| CIDS | cellular immunity deficiency syndrome; circular intensity differential scattering; continuous insuli... |
|---|---|
| CIS | carcinoma in situ; catheter-induced spasm; central inhibitory state; Chemical Information Service; c... |
| CIVII | continuous intravenous insulin infusion |
| CLE | centrilobular emphysema; continuous lumbar epidural [anesthesia] |
| CM | California mastitis [test]; calmodulin; capreomycin; carboxymethyl; cardiac murmur; cardiac muscle; ... |
| presacral anaesthesia | Injection of local anaesthetic solution anterior to the sacrum, to block nerves as they exit from the sacral foramina. (05 Mar 2000) |
|---|---|
| pressure anaesthesia | Loss of sensation produced by pressure applied to a nerve. Synonym: compression anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacral anaesthesia | Regional anaesthesia limited to those areas innervated by sacral sensory nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saddle anaesthesia | A form of spinal anaesthesia limited in area to the buttocks, perineum, and inner surfaces of the thighs. Synonym: saddle anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saddle block anaesthesia | A form of spinal anaesthesia limited in area to the buttocks, perineum, and inner surfaces of the thighs. Synonym: saddle anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pudendal anaesthesia | Local anaesthesia produced by blocking the pudendal nerves near the spinal processes of the ischium; used in obstetrics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| segmental anaesthesia | Loss of sensation limited to an area supplied by one or more spinal nerve roots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semi-closed anaesthesia | Inhalation anaesthesia using a circuit in which a portion of the exhaled air is exhausted from the circuit and a portion is rebreathed following absorption of carbon dioxide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semi-open anaesthesia | <anaesthetics> Inhalation anaesthesia in which a portion of inhaled gases is derived from an anaesthesia circuit while the remainder consists of room air. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydrate microcrystal theory of anaesthesia | A theory of narcosis pertaining to nonhydrogen-bonding agents; postulates the interaction of the molecules of the anaesthetic drug with water molecules in the brain. Synonym: Pauling's theory. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperbaric anaesthesia | Inhalation of depressant gases or vapors at pressures greater than 1 atmosphere, especially as a means of producing general anaesthesia with agents too weak to produce anaesthesia at 1 atmosphere. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypotensive anaesthesia | Anaesthesia in which arterial hypotension is deliberately induced as a means of decreasing operative blood loss. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypothermic anaesthesia | General anaesthesia administered in conjunction with artificial lowering of body temperature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hysterical anaesthesia | Anaesthesia as a manifestation of hysteria, usually involving half the body or isolated patches not conforming to neuroanatomical distribution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| splanchnic anaesthesia | Loss of sensation in areas of the visceral peritoneum innervated by the splanchnic nerves. Synonym: visceral anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |