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A tank of suitable size and shape for use in active or passive underwater exercises. It is also used for debridement of burn and other wounds.  

A central structure into which other structures are anchored, attached, or stabilized.  

The Yellow Emperor of ancient China. He wrote the first medical text-the one that forms the foundation of traditional Chinese medical practices.  

An alternative therapy for cancer consisting of a tonic (of barberry, cascara, clover, licorice, pokeroot, and other herbs) and a diet enriched in grape juice, iron, calcium, vitamin C, and yeast. The therapy has been proven to be ineffective.  

A fly belonging to the order Diptera. It may be a mechanical carrier of pathogenic microorganisms.  

Rubber or plastic bag of various shapes and sizes for applying dry heat to circumscribed areas and for  keeping moist applications warm.  

An electric, ultrasonic, or radiation-powered scalpel that cuts and coagulates tissues simultaneously.  

Painful tender nodules appearing on the soles of the feet of patients infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.  

A vacuum tube in which the cathode is electrically heated to incandescence and in which the supply of electrons depends on the temperature of the cathode.  

An evacuated glass envelope containing a positive anode and negative cathode separated by a gap that produces x-ray photons. Electrons are supplied from a heated cathode in the form of a stream that interacts with the anode when a potential difference is placed between the anode and cathode.