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inflammation

Health care; Hospitals

A basic way in which the body reacts to infection, irritation or other injury, the key features being redness, warmth, swelling and pain. Inflammation is now recognized as a type of nonspecific ...

informed consent

Health care; Hospitals

The process whereby a patient/parent/legal guardian is given information about a specific surgery or treatment including its intended result and possible complications. Informed consent must be ...

infuse

Health care; Hospitals

In medicine, an infusion is the therapeutic introduction of a fluid other than blood into a vein. The infused fluid might, for example, be a saline (salt) solution.

intercostal space

Health care; Hospitals

The space between any 2 ribs

intra-arterially

Health care; Hospitals

Meaning inside of an artery.

intracellular fluid

Health care; Hospitals

The fluid normally present inside of each body cell.

intubation

Health care; Hospitals

The process of putting a tube into a hollow organ or passageway, often into the airway. The opposite of intubation is extubation.

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