| Waters' operation | An extraperitoneal cesarean section with a supravesical approach. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bag of waters | The amniotic sac and amniotic fluid. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mineral waters | Water naturally or artificially infused with mineral salts or gases (carbon dioxide). (12 Dec 1998) |
| waters | Colloquialism for amniotic fluid. Bag of waters, bag. False waters, a leakage of fluid prior to or in beginning labour, before the rupture of the amnion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Waters, Charles Alexander | <person> U.S. Radiologist, 1888-1961. See: Waters' view radiograph. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Waters, Edward | <person> U.S. Obstetrician and gynecologist, *1898. See: Waters' operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Waters' projection | A PA radiographic view of the skull made with the orbitomeatal line at an angle of 37 |
| Waters' view | A PA radiographic view of the skull made with the orbitomeatal line at an angle of 37 |
| Waters' view radiograph | A radiographic frontal view of the maxillary sinuses, orbits, nasal structures and zygomas; permits direct comparison of the sides. Synonym: Waters' view radiograph. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tidal waters | Those waters that rise and fall in a predictable and measurable rhythm or cycle due to the gravitational pulls of the moon and sun. Tidal waters end where the rise and fall of the water surface can no longer by practically measured in a predictable rhythm due to masking by hydrologic, wind, or other effects. Source: 33 CFR |
| Abbe operation | Use of an Abbe flap in plastic surgery of the lips. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Arie-Pitanguy operation | A procedure to reduce a large breast by a lozenge-shaped resection of tissue from its inferior pole. Synonym: Arie-Pitanguy mammaplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Arlt's operation | Transplantation of the eyelashes back from the edge of the lid in trichiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arterial switch operation | Operation for complete transposition of the great arteries; the most common way to repair this defect consists of switching the aorta and pulmonary arteries and implanting the coronary arteries into the neoaorta (the original pulmonary artery). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Baldy's operation | An obsolete operation for retrodisplacement of the uterus, consisting of bringing the round ligaments through the perforated broad ligaments and attaching them to each other and to the back of the uterus. Synonym: Webster's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |