| CMT | California mastitis test; cancer multistep therapy; catechol methyltransferase; certified medical tr... |
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| CMUA | continuous motor unit activity |
| CMV | continuous mandatory ventilation; controlled mechanical ventilation; conventional mechanical ventila... |
| CNP | community nurse practitioner; continuous negative pressure; cranial nerve palsy; 2',3'-cyclic nucleo... |
| CNPV | continuous negative pressure ventilation |
| nerve block anaesthesia | Conduction anaesthesia in which local anaesthetic solution is injected about nerves, nerve trunks, or nerve plexuses. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| stocking anaesthesia | Loss of sensation in the distal lower extremity, i.e., the foot and toes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subarachnoid anaesthesia | A form of regional anaesthesia that involves the injection of an anaesthetic into the epidural space (in the spinal canal), at predetermined location along the spine, to produce anaesthesia in all body regions that are supplied by nerves that arise below the anatomic region of the block. Often used for obstetrical procedures. Origin: Gr. Aisthesis = sensation (27 Sep 1997) |
| nonrebreathing anaesthesia | A technique for inhalation anaesthesia in which valves exhaust all exhaled air from the circuit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgical anaesthesia | Any anaesthesia administered for the purpose of permitting performance of an operative procedure, as differentiated from obstetrical, diagnostic, and therapeutic anaesthesia, loss of sensation with muscle relaxation adequate for an operative procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental anaesthesia | <anaesthetics, dentistry> General, conduction, local, or topical anaesthesia for operations upon the teeth, gingivae, or associated structures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diagnostic anaesthesia | Anaesthesia induced for evaluation of the mechanism responsible for a painful condition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dissociated anaesthesia | Loss of some types of sensation with persistence of others; most often used in context of nerve blocks, wherein a loss of sensation for pain and temperature occurs without loss of tactile sense. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dissociative anaesthesia | A form of general anaesthesia, but not necessarily complete unconsciousness, characterised by catalepsy, catatonia, and amnesia, especially that produced by phenylcyclohexylamine compounds, including ketamine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infiltration anaesthesia | Anaesthesia produced by injection of local anaesthetic solution directly into an area that is painful or about to be operated upon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inhalation anaesthesia | General anaesthesia resulting from breathing of anaesthetic gases or vapors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| insufflation anaesthesia | Maintenance of inhalation anaesthesia by delivery of anaesthetic gases or vapors directly to the airway of a spontaneously breathing patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercostal anaesthesia | Regional anaesthesia produced by injection of local anaesthetic solution about intercostal nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intramedullary anaesthesia | Rarely used method of general anaesthesia by injection of intravenous anaesthetic agent(s) into the medullary canal of long bones. Synonym: intraosseous anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intranasal anaesthesia | Insufflation anaesthesia in which an inhalation anaesthetic is added to inhaled air passing through the nose or nasopharynx; anaesthesia of nasal passages by infiltration and topical application of local anaesthetic solution to nasal mucosa. (05 Mar 2000) |