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absorbable gelatin film (medicine) and natriuresis (medicine)


absorbable gelatin film (medicine)


absorbable gelatin Film


A sterile, nonantigenic, absorbable, water-insoluble, thin sheet of gelatin prepared by drying a gelatin-formaldehyde solution on plates; used in the closure and repair of defects in membranes such as the dura mater or the pleura; it undergoes absorption over a period of 1 to 6 months.


natriuresis (medicine)


natriuresis
<physiology> The excretion of abnormal amounts of sodium in the urine.

Origin: L. Natrium = sodium, Gr. Ouresis = a making water