Category: I

The force required to fracture a material.  

The entrapment of a segment of the intestine in an internal hernia or by adhesion, or through a rent or hiatus in the diaphragm, which leads to vascular compromise with ensuing gangrene.  

Any procedure that renders a legally incompetent person permanently infertile. It is performed only under court order, and only when other less drastic means of preventing unwanted procreation have failed.  

A stent made of an inert material, usually metallic, with a self-expanding mesh introduced into the coronary artery. It is used to prevent lumen closure (restenosis) following bypass surgery and to treat acute vessel closure after angioplasty.  

The shunting of blood from ischemic to well-supplied regions of the brain, producing overperfusion of the unaffected tissue and under perfusion of the ischemic tissue.  

Staphyloma in the region of the union of the sclera with the periphery of the iris.  

The temporary cessation of inspiration normally following each inspiration, resulting from stimulation of proprioceptors in the alveoli of the lungs.  

A basic stain that, when under the influence of a mordant, acts as an acid stain.  

A nontoxic dye that, when introduced into an organism, selectively stains certain cells or tissues.  

A rigid or flexible device or compound used to support, protect, or immobilize teeth that have been loosened, replanted, fractured, or subjected to surgical procedures.