Hospitals

Hospitals

Industry: Health care

Add a new term

Contributors in Hospitals

Become a Contributors

Hospitals

Resistance

Health care; Hospitals

Opposition to something, or the ability to withstand it. For example, some forms of staphylococcus (bacterial infection) are resistant to treatment with penicillin.

The gurgling, rumbling, or growling noises from the abdomen caused by the muscular contractions of peristalsis (the process of movement of the contents of the stomach and intestines downward). Bowel ...

Quadriplegia

Health care; Hospitals

Paralysis of all four limbs, both arms and both legs, as from a high spinal cord accident or stroke.

Brain stem

Health care; Hospitals

The stem-like part of the brain that is connected to the spinal cord. It is the extension of the spinal cord up into the brain. The brain stem is small but important. It manages messages going ...

Broviac catheter

Health care; Hospitals

A thin long tube made of flexible silicone rubber that is surgically (in an operating room) inserted into one of the main blood vessels leading to the heart. The catheter can be used for drawing ...

Side effects

Health care; Hospitals

Problems that occur when treatment goes beyond the desired effect and creates problems. Drug manufacturers are required to list all known side effects of their products. When side effects of ...