Category: B

A double-lumen uterine catheter with several openings at the tip.  

A law stating that, at a constant temperature, the volume of a gas varies inversely with the pressure.  

A painless and gradual enlargement of the subhyoid bursa. A closed epithelial sac derived from a branchial groove of its corresponding pharyngeal pouch.  

A chamber used to measure chemotaxis. Cells are placed on one side of a membrane and chemotactic material on the other. The number of cells migrating to the filter quantitates the chemotactic effect.  

In emphysema, a hollow sound heard on percussion.  

In dentistry, the building up of vertical walls, usually in wax, around an impression to produce the desired size and form of the base of the cast and to preserve certain landmarks of the impression.  

A standardized, timed test of manual dexterity and endurance, used in rehabilitation, in which the subject transfers small blocks from one side of a box to another.  

The thin homogeneous membrane separating the corneal epithelium from the corneal substance.  

The intentional restriction of oral nutrition, typically used with other therapies for patients with gastrointestinal diseases such as bowel obstruction, ileus, pancreatitis, or acute abdomen.  

Change in normal bowel habits characterized by involuntary passage of stool.