| tray | Origin: OE. Treye, AS. Treg. Cf. Trough. 1. A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc. 2. A flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc, are carried; a waiter; a salver. 3. A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc, as a removable receptacle for small or light articles. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bard | 1. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind. 2. Specifically, Peruvian bark. Bark bed. See Bark stove (below). Bark pit, a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning. <botany> Bark stove, a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark (called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat. Origin: Akin to Dan. & Sw. Bark, Icel. Borkr, LG. & HG. Borke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Cannon-Bard theory | The view that the feeling aspect of emotion and the pattern of emotional behaviour are controlled by the hypothalamus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Foley catheter | <equipment> Flexible plastic tube inserted into the bladder to provide continuous urinary drainage. (12 Nov 1997) |
| Foley, Frederic | <person> U.S. Urologist, 1891-1966. See: Foley catheter, Foley operation, Foley Y-plasty pyeloplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Foley operation | A reconstructive procedure for correction of ureteropelvic obstruction, whereby a Y-shaped flap of renal pelvis is advanced downward into a vertical incision in the upper ureter, thereby widening the ureteropelvic junction. Synonym: Foley operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Foley Y-plasty pyeloplasty | A reconstructive procedure for correction of ureteropelvic obstruction, whereby a Y-shaped flap of renal pelvis is advanced downward into a vertical incision in the upper ureter, thereby widening the ureteropelvic junction. Synonym: Foley operation. (05 Mar 2000) |