4 Terms
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Transillumination
Health care; Hospitals
The passing of a strong beam of light through a part of the body for medical inspection.
Cyanosis
Health care; Hospitals
There is not enough oxygen in the blood, causing the skin, mouth, tongue, or nails to look blue in some children.
Tube feed
Health care; Hospitals
The patient's feed is given through a tube in the nose or mouth directly into the stomach or small intestine.
Dehydration
Health care; Hospitals
Excessive loss of body water. Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract that cause vomiting or diarrhoea may, for example, lead to dehydration. There are a number of other causes of dehydration ...
Cerebral edoema
Health care; Hospitals
A swelling of the brain due to increase fluids in around the brain tissue most often due to trauma, infection, salt or sugar imbalance, shock, anoxia, etc.
Chest tubes
Health care; Hospitals
Tubes inserted through the skin, into the space around the lungs to drain fluid or air.
Risk factor
Health care; Hospitals
Something that increases a person's chances of developing a disease.
