| 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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| 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) |
| Ambu bag | Proprietary name for a self-reinflating bag with nonrebreathing valves to provide positive pressure ventilation during resuscitation with oxygen or air. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bag | 1. To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter. 2. To swell with arrogance. 3. To become pregnant. 1. A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money. 2. A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow. 3. A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament. 4. The quantity of game bagged. 5. A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of coffee. Bag and baggage, all that belongs to one. To give one the bag, to disappoint him. Origin: OE. Bagge; cf. Icel. Baggi, and also OF. Bague, bundle, LL. Baga. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bag cell neurons | <cell biology> Cluster of electrically coupled neurons in the abdominal ganglion of Aplysia that are homogeneous, easily dissected out and release peptides that stimulate egg laying. (18 Nov 1997) |
| bag-gel implant | An implant composed of a silicone rubber bag containing a silicone gel; used in augmentation mammaplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bag net | A bag-shaped net for catching fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bag of waters | The amniotic sac and amniotic fluid. (12 Dec 1998) |
| breathing bag | A collapsible reservoir from which gases are inhaled and into which gases may be exhaled during general anaesthesia or artificial ventilation. Synonym: reservoir bag. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reservoir bag | A collapsible reservoir from which gases are inhaled and into which gases may be exhaled during general anaesthesia or artificial ventilation. Synonym: reservoir bag. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Petersen's bag | An obsolete device consisting of a rubber bag introduced into the rectum and inflated to push up the bladder to facilitate suprapubic cystotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colostomy bag | <surgery> A bag worn over an artifical anus to collect faeces. (05 Mar 2000) |