammation of the foreskin and the surface of the underlying glans penis. It usually occurs as…

Someone’s mental state.  

A diet which provides all the nutrients needed in the correct proportions. Suitable quantities and combination of various foods which together provide all the nutrients required daily and in quantities needed for healthy growth of a specified age group. Diet containing adequate amounts of all essential nutrients (vitamins and minerals, proteins, fats, and carbohdyrates) needed…