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VE: vaginal examination (manual examination) VEB: ventricular ectopic beat: VED: Vacuum Erection Device VEE: Venezuelan equine encephalitis: VF V-fib: ventricular fibrillation: VFSS: videofluoroscopic swallow study: VH: visual hallucinations vaginal hysterectomy VHL: Von Hippel–Lindau disease: VIN: vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia VIR ...
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").
Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.
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) ... Free-electron laser; G. Global Harmonization Task Force; H. Head mirror ...
Standard catheter. 1. The catheter itself is composed of (a) a tip for insertion into the vein, (b) wings for manual handling and securing the catheter with adhesives, (c) a valve to allow injection of drugs with a syringe, (d) an end which allows connection to an intravenous infusion line, and capping in between uses.
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have developed a "groundbreaking coating" that could make blood-contacting devices safer. Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu discusses the benefits.
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