Glossary of medical terms & works cited
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Glossary of medical terms
- A.L.S. (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) commonly called ‘Lou Gehrig’s Disease’ is a degenerative disease that attacks the nervous system. Early signs include a patient being unable to walk and talk, late stage patients require a respirator and a gastrotomy.
- Atresia of the digestive tract: total or partial obstruction of the digestive tract. Fatal if left untreated.
- Esophageal: Pertaining to the esophagus, the section of your neck that carries food to your stomach.
- Extubation: The process of removing the tube that has been down a patients throat and has been facilitating their breathing
- Gastrotomy: A device which performs the function of the stomach, essentially it ‘eats’ for a person. Used when a patient is unable to digest food by himself/herself.
- Intubation: The process of putting a tube into a patient to facilitate their breathing.
- Potassium Chloride: A chemical compound which when administered to the human system is almost instantly fatal. All but untraceable in the system after death.
- Respirator: A device which performs the work of the lungs. Allows patients that cannot breathe on their own a chance for survival.
- Tracheotomy: A procedure that involves the removal of the trachea (windpipe) and insertion of a tube to allow a patient to keep breathing.
- Trisomy 21: The occurance of a third chromosome in the 21 chromosome position. Produces the condition ‘Down’s Syndrome’.
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Canada. Department of Justice. The Criminal Code. Ottawa, 1985.
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Originally posted on 2010-NOV-19
Latest update on: 2010-NOV-19
Written by David J. Enstill
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