| ASAAD | American Society for the Advancement of Anesthesia in Dentistry |
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| ASB | American Society of Bacteriologists; anencephaly-spina bifida [syndrome]; anesthesia standby; Anxiet... |
| CLA | cerebellar ataxia; Certified Laboratory Assistant; cervicolinguoaxial; contralateral local anesthesi... |
| CLE | centrilobular emphysema; continuous lumbar epidural [anesthesia] |
| CPRAM | controlled partial rebreathing anesthesia method |
| Mikulicz clamp | A clamp used to crush walls between proximal and distal colon in two-stage colectomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| clamp | An instrument for compression of a structure. Compare: forceps. Origin: M.E., fr. Middle Dutch klampe (05 Mar 2000) |
| clamp connection | <microbiology> In many basidiomycete fungi a short lateral branch of a binucleate cell develops. This is the developing clamp connection. One of the nuclei migrates into it. Both nuclei then undergo simultaneous mitosis so that one end of the cell contains two daughter nuclei from each of the parental nuclei. The nucleus in the branch and the two nuclei are separated off from the centre of the cell by septa. A single nucleus remains in the central region. The clamp connection then extends towards and fuses with the central section so that a binucleate cell is reformed. (18 Nov 1997) |
| clamp forceps | A forceps with pronged jaws designed to engage the jaws of a rubber dam clamp so that they may be separated to pass over the widest buccolingual contour of a tooth. Synonym: rubber dam clamp forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mixter clamp | A right angle clamp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mogen clamp | <instrument, surgery> A circumcision instrument. Origin: Hebrew star (05 Mar 2000) |
| mosquito clamp | A small haemostat, straight or curved, with or without teeth; used to hold delicate tissue or for haemostasis. Synonym: mosquito forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cope's clamp | A clamp used in excision of colon and rectum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Crafoord clamp | A clamp used in heart, lung, and vascular operations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Crile's clamp | A clamp for temporary stoppage of blood flow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Potts' clamp | A fine-toothed, multiple-point, vascular fixation clamp that imparts limited trauma to the vessel while securely holding it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ochsner clamp | A straight haemostat with teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Joseph's clamp | A clamp used after rhinoplasty to maintain or improve the alignment of the bony support of the nose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kelly clamp | A curved haemostat without teeth, introduced for gynecological surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kocher clamp | A heavy, straight haemostat with interlocking teeth on the tip. (05 Mar 2000) |