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An instrument which produces a scintigram. The instrument used to produce a scintigram. It incorporates a scintillator, a device to magnify the fluorescence produced in it by radiations, and a means of recording the results, often aided by a computer.  

An image recording radiation from radioactive isotopes injected into the body. Nuclear image known as a 3f scintigraphy x-ray. A diagram showing the distribution of radioactive tracer in a part of the body, produced by recording the flashes of light given off by a scintillator as it is struck by radiation of different intensities. By…

A person who specialises in scientific studies.  

Referring to science.  

The original surgical operation to drain fluid and remove infected tissue from the mastoid process [After Hermann Schwartze (1837-1910), German otologist]. A surgical procedure on the mastoid that retains the external auditory canal (ear opening).  

A neurofibroma, a benign tumour of a peripheral nerve. A benign tumor of the neurilemma of a nerve. A neoplasm originating from the cells comprising the protective myelin sheath enveloping numerous nerve cells. A growth originating from the protective covering of a nerve.  

The cells which form the myelin sheath around a nerve fibre. Cells that lay down the myelin sheath around the axon of certain nerve fibers. A structure of the peripheral nervous system that forms the myelin sheath and neurilemma of a nerve fiber. The cells that lay down the myelin sheath around the axon of…

A circular canal in the sclera of the eye, which drains the aqueous humour [Described 1830. After Friedrich Schlemm (1795-1858), Professor of Anatomy in Berlin, Germany.] A channel in the eye, at the junction of the cornea and the sclera, through which the aqueous humor drains.  

Inflammation in the bones and cartilage at the top of the tibia [Described 1903. After Carl Schlatter (1864-1934), Professor of Surgery at Zurich, Switzerland.]