| sterilization | <biology> The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sterilization, involuntary | Sexual sterilization without consent of the patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sterilization reversal | Reversal of sexual sterilization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sterilization, sexual | Procedures for the purpose of rendering individuals incapable of reproduction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sterilization, tubal | Surgical interruption of the fallopian tube during laparotomy or in the context of pelvioscopy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| discontinuous sterilization | Exposure to a temperature of 100캜 (flowing steam) for a definite period, usually an hour, on each of several days; at each heating the developed bacteria are destroyed; spores, which are unaffected, germinate during the intervening periods and are subsequently destroyed. Synonym: discontinuous sterilization, intermittent sterilization, tyndallization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermittent sterilization | Exposure to a temperature of 100캜 (flowing steam) for a definite period, usually an hour, on each of several days; at each heating the developed bacteria are destroyed; spores, which are unaffected, germinate during the intervening periods and are subsequently destroyed. Synonym: discontinuous sterilization, intermittent sterilization, tyndallization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fractional sterilization | Exposure to a temperature of 100캜 (flowing steam) for a definite period, usually an hour, on each of several days; at each heating the developed bacteria are destroyed; spores, which are unaffected, germinate during the intervening periods and are subsequently destroyed. Synonym: discontinuous sterilization, intermittent sterilization, tyndallization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wet | 1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree. "Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet." (Chaucer) "Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet From drooping plant." (Milton) 2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather. 3. A dram; a drink. Origin: AS. Waeta. See Wet. 1. Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table. "Wet cheeks." 2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. "Wet October's torrent flood." 3. <chemistry> Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed. 4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See Blanket, Dock, etc. Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. Synonym: Nasty, humid, damp, moist. See Nasty. Origin: OE. Wet, weet, AS. Wt; akin to OFries. Wt, Icel. Vatr, Sw. Vat, Dan. Vaad, and E. Water. See Water. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wet and dry bulb thermometer | An instrument for measuring the tension of the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere, being essentially a wet and dry bulb hygrometer. Origin: Gr. Psychros cold: cf. F. Psychrometre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wet beriberi | Edematous beriberi, in which congestive heart failure occurs in addition to polyneuropthy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wet compress | Gauze moistened with saline or antiseptic solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wet cutaneous leishmaniasis | A form of cutaneous leishmaniasis characterised by rural distribution of human cases near infected rodents, particularly communal ground squirrels; characterised by acute rapidly developing dermal lesions that become severely inflamed, with moist necrotizing sores or ulcers that heal in two to eight months after a two to four month incubation period; among nonimmune immigrants, multiple lesions may develop, which heal more slowly and leave disabling or disfiguring scars. A strong delayed hypersensitivity and involvement of immune complexes play a role in necrosis, which is part of the healing process and of the strong specific immunity that follows. Synonym: acute cutaneous leishmaniasis, rural cutaneous leishmaniasis, wet cutaneous leishmaniasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wet dream | A true physiologic orgasm during sleep including, in males, a nocturnal seminal emission (oneirogmus), usually accompanying a dream with sexual content. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wet gangrene | Ischemic necrosis of an extremity with bacterial infection, producing cellulitis adjacent to the necrotic areas. Synonym: moist gangrene. (05 Mar 2000) |