See Also: phonendoscope(dictionary)
phonendoscope(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
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compression(dictionary)
Compression(health)
Compression(medicine)
compression paralysis(medicine)
compression thrombosis(medicine)
compression syndrome(medicine)

compression plating (medicine) and phonendoscope (medicine)


compression plating (medicine)


compression plating


A technique for internal fixation of fractures in which plates and screws are applied so as to produce compression of the line of fracture.


phonendoscope (medicine)


phonendoscope
<instrument> A stethoscope that intensifies the auscultatory sounds by means of two parallel resonating plates, one resting on the patient's chest or attached to a stethoscope tube, the Other vibrating in unison with it.

Origin: phon-+ G. Endon, within, + skopeo, to view