See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Pacemaker(health)
pacemaker(encyclopedia)
pacemaker(dictionary)
pacemaker(medicine)
pacemaker(dictionary)
nuclear pacemaker(medicine)
transthoracic pacemaker(medicine)
Artificial pacemaker(health)

Involution (medicine) and Pacemaker (health)


Involution (medicine)


involution


1. A rolling or turning inward.

2. One of the movements involved in the gastrulation of many animals.

3. A retrograde change of the entire body or in a particular organ, as the retrograde changes in the female genital organs that result in normal size after delivery.

4. The progressive degeneration occurring naturally with advancing age, resulting in shrivelling of organs or tissues.

Origin: L. Involutio, volvere = to roll


Pacemaker (health)


An electronic device that is surgically implanted into the patient's heart and chest to regulate heartbeat.