See Also: bractea(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
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communicating artery(medicine)
communicating branch(medicine)
communicating haematoma(medicine)
communicating hydrocele(medicine)
communicating hydrocephalus(medicine)
communicating junction(medicine)
peroneal communicating branch(medicine)

communicating haematoma (medicine) and bractea (medicine)


communicating haematoma (medicine)


communicating haematoma -->
pseudoaneurysm


1. A cavity due to ruptured myocardial infarction that has been contained by an intact parietal pericardium and communicates with the left ventricle by a narrow neck, 2. A dilation of an artery with actual disruption of one or more layers of its walls, as at the site of puncture as a complication of precutaneous arterial catheterization, rather than with expansion of all layers of the wall.

Synonym: communicating haematoma, pulsatile haematoma.


bractea (medicine)


bractea
<botany> A bract.

Origin: L, a thin plate of metal or wood, gold foil.

Source: Websters Dictionary