- Industry: Health care
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The process of enlargement, stretching, or expansion. The word "dilatation" means the same thing. Both come from the Latin "dilatare" meaning "to enlarge or expand.
Industry:Parenting
A minor operation in which the cervix is expanded enough (dilatation) to permit the cervical canal and uterine lining to be scraped with a curet (or curette), an instrument shaped like a spoon. This procedure also is called D and C
Industry:Parenting
Refers to diabetes mellitus or, less often, to diabetes insipidus. Diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus share the name "diabetes" because they are both conditions characterized by excessive urination (polyuria)
Industry:Parenting
An illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts, that affects the way a person eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself, and the way one thinks about things. A depressive disorder is not the same as a passing blue mood. It is not a sign of personal weakness or a condition that can be wished away. People with a depressive disease cannot merely "pull themselves together" and get better. Without treatment, symptoms can last for weeks, months, or years. Appropriate treatment, however, can help most people with depression.
Industry:Parenting
A spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge. The word "curette" comes from the French and means a "scraper." The French verb "curer" is "to scrape clean.
Industry:Parenting
Sebuah instrumen berbentuk sendok dengan tepi yang tajam. Kata "kuret" berasal dari Perancis dan berarti "pengikis". Kata kerja "dukun" Perancis adalah "untuk mengikis bersih."
Industry:Parenting
The removal of growths or other material from the wall of a cavity or other surface, as with a curet. A curet, or curette, is a spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge. The word "curette" comes from French and means a scraper. The verb "curer" means to scrape or clean.
Industry:Parenting
Penghapusan pertumbuhan atau bahan lain dari dinding rongga atau permukaan lainnya, seperti dengan curet. Kuret, adalah instrumen berbentuk sendok dengan tepi yang tajam. Kata "kuret" berasal dari Perancis dan berarti pengikis. Kata kerja "dukun" berarti mengikis atau membersihkan.
Industry:Parenting
