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Abbreviation Meaning V: ventilation: VA: visual acuity: VAC: vincristine, actinomycin D, and cyclophosphamide (chemotherapy regimen) VAC: vacuum-assisted closure (of a wound) VACTERL: vertebral defects, anal atresia, cardiac defects, tracheo-esophageal fistula, renal, and limb anomalies (VACTERL association) VAD: ventricular assist device
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
A medical device is an instrument, apparatus, implant, in vitro reagent, or similar or related article that is used to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or other conditions, and does not achieve its purposes through chemical action within or on the body (which would make it a drug).
Medical devices (7 C, 108 P) Diabetes-related supplies and medical equipment (22 P) Medical dressings (19 P) E. Emergency medical equipment (23 P) Endoscopes (4 P) I.
Medical halogen penlight: to see into the eye, natural orifices, etc. and to test for pupillary light reflex, etc. Medical ultrasound: to create an image of internal body structures Nasogastric tube: for nasogastric suction or the introduction of food or drugs into the body Nebulizer: to produce aerosols of drugs to be administered by ...
Global Medical Device Nomenclature (GMDN) is a system of internationally agreed generic descriptors used to identify all medical device products. This nomenclature is a naming system for products which include those used for the diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease or injury in humans.
This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary. There are a few general rules about how they combine.
Embotrap III Revascularization Device [7] Embovac Aspiration Catheter [8] Cerenovus Large Bore Catheter [9] Cerenovus Nimbus [10] Cerebase DA Guide Sheath [11] Trufill n-BCA Liquid Embolic System [12] Orthopedics (DePuy Synthes) Velys Digital Surgery platform [13] Attune Cementless Fixed Bearing Knee [14] Actis Hip Stem [15] Inhance Shoulder ...