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The former name of the American Lung Association.  

The feeding of a person by inserting a flexible tube through the nostril into the throat and pouring liquid nutrients directly into the esophagus. The process of giving someone nutrients through a tube directly into their stomach or small intestine.  

Tubal ligation.  

A type of displaced or ectopic pregnancy in which the embryo fails to descend into the uterus and, instead, develops in the fallopian tube. The most common form of ectopic pregnancy, in which the fetus develops in a Fallopian tube instead of the uterus. Type of ectopic pregnancy in which the conceptus implants in the…

The projection of dye through the fallopian tubes to determine there is a blockage.  

A surgical procedure to tie off the fallopian tubes so that sperm and egg cannot meet. A surgical operation to tie up the Fallopian tubes as a sterilisation procedure. A medical procedure for female sterilization that involves the tying (ligation) of a woman’s fallopian tubes so that no egg can pass from the ovaries into…

The carrier of the African sleeping sickness organism. An African insect which passes trypanosomes into the human bloodstream, causing sleeping sickness. Insect that carries the parasites that cause trypanosomiasis. A large bloodsucking fly of tropical Africa belonging to the genus Glossina. Tsetse flies, which have slender forwardly projecting biting mouthparts, feed during the day from…

A measure for how far a raw score is from the mean in numerical terms, calculated by using a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. A measure of bone density in which the mass of a patient’s bones are compared with the bone mass of premenopausal women. A T score that is…

A mixture of pentazocine, a narcotic analgesic, and tripelennamine, an antihistamine, and used as a heroin substitute.  

A neuron that is activated by the neurotransmitter, serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine).