Medical devices

Medical devices

Any instrument, appliance or machine that facilitates the prevention,diagnosis and treatment of illness, physical or mental injury, by a medical professional.

20Categories 73396Terms

Add a new term

Contributors in Medical devices

Become a Contributors

Medical devices > OBGYN equipment

invasive

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

As in “invasive procedures”: Procedures involving interference to change an outcome. It could also mean penetrating, or entering, the temporal order of the proceedings, or the ...

hyperthyroidism

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

Overproduction of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland. The resulting increased metabolism "burns up" estrogen too rapidly and interferes with ovulation.

incontinence

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

Loss of normal bodily control over the storage role of a particular organ.

innervation

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

Connection with intact nerves. This is used in conjunction with muscles.

hirsutism

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

The overabundance of body hair, such as a mustache or pubic hair growing upward toward the navel, found in women with excess androgens.

hypothyroidism

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

A condition in which the thyroid gland produces an insufficient amount of thyroid hormone. The resulting lowered metabolism interferes with the normal breakdown of "old" ...