Gas gangrene — Classification and external resources Photograph before right leg amputation (hemipelvectomy) of a patient with gas gangrene. The right thigh is swollen, edematous and discoloured with necrotic bullae (large blisters). An impressive crepitation… … Wikipedia
gas gangrene — n progressive gangrene marked by impregnation of the dead and dying tissue with gas and caused by one or more toxin producing bacteria of the genus Clostridium that enter the body through wounds and proliferate in necrotic tissue * * * death and… … Medical dictionary
Tissue Digestion — is a method of disposing bodies. The scientific term is Alkaline Hydrolysis . It is used at several universities for the remains of animal cadavers as well as for human remains. In mortuary usage, the process is called water reduction. Method and … Wikipedia
Gas exchange — or respiration takes place at a respiratory surface a boundary between the external environment and the interior of the body. For unicellular organisms the respiratory surface is Fick s law we can predict that respiratory surfaces must have: *a… … Wikipedia
gas gangrene — n. a gangrene in which gas bacilli multiply in extensive, dirty wounds, producing severe pain, swollen, gas filled tissue, and toxemia … English World dictionary
Tissue engineering — Principle of tissue engineering Tissue engineering was once categorized as a sub field of bio materials, but having grown in scope and importance it can be considered as a field in its own right. It is the use of a combination of cells,… … Wikipedia
tissue — tissual, adj. tissuey, adj. /tish ooh/ or, esp. Brit., /tis yooh/, n., v., tissued, tissuing. n. 1. Biol. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular… … Universalium
gas — n. & v. n. (pl. gases) 1 any airlike substance which moves freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity. 2 a such a substance (esp. found naturally or extracted from coal) used as a domestic or industrial fuel (also attrib. :… … Useful english dictionary
gas gangrene — death and decay of wound tissue infected by the soil bacterium Clostridium perfringens. Toxins produced by the bacterium cause putrefactive decay of connective tissue with the generation of gas. Treatment is usually by surgery … The new mediacal dictionary
Gas carbon — Carbon Car bon (k[aum]r b[o^]n), n. [F. carbone, fr. L. carbo coal; cf. Skr. [,c]r[=a] to cook.] (Chem.) 1. An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
