| Heimlich | Harry J., U.S. Thoracic surgeon, *1920. See: Heimlich manoeuvre. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Heimlich manoeuvre | A planned action designed to expel an obstructing bolus of food from the throat by placing a fist on the abdomen between the navel and the costal margin, grasping the fist with the other hand, and forcefully thrusting it inward and upward so as to force the diaphragm upward, forcing air up the trachea to dislodge the obstruction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Heimlich manuvre | An emergency, lifesaving procedure whereby the rescuer delivers a sharp upward and inward abdominal thrust on the victim (usually from behind) in an effort to expel a foreign object from the airway. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Heine | Leopold, German ophthalmologist, 1870-1940. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Heineke | Walter, German surgeon, 1834-1901. See: Heineke-Mikulicz pyloroplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Heineke-Mikulicz pyloroplasty | Pyloroplasty in which a short longitudinal incision is made over the pylorus and closed transversely. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Heinrich Hertz | <person, physics> 19th-century German physicist who first observed low-frequency electromagnetic waves. (13 Nov 1997) |
| heinz bodies | Coccoid inclusion bodies resulting from oxidative injury to and precipitation of haemoglobin, seen in the presence of certain abnormal haemoglobins and erythrocytes with enzyme deficiencies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Heinz body anaemia | A congenital haemolytic anaemia, due to autosomal inheritance of one of many unstable haemoglobins. The anaemia is of variable severity and characterised by the presence in vivo or in vitro of Heinz bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Heinz body test | <haematology, investigation> A test for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient red blood cells; an oxidant (acetylphenylhydrazine) is added to blood; after incubation at 37캜, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient samples exhibit more than 30% Heinz bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Heinz, Robert | <person> German pathologist. Lived: 1865-1924. See: Heinz bodies, Heinz body test, Heinz-Ehrlich body, Heinz body anaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Heinz-Ehrlich body | A round oxyphil body found in the red blood cell in case of haemocytolysis due to a specific blood poison. Synonym: Heinz-Ehrlich body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heiress | A female heir. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Heister's diverticulum | <anatomy, vein> One of two dilated parts of the internal jugular vein: the superior bulb (Heister's diverticulum) is a dilation at the beginning of the internal jugular vein in the jugular fossa of the temporal bone; the inferior bulb is a dilat ed portion of the vein just before it reaches the brachiocephalic vein. Synonym: jugular bulb, bulbus venae jugularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Heister's valve | A series of crescentic folds of mucous membrane in the upper part of the cystic duct, arranged in a somewhat spiral manner. Synonym: plica spiralis ductus cystici, Amussat's valve, Heister's valve, spiral valve of cystic duct, valvula spiralis. (05 Mar 2000) |