| HN | head and neck; head nurse; hemagglutinin neuraminidase; hematemesis neonatorum; hemorrhage of newbor... |
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| CHI | closed head injury; creatinine height index |
| HI | half-scan with interpolation; head injury; health insurance; hearing impaired; heart infusion; hemag... |
| HIR | head injury routine |
| NHIF | National Head Injury Foundation |
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| smoke inhalation injury | Pulmonary injury following the breathing in of toxic smoke from burning materials such as plastics, synthetics, building materials, etc. This injury is the most frequent cause of death in burn patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| spinal cord injury | Any injury to the spinal cord via blunt or penetrating trauma. Extreme flexion or extension (particularly in the neck) of the spine can result in traction on the spinal cord with subsequent injury and the development of neurologic symptoms. See: neurologic symptoms. (27 Sep 1997) |
| neck injury | Any injury to the soft tissues or bony structures (cervical spine) of the neck. (27 Sep 1997) |
| steering wheel injury | Trauma to the anterior chest wall caused by impact with the steering wheel during an automobile accident; can include fractured sternum and ribs, cardiac contusion, tear of the aorta or other great vessels, as well as lung injuries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| degloving injury | Avulsion of the skin of the hand (or foot) in which the part is skeletonised by removal of most or all of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inhalational injury | A term used to describe damage the respiratory tract and lungs secondary to the inhalation of a toxin. Some inhalation toxin may cause direct damage (irritants and chemicals) or indirectly through their systemic effects (carbon monoxide). (27 Sep 1997) |
| injury | The damage or wound of trauma. Origin: L. Injuria, fr. In-neg. + jus (jur-), right (05 Mar 2000) |
| injury of intervertebral disk | traumatic cervical discopathy |
| injury potential | The difference in potential recorded when one electrode is placed on intact nerve fibres or muscle fibres and the other electrode is placed on the injured ends of the same fibres; the intact portion is positive with reference to the injured portion. Synonym: injury potential. (05 Mar 2000) |
| injury severity score | An anatomic severity scale based on the abbreviated injury scale (ais) and developed specifically to score multiple traumatic injuries. It has been used as a predictor of mortality. (12 Dec 1998) |
| egg-white injury | <syndrome> Dermatitis, loss of hair, and loss of muscle coordination, produced in rats by diets containing large amounts of raw egg white, the avidin of which combines with biotin producing a deficiency of the latter. Synonym: egg-white injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absorber head | Portion of a rebreathing anaesthesia circuit that contains carbon dioxide absorbent; often referred to as a canister. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior ligament of head of fibula | A ligament uniting the anterior part of the head of the fibula to the tibia. Synonym: ligamentum capitis fibulae anterius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior rectus muscle of head | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, transverse process and lateral mass of atlas; insertion, basilar process of occipital bone; action, turns and inclines head forward; nerve supply, ventral primary ramus of first and second cervical spinal nerve. Synonym: musculus rectus capitis anterior, anterior rectus muscle of head, musculus rectus capitis anticus minor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apex of head of fibula | The pointed upper end of the fibular head to which is attached the arcuate popliteal ligament and part of the biceps femoris tendon. Synonym: apex capitis fibulae, styloid process of fibula. (05 Mar 2000) |