Category: E

Inflammation of the endocardium and pericardium of the heart.  

Hardening of the brain, especially the cerebrum, due to plaque formation or hypertension.  

Protrusion or herniation of the brain and meninges.  

Intentional obstruction of the lumen of a blood vessel by injection of a solution or dislodgement of thrombus or plaque. The use of any type of embolic material (autologus thrombus, muscle fragment, or foreign body) for therapeutic occlusion of a blood vessel. This technique is used to control bleeding, close fistulae or arteriovenous malformations, devascularize…

An external device applied to the throat to amplify breath sounds in patients following surgical removal of the larynx. A voice-restoring device used by some patients after surgical removal of the larynx. The device works by amplifying breath sounds.  

Process of recording the electrical activities of the cochlea of the inner ear. Electrocochleography is a method of recording the activity of the cochlea, that part of the inner ear concerned with hearing. Measurement of electrical activity produced when the cochlea is stimulated. A needle electrode is passed through the eardrum and placed on the…

Use of electrical stimulation to compete with pain stimuli for transmission to the spinal cord; may be delivered through the skin or by an implantable device. Relief from pain by application of low-intensity electric currents locally or through implanted electrodes.  

An abnormal cardiac sound produced by pumping of blood into the aorta or pulmonary arteries that stops prior to the closure of the aortic or pulmonic valves. A systolic murmur that is most intense at the time of maximum flow of blood from the heart. This murmur is associated with pulmonary and aortic stenosis.  

The unabsorbed food fragments that are passed through the digestive tract. Waste matter eliminated from the body, especially excrement.  

A structure that carries lymph toward the periphery.