| BVM | bag-valve-mask; bronchovascular markings; Bureau of Veterinary Medicine |
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| FATS | face and thigh squeeze [position for bag mask ventilation] |
| OA/BVM | oral airway/bag-valve-mask |
| PUBS | percutaneous umbilical blood sampling; purple urine bag syndrome |
| RBOW | rupture of the bag of waters |
| contrast enema | Enema using barium or another contrast medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Politzer bag | A pear-shaped rubber bag used for forcing air through the eustachian tube by the Politzer method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| high enema | An enema instilled high up into the colon. Synonym: enteroclysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| honey-bag | <zoology> The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Hypaque enema | Enema with water-soluble radiographic contrast material, whether diatrizoate or other. (05 Mar 2000) |
| small bowel enema | Radiographic examination of the small intestine, by retrograde filling from the contrast-filled large bowel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soapsuds enema | An enema of shredded or powdered soap in warm water. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nuclear bag | <cell biology> The aggregation of nuclei occurring in the nonstriated centre of an intrafusal muscle fibre of a neuromuscular spindle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nuclear bag fibre | The largest type of intrafusal muscle fibre's in a neuromuscular spindle, containing a central aggregation of nuclei (nuclear bag). (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient enema | A rectal injection of predigested food. (05 Mar 2000) |
| double contrast enema | After evacuation of a barium enema and injection of air into the rectum, radiographs show fine details of mucosa of the rectum and colon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Douglas bag | A large bag in which expired gas is collected for several minutes to determine oxygen consumption in humans under conditions of actual work. Origin: C.G. Douglas (05 Mar 2000) |
| oil retention enema | A rectal injection of mineral oil, introduced at low pressure and retained for several hours before expelling, to soften faeces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enema | <procedure> A clyster or injection, a liquid injected or to be injected into the rectum. (18 Nov 1997) |
| turpentine enema | An enema of turpentine and olive oil in soapsuds. (05 Mar 2000) |