| Corner's tampon | A plug of omentum stuffed into a wound of the stomach or intestine as a temporary tampon. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Corner, Edred | <person> English surgeon, 1873-1950. See: Corner's tampon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Corner, George | <person> U.S. Anatomist, 1889-1981. See: Corner-Allen test, Corner-Allen unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Corner-Allen test | A test for progestational activity; adult female rabbits are mated during estrus and spayed 18 hours later; the test substance is injected subcutaneously on 5 successive days; the minimal amount required to produce complete progestational proliferation of the endometrium is taken as a unit, equivalent to 1.25 mg of progesterone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Corner-Allen unit | A unit of progestational activity, measured in rabbits; the minimum dose which, divided into five equal daily portions, produces on the sixth day the uterine changes characteristic of the eighth day of normal pregnancy; the unit has about the same potency as the international unit. (05 Mar 2000) |