| antegrade pyelography | Antegrade urography in which the contrast medium is injected into the renal calices or pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| retrograde pyelography | Pyelography in which contrast material is injected into the ureters from an endoscope in the bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyelography | <investigation, radiology> Radiologic study of the kidney, ureters, and usually the bladder, performed with the aid of a contrast agent either injected intravenously, or directly through a ureteral or nephrostomy catheter or percutaneously. Synonym: pelviureterography, pyeloureterography, ureteropyelography. Origin: pyelo-+ G. Grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000) |
| intravenous pyelography | Former name for intravenous urography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alkaline milk drip | A variable mixture of sodium bicarbonate in whole milk dripped into the stomach through a small oral or nasal tube to produce constant achlorhydria; used in the treatment of certain ulcers. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Murphy drip | Slow continuous administration of saline solution by instillation into the rectum and sigmoid colon. Synonym: Murphy drip, rectoclysis. Origin: procto-+ G. Klysis, a washing out (05 Mar 2000) |
| postnasal drip | Term sometimes used to describe sensation of excessive mucoid or mucopurulent discharge from the posterior nares. (05 Mar 2000) |
| drip | 1. To flow a drop at a time. 2. A flowing in drops. (05 Mar 2000) |
| drip-suck irrigation | A type of drainage in which antibiotics are continuously infused into a cavity at the same time fluid is being drained (aspirated) from the cavity. Synonym: drip-suck irrigation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| drip transfusion | Transfusion slow enough to measure by drops. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intravenous drip | The slow but continuous introduction of solutions intravenously, a drop at a time. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brain-heart infusion agar | A medium used for the isolation of fastidious microorganisms, especially fungi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| constant infusion pump | An electrically driven device for delivery from a reservoir of a constant, often very small, volume of solution over a prolonged period of time. (05 Mar 2000) |
| home infusion therapy | Use of any infusion therapy on an ambulatory, outpatient, or other non-institutionalised basis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| infusion | The therapeutic introduction of a fluid other than blood, as saline solution, solution, into a vein. (18 Nov 1997) |