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A type of. large roundworm which is a parasite in the human intestine. A species of Ascaris that lives in the human intestine; adults may grow to 12 in. long. Eggs are passed with the feces and require at least 2 weeks’ incubation in the soil before they become infective. After being swallowed, the eggs…

A disease of the lungs caused by inhaling asbestos dust. Chronic, progressive lung disease, resulting from breathing in the mineral asbestos and common among asbestos miners and roofers; it is marked by fibrosis of lung tissue. Symptoms include shortness of breath and cough, often leading to respiratory failure; lung cancer is a frequent complication. Pneumoconiosis…

Operation to remove the arytenoid cartilage.  

Small cartilage at the back of the larynx. Either of the two pyramid-shaped cartilages that lie at the back of the larynx next to the upper edges of the cricoid cartilage.  

The breaking of the amniotic sac with an amnihook, so releasing the amniotic fluid.  

A former method of treating tuberculosis, in which air was introduced between the layers of the pleura to make the lung collapse. A pneumothorax induced intentionally by artificial means, used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis or pneumonia. Pneumothorax allows the diseased lung to rest temporarily. The lung collapses when the air enters the pleural space. Introducing…

A machine through which a person’s deoxygenated blood is passed to absorb oxygen to take back to the bloodstream.  

Made by humans and not a natural part of the body. Happening not as a natural process but through action by a doctor or another person or a machine.  

A bone which forms a joint.  

A piece of bone which sticks out of the neural arch in a vertebra and links with the next vertebra.