subcutaneous tunnel

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• tunnel infection — subcutaneous infection of an artificial passage into the body that has been kept patent for continuous or repeated entry of a catheter or other tube …   Medical dictionary

• Carpal tunnel syndrome — Classification and external resources Transverse section at the wrist. The median nerve is colored yellow. The carpal tunnel consists of the bones and flexor retinaculum. ICD 1 …   Wikipedia

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• burrow — 1. A subcutaneous tunnel or tract made by a parasite, such as the scabies mite. 2. A sinus or fistula. 3. To undermine or create a tunnel or tract through or beneath various tissue planes. * * * …   Medical dictionary

• Spitz-Holter valve — a one way valve used to drain cerebrospinal fluid in order to control hydrocephalus. The device is inserted into the ventricles of the brain and passes via a subcutaneous tunnel to drain into either the right atrium or the peritoneum …   Medical dictionary

• Spitz-Holter valve — a one way valve used to drain cerebrospinal fluid in order to control hydrocephalus. The device is inserted into the ventricles of the brain and passes via a subcutaneous tunnel to drain into either the right atrium or the peritoneum …   The new mediacal dictionary

• syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

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• branch — An offshoot; in anatomy, one of the primary divisions of a nerve or blood vessel. A b.. See ramus, artery, nerve, vein. SYN: ramus (1) [TA]. accessory meningeal b. SYN: pterygomeningeal artery …   Medical dictionary

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