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BLOOD |
Body fluid |
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CYSTS |
Body fluid lumps |
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CYST |
Body fluid lump |
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BLOODGROUP |
Classification of vital body fluid |
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CATHETER |
Tube draining fluid from the body |
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FLUID |
A fluid substance; a body whose particles move easily among
themselves. |
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BUOYANT |
Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by
being specifically heavier. |
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QUIESCENT |
Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving;
as, a quiescent body or fluid. |
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DIVE |
To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body
under, or deeply into, water or other fluid. |
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DROPSY |
An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous
cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. |
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EMPYEMA |
A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity
of the body, especially that of the pleura. |
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AFFUSION |
The act of pouring water or other fluid on the whole or a
part of the body, as a remedy in disease. |
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SERUM |
A thin watery fluid, containing more or less albumin,
secreted by the serous membranes of the body, such as the pericardium
and peritoneum. |
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ASSIMILATION |
The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid
substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption,
whether in plants or animals. |
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PARALBUMIN |
A proteidlike body found in the fluid from ovarian
cysts and elsewhere. It is generally associated with a substance
related to, if not identical with, glycogen. |
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PARACENTESIS |
The perforation of a cavity of the body with a
trocar, aspirator, or other suitable instrument, for the evacuation of
effused fluid, pus, or gas; tapping. |
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ATMOSPHERE |
The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth;
-- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other
body; as, the atmosphere of Mars. |
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INFILTRATION |
The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into
a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of
the body. |
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CYSTICERCUS |
The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and
neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; --
called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle). |
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SOLUTION |
The act or process by which a body (whether solid,
liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or
becoming fluid, is diffused... |
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BUOYANCY |
The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a
fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the
weight of a floating bo... |
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CURRENT |
A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of
fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the
swiftest part of it... |
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LYMPH |
...phatic
vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It
is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and i... |
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-TRE |
...ugh the
center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is
tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and ... |
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TRANSFUSION |
... one
man or animal into the vascular system of another; also, the
introduction of any fluid into the blood vessels, or into a cavity of
the b... |