cooling+medicine
71stearoptene — stea·rop·tene .stē ə räp .tēn, sti räp n the portion of a natural essential oil that separates as a solid on cooling or long standing compare ELEOPTENE * * * ste·a·rop·tene (ste″ə ropґtən) [stearo + Gr. ptēnos volatile] the… …
72windchill — wind·chill win(d) .chil n a still air temperature that would have the same cooling effect on exposed human flesh as a given combination of temperature and wind speed called also chill factor, windchill factor, windchill index * * * wind·chill… …
73yellow wax — n a wax obtained as a yellow to brown solid by melting a honeycomb with boiling water, straining, and cooling and used esp. in polishes, modeling, ointments, and making patterns called also beeswax, cera flava * * * [NF] the purified wax from the …
74denatured alcohol — ethanol which has been rendered unfit for internal use by addition of an adulterant such as methanol or acetone, but which may still be used for other purposes including industrial processes, as a solvent, on the skin as a cooling agent, and as a …
75cryogenic block — local cooling of tissue …
76cryocardioplegia — cryo·car·dio·ple·gia (kri″o kahr″de o pleґjə) [cryo + cardioplegia] cessation of contraction of the myocardium produced by cooling the heart during cardiac surgery …
77Legionella dumoffii — a species isolated from lung tissue and cooling tower water, and associated with pneumonia …
78Legionella micdadei — a species isolated from lung tissue, respiratory secretions, and pleural fluid, as well as from cooling tower water, shower heads, tap water, and respiratory therapy equipment; it causes Pittsburgh pneumonia. Called also Pittsburgh pneumonia… …
79Legionella pneumophila — the cause of legionnaires disease and Pontiac fever. It was the first species of the genus isolated and characterized, and it has been found in lung tissue, respiratory secretions, pleural fluid, and blood and in numerous environmental sites such …
80gas liquefaction — the conversion of gas into a liquid form, brought about by cooling and compression, resulting in a decrease of the average kinetic energy of the molecules sufficiently to allow intermolecular forces of attraction to pull the molecules together.… …
