| clasp-knife effect | Initial increased resistance to stretch of the extensor muscles of a joint that give way rather suddenly allowing the joint then to be easily flexed; the rigidity is due to an exaggeration of the stretch reflex. See: lengthening reaction. Synonym: clasp-knife effect, clasp-knife rigidity. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| clasp-knife rigidity | Initial increased resistance to stretch of the extensor muscles of a joint that give way rather suddenly allowing the joint then to be easily flexed; the rigidity is due to an exaggeration of the stretch reflex. See: lengthening reaction. Synonym: clasp-knife effect, clasp-knife rigidity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clasp-knife spasticity | Initial increased resistance to stretch of the extensor muscles of a joint that give way rather suddenly allowing the joint then to be easily flexed; the rigidity is due to an exaggeration of the stretch reflex. See: lengthening reaction. Synonym: clasp-knife effect, clasp-knife rigidity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cooled-knife method | The cutting of frozen sections with a knife cooled to a few degrees below the freezing point. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hernia knife | A slender bladed knife, with short cutting edge, for dividing the constricting tissues at the mouth of the hernial sac. Synonym: herniotome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Humby knife | A knife with a roller and a calibration device to cut skin grafts of different thickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydro-electric | Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution of electricity by means of a battery in which water or steam is used. <physics> Hydro-electric machine, an apparatus invented by Sir William Armstrong of England for generating electricity by the escape of high-pressure steam from a series of jets connected with a strong boiler, in which the steam is produced. Origin: Hydro-, 1 + electric. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spalting knife | A knife used in splitting codfish. Alternative forms: spalding knife. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dynamo-electric | <physics> Pertaining to the development of electricity, especially electrical currents, by power; producing electricity or electrical currents by mechanical power. Origin: Gr. Power + E. Electric. See Dynamic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| electric | <physics> A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc, employed to excite or accumulate electricity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| electric anaesthesia | Anaesthesia, usually general anaesthesia, produced by application of an electrical current. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electric bath | A bath in which the medium is charged with electricity. Synonym: hydroelectric bath. Therapeutic application of static electricity, with the patient placed on an insulated platform. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electric cardiac pacemaker | An electric device that can substitute for the normal cardiac pacemaker, controlling the heart's rhythm by artificial electric discharges. Synonym: electronic pacemaker. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electric cataract | A cataract caused by contact with a high-power electric current, or a lightning bolt. Synonym: cataracta electrica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electric cautery | <procedure> The cauterisation of tissue using electric current to generate heat. (27 Sep 1997) |