| Pratt | Joseph H., U.S. Physician, 1872-1956. See: Pratt's symptom. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Pratt dilators | Cylindrical metal rods of graduated sizes used to dilate the cervical canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pratt's symptom | Rigidity in the muscles of an injured limb, which precedes the occurrence of gangrene. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Penrose drain | A soft tube-shaped rubber drain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cigarette drain | A wick of gauze wrapped in rubber tissue, providing capillary drainage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mikulicz' drain | A drain made of several strings of gauze held together by a single layer of gauze. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stab drain | A drain passed into a cavity through a puncture made at a dependent part away from the wound of operation, designed to prevent infection of the wound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sump drain | A drain consisting of an outer tube with a smaller tube within it which is attached to a suction pump; the outer tube has multiple perforations that allow fluid and air to pass into its interior and be carried away through the suction tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| drain | 1. To draw off fluid from a cavity as it forms. 2. A device, usually in the shape of a tube or wick, for removing fluid as it collects in a cavity, especially a wound cavity. Origin: A. S. Drehnian, to draw off (05 Mar 2000) |
| drain-trap stomach | water-trap stomach |
| Chevalier-Jackson dilator | An oesophageal dilator that passes through a rigid endoscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jackson, Jabez | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1868-1935. See: Jackson's membrane, Jackson's veil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jackson, John Hughlings | <person> English neurologist, 1835-1911. See: jacksonian epilepsy, Jackson's law, Jackson's rule, Jackson's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jackson's law | Loss of mental functions due to disease retraces in reverse order its evolutionary development. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jackson's membrane | A thin vascular membrane or veil-like adhesion, covering the anterior surface of the ascending colon from the caecum to the right flexure; it may cause obstruction by kinking of the bowel. Synonym: Jackson's veil. (05 Mar 2000) |