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  • 111Laser — A powerful beam of light that can produce intense heat when focused at close range. Lasers are used in medicine in microsurgery, cauterization, for diagnostic purposes, etc. For example, lasers are employed in microsurgery to cut tissue and… …

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  • 112dose — 1. The quantity of a drug or other remedy to be taken or applied all at one time or in fractional amounts within a given period. Cf.:dosage (2). 2. In nuclear medicine, amount of energy absorbed per unit mass of irradiated material (absorbed d.) …

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  • 113iodize — To treat or impregnate with iodine. * * * io·dize or Brit io·dise ī ə .dīz vt, io·dized or Brit io·dised; io·diz·ing or Brit io·dis·ing to treat with iodine or an iodide <iodized salt> * * * io·dize (iґo dīz) to impregnate with iodine… …

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  • 114Chloroform — A clear volatile liquid with a strong smell like ether, chloroform was once administered by inhalation to produce anesthesia and given as an analgesic (to relieve pain) and a remedy for cough. It is quite toxic to the kidney and the liver. Sir… …

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  • 115heparinize — To perform therapeutic administration of heparin. * * * hep·a·rin·ize or Brit hep·a·rin·ise hep ə rə .nīz vt, ized or Brit ised; iz·ing or Brit is·ing to treat with heparin <heparinized blood> <a heparinized laboratory animal>… …

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  • 116nesslerize — To treat with Nessler reagent; used in the determination of urea nitrogen in the blood and in the urine. * * * ness·ler·ize also Brit ness·ler·ise nes lə .rīz vt, ized also Brit ised; …

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  • 117physic — 1. The art of medicine. 2. A medicine; often a lay term for a cathartic. [G. physikos, natural, physical] * * * phys·ic fiz ik n 1 a) the art or practice of healing disease b) the practice or profession of medicine 2) a medicinal agent or… …

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  • 118alcoholize — al·co·hol·ize also Brit al·co·hol·ise al kə .hȯ .līz vt, ized also Brit ised; iz·ing also Brit is·ing 1 a) to treat or saturate with alcohol b) to subject to the influence of alcohol 2) to convert into alcohol al·co·hol·iza·tion also Brit… …

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  • 119chromicize — chro·mi·cize krō mə .sīz vt, cized; ciz·ing to treat (catgut) with a compound of chromium * * * chro·mi·cize (kroґmĭ sīz) to treat with a chromium compound …

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  • 120Nocardia infection — Also called nocardiosis, infection with bacteria called Nocardia which tend to strike the lungs, brain and skin, particularly in people with an impaired immune system. The majority (about 80%) of cases of nocardiosis involves lung infection,… …

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