Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The repair of someone’s body using tissue taken from another part of their body. Plastic surgery using grafts from the patient’s body.  

The state of being free to act as one wishes. Independent functioning. The concept of autonomy varies with cultural practices and thought. This is important when communicating with persons from different cultural backgrounds.    

Done without conscious thought. (Of a machine or process) able to work by itself, without anyone giving instructions.

A blood transfusion in which the blood is removed from the body for later transfusion after an operation. Infusion of a previously donated unit of a patient’s own blood to correct loss during surgery or other interventions. Using the previously donated and stored blood of a person during surgery to replace any blood that is…

An infection by a microorganism already in the body, or infection of one part of the body by another part. An infection resulting from the presence of a pathogenic agent that already exists within the body.  

The process leading to an immune reaction in a person to antigens produced in their own body.  

Able to be sterilised in an autoclave.  

An antigen produced on the surface of liver cells infected with the hepatitis B virus.  

An instrument for examining the ear and eardrum. An instrument for examining the ear. The source of illumination may be incorporated into the instrument, as in the electric auriscope, or it may be an independent light which is reflected into the ear by means of a forehead mirror. A device employed to inspect the tympanic…

A vein which leads into the posterior facial vein.