Category: E

The treatment of oral pain or the administration of oral anesthesia by means of electrode pads applied to the cheeks or the oral mucosa.  

A treatment or surgical procedure not requiring immediate attention and therefore planned for the patient’s or provider’s convenience.  

Facilitates and enhances learning through both computer and communications technology. It can include only the text portion of a computer or it can include Internet-based distance learning using a multimedia capable computer.  

Providing health care and assistance with activities of daily living for older adults, either at home or in care facilities. Family members usually provide most of the needed assistance, although friends, professional agencies, or volunteers often participate.  

A component of the upper-extremity prosthesis that permits the arm to bend at the elbow.  

A splint applied to prevent flexion contractures following burns to the upper extremity. The device is fabricated to conform to the anterior arm. Pressure is applied to the olecranon process by a soft, cupped pad.  

A peptone resulting from gastric digestion of elastin.  

The measurement of tissue elasticity.  

A device for measuring elasticity.  

A yellow nodular or papular lesion of the skin composed of elastic fibers. Elastomas are seen in the genetic disease pseudoxanthoma elasticum.