| biomedical engineering | <orthopaedics> The use of engineering technology, instrumentation and methods to solve medical problems, such as improving our understanding of physiology and the manufacture of artificial limbs and organs. (21 Mar 1998) |
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| biomedical and dental materials | Substances used in biomedicine or dentistry predominantly for their physical, as opposed to chemical, properties. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maintenance and engineering, hospital | Hospital department whose primary function is the upkeep and supervision of the buildings and grounds and the maintenance of hospital physical plant and equipment which requires engineering expertise. (12 Dec 1998) |
| biomechanics | <study> The study of the body in terms of its mechanical structure and properties. Locomotion of the body is one of the more important things to which the mechanical laws are applied for study. (21 Mar 1998) |
| dental biomechanics | <dentistry> The relationship between the biologic behaviour of oral structures and the physical influence of a dental restoration. Synonym: dental biomechanics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| biomedical | 1. Pertaining to those aspects of the natural sciences, especially the biologic and physiologic sciences, that relate to or underlie medicine. 2. Biological and medical, i.e., encompassing both the science(s) and the art of medicine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| biomedical model | A conceptual model of illness that excludes psychological and social factors and includes only biological factors in an attempt to understand a person's medical illness or disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| replica methods | <technique> Methods in the preparation of specimens for transmission electron microscopy. The specimen (for example: a piece of freeze fractured tissue) is shadowed with metal and coated with carbon and then the tissue is digested away. The replica is then picked up on a grid and it is the replica that is examined in the microscope. (18 Nov 1997) |
| communication methods, total | Utilization of all available receptive and expressive modes for the purpose of achieving communication with the hearing impaired, such as gestures, postures, facial expression, types of voice, formal speech and non-speech systems, and simultaneous communication. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Crede's methods | Instillation of one drop of a 2% solution of silver nitrate into each eye of the newborn infant, to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum, resting the hand on the fundus uteri from the moment of the expulsion of the foetus, and gently rubbing in case of haemorrhage or failing contraction; then, when the afterbirth is loosened it is expelled by firm compression or squeezing of the fundus by the hand, use of manual pressure on a bladder, particularly a paralysed bladder, to express urine. Synonym: Crede's manoeuvres. (05 Mar 2000) |
| seroepidemiologic methods | Epidemiologic studies based on the detection through serological testing of characteristic change in the serum level of specific antibodies. Latent subclinical infections and carrier states can thus be detected in addition to clinically overt cases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| technology assessment, biomedical | Evaluation of biomedical technology in relation to cost, efficacy, utilization, etc., and its future impact on social, ethical, and legal systems. (12 Dec 1998) |
| feeding methods | Methods of giving food to humans or animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| biological engineering | <agriculture> A type of artificial selection, the creation of plant or animal breeds that are agriculturally or industrially useful. Compare: natural selection. (21 Mar 1998) |
| biotechnical engineering | Civil engineering methods incorporating organic materials to produce functional structures that are also aesthetically pleasing, provide wildlife habitat, and provide sites for revegetation. (09 Oct 1997) |