Category: B

Anesthesia produced by a lesion of the pons.  

A regional anesthetic injected into a nerve (intraneurally) or immediately around it (paraneurally).  

A level of unconsciousness just above the level of complete surgical anesthesia. The patient does not respond to verbal stimuli but does react to noxious stimuli (e.g., a pinprick). It may be combined with local or regional anesthesia in some forms of surgery. Partial numbness induced by administering a medication with the aim of decreasing…

An absorbable (i.e., temporary) surgical implant used to join resected loops of bowel. The ring is composed of two parts polyglycolic acid (Dexon) and one part barium sulfate. It dissolves, or “fragments,” about 3 weeks after implantation, when major tissue healing has occurred. The ring is easy to use; postoperative complications may include leakage and,…

An automated chemical analyzer in which the instrument system sequentially performs a single test on each of a group of samples.  

Cyanobacteria; photosynthetic organisms in the kingdom Monera. Blooms may impart a disagreeable taste to freshwater and may cause the death of fish.  

An adaptive device permitting button closure by persons with the functional use of only one extremity.  

A medication that stimulates bronchodilation. Examples include albuterol, salmeterol, terbutaline, and many others.  

A drug that stimulates adrenergic receptors in the lungs, heart, uterus, and other organs. Beta agonists are used to treat asthma and chronic obstructive lung diseases and to manage pregnancy. A substance that acts as a beta-adrenergic agonist, binding to beta receptors and inducing adrenergic effects, including the expansion of bronchial passages.  

Greatly diminished emotional response to a situation or condition.