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Medical devices
Any instrument, appliance or machine that facilitates the prevention,diagnosis and treatment of illness, physical or mental injury, by a medical professional.
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stethoscope
Medical devices; Clinical analytical instruments
A medical instrument that is used to listen to the sounds made in the body, such as those of heart and lungs.
hologram
Medical devices; Clinical analytical instruments
Holograms are made by shining laser beams onto mirrors that are placed around the object, and then projecting the reflected light onto a special type of photographic paper.
Gabor
Medical devices; Clinical analytical instruments
Hungarian borne British scientist who invented the technique for making hologram in 1947. Born 1900-died 1979.
pus
Medical devices; Clinical analytical instruments
A thick whitish-yellow fluid which results from the accumulation of white blood cells (WBCs),
absent eye
Medical devices; Clinical analytical instruments
Also called anophthalmia, a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the globe.
absces
Medical devices; Clinical analytical instruments
A local accumulation of pus anywhere in the body. The following are some examples of abscesses.
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