6 Terms
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Hospitals
Urgent care centre
Health care; Hospitals
Offers treatment for medical problems that are not life-threatening. These centres function like an emergency room, providing some acute care as well as radiology, laboratory, and other similar ...
Virtual colonoscopy
Health care; Hospitals
Non-invasive screening procedure used to visualize, analyze, and detect cancerous, or potentially cancerous polyps in the colon.
Volunteer services department
Health care; Hospitals
Enlists and coordinates volunteers who serve in a variety of areas including admitting, ambulatory surgery, the gift shop, etc.
Wound care unit
Health care; Hospitals
Unit of the hospital that specialises in the evaluation and treatment of chronic non-healing wounds.
Lactose intolerance
Health care; Hospitals
Inability to digest lactose, a component of milk and most other dairy products. Lactose is sometimes also used as an ingredient in other foods, so those with a lactase deficiency should cheque labels ...
Laparoscopy
Health care; Hospitals
A type of surgery in which a small incision (cut) is made in the abdominal wall through which an instrument (a laparoscope) is placed to permit structures within the abdomen and pelvis to be seen. ...
Laryngoscope blade
Health care; Hospitals
A flexible lighted instrument used to look at the inside of the larynx (the voice box). The laryngoscope is inserted through the mouth.
