hospital gangrene
1hospital gangrene — n gangrene prevalent in crowded hospitals before the development of modern sanitation …
2hospital gangrene — noun : gangrene prevalent in crowded hospitals before the development of modern sanitation * * * Pathol. a contagious, often fatal gangrene, esp. involving amputation stumps and war wounds, occurring usually in crowded, ill kept hospitals, and… …
3hospital gangrene — Pathol. a contagious, often fatal gangrene, esp. involving amputation stumps and war wounds, occurring usually in crowded, ill kept hospitals, and caused by putrefactive bacteria. [1805 15] * * * …
4hospital fever — n typhus or fever formerly prevalent in hospitals in association with hospital gangrene …
5hospital fever — noun : typhus fever or fever associated with hospital gangrene prevalent in hospitals before the development of modern sanitation …
6Gangrene — The death of body tissue due to the loss of blood supply to that tissue, sometimes permitting bacteria to invade it and accelerate its decay. The word gangrene comes from the Greek ganggraina denoting an eating sore that ends in mortification (of …
7Fournier gangrene — Infobox Disease Name = Fournier gangrene Caption = DiseasesDB = 31119 ICD10 = ICD10|N|49|8|n|40 (ILDS N49.81), ICD10|N|76|8|n|70 ICD9 = ICD9|608.83 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = emerg eMedicineTopic = 929 eMedicine mult =… …
8Mount Sinai Hospital, New York — This article is about the hospital in New York. For the medical school, see Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Mount Sinai Hospital Mount Sinai …
9medicine, history of — Introduction the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric and ancient times to the 20th century. Medicine and surgery before 1800 Primitive (primitive culture) medicine and folklore Unwritten history is not… …
10Ulcer — An area of tissue erosion, for example, of the skin or lining of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Due to the erosion, an ulcer is concave. It is always depressed below the level of the surrounding tissue. Ulcers can have diverse causes. Ulcers on …
