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A method used in intensive care which forces air into the lungs of someone with lung collapse. A method for treating babies who suffer from alveolar collapse in the lung as a result of hyaline membrane disease.  

A method of dialysis of people while they are walking about. Dialysis in which fluid is infused into the peritoneum through an implanted catheter and then drained from the body after absorbing metabolic toxins. The peritoneal lining serves as the dialytic membrane. CAPD is an alternative to hemodialysis for patients with end-stage renal disease. It…

Able to exercise control over the discharge of urine and faeces. Able to control urination and defecation.    

Action taken to restrict the spread of something undesirable or dangerous such as a disease. The eradication of a global disease such as smallpox by removing it region by region. In public health, the control or eradication of infectious diseases.  

The process of tracing people with whom someone with an infectious disease has been in contact. A measure that allows public health officials to locate people who have come in contact with individuals diagnosed with a serious infectious disease. People who have been exposed to these diseases may be infected themselves. Contact tracing, usually coordinated…

A tiny plastic lens which fits over the eyeball and is worn instead of spectacles to improve eyesight. A correcting lens that rests directly upon the eye, in contact with the cornea or the sclera or both. Small, curved, glass or plastic lens placed on the eye to correct vision or deliver medication. The lens…

An act of touching someone or something, or the state of touching. An act of getting in touch or communicating with someone. A person who has been in contact with a person suffering from an infectious disease. Transmission of an infectious disease by touching or handling an infected person or animal (direct contact) or by…

A doctor who is a senior specialist in a particular branch of medicine and who is consulted by GPs. In Britain’s health service a consultant is the senior career post for a fully accredited specialist. He or she normally sees patients referred by general practitioners — hence the historical term ‘consultant’ — or emergency cases…

The post of consultant.  

To ask someone for his or her opinion. To discuss with or seek advice from, especially in deciding on diagnosis or treatment of a medical problem.