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resectoscope sheath(medicine)
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resectoscope sheath (medicine)


resectoscope sheath


An operative sheath through which transurethral electroresection of bladder tumours or prostate gland can be performed.


alexin (medicine)


alexin


An obsolete term for the bactericidal substances of cell-free serum, the activity of which is destroyed by heating at 56°C; applied by Bordet to the heat-labile substance normally present in serum and distinct from the sensitizing substance (antibody) produced by infection or immunization. In this sense it is synonymous with complement.

Origin: G. Alexo, to ward off