| DPP | differential pulse polarography; dimethylphenylpenicillin; dipeptidylpeptidase |
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| DRAT | differential rheumatoid agglutination test |
| DRO | differential reinforcement of other behavior; Disablement Resettlement Officer |
| DS | dead air space; dead space; deep sedative; deep sleep; defined substrate; dehydroepiandrosterone sul... |
| DTA | differential thermal analysis; diphtheria toxin A |
| rectal anaesthesia | General anaesthesia produced by instillation into the rectum of a solution containing a central nervous system depressant. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| girdle anaesthesia | Anaesthesia distributed as a band encircling the trunk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| refrigeration anaesthesia | Localised application of cold as a means of producing regional anaesthesia. Synonym: refrigeration anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caudal anaesthesia | Regional anaesthesia by injection of local anaesthetic solution into the epidural space via the sacral hiatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regional anaesthesia | Use of local anaesthetic solution(s) to produce circumscribed areas of loss of sensation; a generic term including conduction, nerve block, spinal, epidural, field block, infiltration, and topical anaesthesia. Synonym: conduction analgesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| visceral anaesthesia | Loss of sensation in areas of the visceral peritoneum innervated by the splanchnic nerves. Synonym: visceral anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glove anaesthesia | Loss of sensation in the distal upper extremity, i.e., the hand and fingers. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cervical anaesthesia | Regional anaesthesia of the neck by injection of a local anaesthetic solution about the cervical nerves or into the cervical epidural space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| retrobulbar anaesthesia | Injection of a local anaesthetic behind the eye to produce sensory denervation of the eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peridural anaesthesia | Regional anaesthesia produced by injection of local anaesthetic solution into the peridural space. Synonym: peridural anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perineural anaesthesia | An obsolete term for anaesthesia produced by injection of an anaesthetic agent around a nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| periodontal anaesthesia | Anaesthesia of the periodontal ligament, produced by injection of a local anaesthetic drug. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gustatory anaesthesia | Absence of the sense of taste. (12 Dec 1998) |
| circle absorption anaesthesia | Inhalation anaesthesia in which a circuit with carbon dioxide absorbent is used for complete (closed) or partial (saemiclosed) rebreathing of exhaled gases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| closed anaesthesia | Inhalation anaesthesia in which there is total rebreathing of all exhaled gases, except carbon dioxide which is absorbed; gas flow into the anaesthetic circuit consists only of oxygen, in amounts equal to the patient's metabolic consumption, plus small amounts of other gases (e.g., nitrous oxide) which undergo continued uptake by and distribution in the patient. (05 Mar 2000) |