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Balloon tamponade — refers to the use of mercury weighted balloons instilled into typically the esophagus or stomach, and inflated to stop refractory bleeding from vascular structures including esophageal varices and gastric varices in the upper gastrointestinal… … Wikipedia
balloon catheter — n a catheter that has two lumens and an inflatable tip which can be expanded by the passage of gas, water, or a radiopaque medium through one of the lumens and that is used esp. to measure blood pressure in a blood vessel or to expand a partly… … Medical dictionary
Tube — A long hollow cylinder. There are many tube like structures in the human body, such as the auditory tube (Eustachian tube) in the ear. * * * 1. A hollow cylindrical structure or canal. 2. A hollow cylinder or pipe. SYN: tuba [TA]. [L. tubus]… … Medical dictionary
Balloon loop — A Balloon loop is a track arrangement that allows a train to reverse direction, and return to where it came from, without having to shunt or even to stop. Balloon loops can be useful for passenger trains, and unit freight trains, such as coal… … Wikipedia
balloon — 1. An inflatable spherical or ovoid device used to retain tubes or catheters in, or provide support to, various body structures. 2. A distensible device used to stretch or occlude a viscus or blood vessel. 3. To distend a body cavi … Medical dictionary
Tube shooter — Shoot them up Reproduction de Space Invaders, l un des premiers shoot them up, sorti en 1978. Un shoot them up (aussi écrit shoot em up ou contracté shmup, littéralement « descendez les tous »[1]) est un ty … Wikipédia en Français
balloon — [[t]bəlu͟ːn[/t]] balloons, ballooning, ballooned 1) N COUNT A balloon is a small, thin, rubber bag that you blow air into so that it becomes larger and rounder or longer. Balloons are used as toys or decorations. She popped a balloon with her… … English dictionary
Balloon tamponade — A procedure in which a balloon is inflated within the esophagus or stomach to apply pressure on bleeding blood vessels, compress the vessels, and stop the bleeding. Used in the treatment of bleeding veins in the esophagus (esophageal varices) and … Medical dictionary
balloon catheter — noun Date: 1952 a catheter with an inflatable tip that serves especially to hold the catheter in place or to expand a partly closed or obstructed bodily passage or tube (as a coronary artery) called also balloon tipped catheter … New Collegiate Dictionary
balloon catheter — noun also balloon tipped catheter : a catheter that has two lumens and an inflatable tip which can be expanded by the passage of gas, water, or a radiopaque medium through one of the lumens and that is used especially to measure blood pressure in … Useful english dictionary
