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SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

"SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS" is a plural of: surgical instrument.


Specialty Definition: SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

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Dream Interpretation

To see surgical instruments in a dream, foretells dissatisfaction will be felt by you at the indiscreet manner a friend manifests toward you. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Health

Hand-held tools or implements used by health professionals for the performance of surgical tasks. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

English words defined with "SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS": autoclavelap choly, laparoscopic cholecystectomysteriliser, sterilizer. (references)
Specialty definitions using "SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS": central-service technician, CENTRAL-SUPPLY WORKER, cutlery grinderINSPECTOR, SURGICAL INSTRUMENTSMOHEL, MORGUE ATTENDANTritual circumciserSurgical EquipmentTOOL GRINDER I, tool sharpener, Tritolyl Phosphates. (references)

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Commercial Usage: SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

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Books

  • Smith's Reference and Illustrated Guide to Surgical Instruments (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

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[Various surgical instruments and devices] AB. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Army Nurse Lt. Helen Flippe sterilizing surgical instruments in a protable autoclave]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Surgical Instruments and Apparatus] : Operating table and surgical instruments. Vesalius, 1606. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Two surgical instruments and text]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Various surgical instruments and apparatuses] / Jones sculp. Credit: Library of Congress.

Conversion. Silverware plant. As many as 10,000 gross of spoons per weeks have been produced by this Eastern company which is now undergoing conversion to production of surgical instruments vitally needed by the Army Medical Corps. The exhibit pictured he. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Use in Literature: SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

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Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

By the side of the bed, three candles were burning on a table upon which the surgical instruments were spread out.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

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Health

This technique involves making several tiny cuts in the abdomen and inserting a miniature camera and surgical instruments. (references)

For this operation, the surgeon makes several tiny incisions in the abdomen and inserts surgical instruments and a miniature video camera into the abdomen. (references)

Business

While the government views that charging patients is illegal because, in theory, device costs are included in the service fees, it has not yet offered an alternative for covering the costs of devices such certain surgical instruments, suture, syringes or needles. (references)

Economic History

Pakistan

An export growth of 7.6 percent during July 2000- April 2001 was mainly due to higher exports of primary commodities such as rice, raw cotton, fish and fish preparation and leather and other manufactures such as carpets, sports goods and surgical instruments. (references)

Norway

The most promising subsectors for U.S. suppliers of medical equipment and supplies include surgical instruments and equipment, diagnostic apparatus, orthopedic equipment, medical disposables, monitoring instruments and equipment, and laboratory/pathology instruments and equipment. (references)

Korea

Products that present the best export prospects for U.S. exporters include various high-tech medical products, including sterilizers, rehabilitation equipment, respiration equipment, orthopedic joints, diagnostic ultrasound scanners, magnetic resonance imaging systems, patient monitors, computer tomography scanners, catheters, artificial kidneys and dialysis machines, suture, suture needles, general surgical instruments, operation tables, ophthalmic equipment, endoscopes, intraocular lenses, artificial heart valves and dental equipment and supplies. (references)

Trade

Bolivia

There has been special preference for used/refurbished medical equipment, such as medical diagnostic systems, optical instruments, anesthesia apparatus, operating room furniture, patient room furniture, other hospital furniture, and surgical instruments and apparatus. (references)

Women

Guinea

Despite diseases resulting from crude and unsanitary surgical instruments and deaths resulting from the practice, the tradition continues, seriously affecting many women's lives. (references)

Worker Rights

Pakistan

Projects in Sialkot include one in the surgical instruments industry and one in the nonformal (nonexporting) sectors. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

Language Translations for "SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

kirurgbestik (pocket-case, set of surgical instruments). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

chirurgisch bestek (pocket-case, set of surgical instruments), bestek (bulk, dimension, extend, reckoning, room, size, space, specifications). (various references)

   

French

  

trousse chirurgicale (set of surgical instruments). (various references)

   

German

  

chirurgisches Besteck (pocket-case, set of surgical instruments). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χειρουργική εργαλειοθήκη (pocket-case, set of surgical instruments). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

orvosi műszerek. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

医療器械 (medical appliances). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いりょうきかい (medical appliances). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

urgicalsay instrumentsay

   

Portuguese

  

instrumental (instrumental). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

instrumental quirúrgico (pocket-case, set of surgical instruments). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-i-i-l-m-n-n-r-r-s-s-s-t-t-u-u"

-5 letters: agriculturists, mariculturists, sericulturists, structuralisms.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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