Category: S
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Suspensory bandage
A bandage to hold a part of the body which hangs. A bandage arranged to support a hanging part of the body. Examples include a sling used to hold an injured lower jaw in position and a bandage used to support the scrotum in various conditions of the male genital organs. A bandage for supporting…
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Suspensory
Hanging down. Supporting a part, as a muscle, ligament, or bone. Used for support; a muscle, ligament, or device like a bandage or sling designed to hold up a body part.
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Suspect
A person who doctors believe may have a disease.
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Survivor
A person who survives. Lack of resistance to a disease. An individual who has experienced a serious illness or injury and lived through it (and/or its treatment). In the U.S., for example, in 2005 there were more than 10 million people living after the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
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Survive
To continue to live.
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Survival
The act of continuing to live. Continuing to live, especially under conditions in which death would be the expected outcome.
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Surround
To be all around something.
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Surrogate mother
A woman who has a child by artificial insemination for a woman who cannot become pregnant, with the sintention of handing the child over to her when it is born. A person who takes the place of a natural mother for someone. Woman who, usually (but not always) by formal contract and for a stipulated…
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Surgical wound
An incision made during a surgical operation.
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Surgical ward
A ward for patients who have undergone surgery.