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In atomic physics, the joining of an elementary particle such as an electron or neutron with the atomic nucleus.  

The display of spoken words as text on a television or a movie screen, to improve the comprehension of dialogue by hearing-impaired individuals.  

Capture or uptake by cells or tissues; said especially of chemicals or radioactive isotopes.  

A legal doctrine that holds that the legal responsibility for errors in a medical setting falls on the most highly trained or senior health care provider present at the time. This doctrine has been used to hold attending physicians or surgeons responsible for the negligent acts of the surgical or anesthesia team. The doctrine is…

An instrument for incising the capsule of the crystalline lens.  

Suture of a joint capsule or of a tear in a capsule.  

A common method of cataract extraction in which a circular incision is made in the anterior capsule to permit lens extraction.  

Plastic surgery of a capsule, especially a joint capsule.  

To the capsule of the eye and the lens.