Category: D

The exudate found between two ends of a fractured bone, that develops into true bone.  

The deposition of calcium salts in dead, dying, or necrotic tissues.  

The upper duodenal area just beyond the pylorus.  

A cluster of malignant cells in the mammary ducts. If left untreated, as many as 50% of patients with DCIS will develop invasive cancer. Because these cells grow in the ducts, they develop without forming a palpable mass. In its early stage this condition can be diagnosed through the use of mammography.  

Determination of the blood pressure within the lumen of an artery or within a chamber of the heart with a catheter introduced into the organ and attached to a pressure-monitoring transducer. It is done by placing a sterile needle or small catheter inside an artery and having the blood pressure transmitted through that system to…

Whole blood from which fibrin has been removed. It does not clot.  

The injection of a regional anesthetic into the proximal portion of a finger or toe.  

A colloquial and imprecise term for a birth that follows premature rupture of membranes.  

Bilirubin conjugated by the liver cells to form bilirubin diglucuronide, which is water-soluble and excreted in urine.  

A single interruption in the regular pacing of the electrical and mechanical activity of the heart. A specific kind of heart rhythm disorder is defined by the omission of one single heart contraction in the ventricles. The subsequent heartbeat usually occurs a bit ahead of schedule and tends to be stronger than the norm; it’s…