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resection — 1. A procedure performed for the specific purpose of removal, as in removal of articular ends of one or both bones forming a joint. 2. To remove a part. 3. SYN: excision (1). abdominoperineal r. (APR) a surgical cancer … Medical dictionary
Jan Mikulicz-Radecki — Infobox Scientist name = Jan Mikulicz Radecki box width = image width =150px caption = Jan Mikulicz Radecki birth date = May 16, 1850 birth place = Czernowitz (Chernivtsi), Austrian region of Bukovina death date = June 4, 1905 death place =… … Wikipedia
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
Colectomy — Intervention Micrograph of pseudomembranous colitis, an indication for colectomy. H E stain. ICD 9 CM … Wikipedia
Operation — Although there are many meanings to the word operation , in medicine it refers to a surgical procedure. To put matters more formally, an operation is an act or series of acts performed upon the body with the hand alone or by means of an… … Medical dictionary
Amputation — Removal of part or all of a body part enclosed by skin. For example, removal of part of a finger or an entire finger would be termed an amputation. Removal of an appendix, on the other hand, would not be termed amputation. A person who has… … Medical dictionary
Walther Kausch — Walther Carl Eduard Kausch (* 17. Juli 1867 in Königsberg; † 24. März 1928 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Chirurg. Er gilt als Begründer der Chirurgie des Pankreas. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Pankreaschirurgie 3 … Deutsch Wikipedia
medicine, history of — Introduction the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric and ancient times to the 20th century. Medicine and surgery before 1800 Primitive (primitive culture) medicine and folklore Unwritten history is not… … Universalium
Willy Anschütz — (* 24. September 1870 in Halle (Saale); † 15. August 1954 in Kiel) war ein deutscher Chirurg. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Biografie 2 Mitgliedschaft und Ehrungen 3 Veröffentlichungen … Deutsch Wikipedia
clamp — An instrument for compression or holding a structure. Cf.:forceps. [M.E., fr. Middle Dutch klampe] Cope c. a c. used in excision of colon and rectum. Crafoord c. a c. used in heart, lung, and … Medical dictionary
