| Petersen's bag | An obsolete device consisting of a rubber bag introduced into the rectum and inflated to push up the bladder to facilitate suprapubic cystotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| colostomy bag | <surgery> A bag worn over an artifical anus to collect faeces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Politzer bag | A pear-shaped rubber bag used for forcing air through the eustachian tube by the Politzer method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| honey-bag | <zoology> The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| farding-bag | The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen. Origin: Of uncertain origin; cf. Fardel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| basal medium | <cell culture> An unsupplemented medium which promotes the growth of many types of microorganisms which do not require any special nutrient supplements. (15 Nov 1997) |
| ganglion cervicale medium | A sympathetic ganglion, of small size and sometimes absent; located at the level of the cricoid cartilage. Synonym: ganglion cervicale medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus lateralis ramorum lobaris medium arteriorum pulmonalium dextrorum | Lateral branch of middle lobe branch of right pulmonary artery. See: lateral branches. (05 Mar 2000) |
| passive medium | A medium that produces no change in the specimens placed in it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mediastinum medium | The central portion of the inferior mediastinum which contains the pericardium and its contents and the phrenic nerves and accompanying vessels. Synonym: mediastinum medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medium | <cell biology> Shorthand for culture medium or growth medium, the nutrient solution in which cells or organs are grown. (18 Nov 1997) |
| medium artery | <anatomy, artery> An artery with a tunica media composed principally of circularly arranged smooth muscle. Synonym: distributing artery, medium artery. (05 Mar 2000) |