Medical Glossary
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wall suction unit
Medical suction units that plug into the wall suction supply. Wall suction units include a connector to mate with the wall suction outlet, a gauge to show the vacuum, a control valve, filters and a reservoir.
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The distance between one peak or crest of a wave of light, heat, or other energy and the next corresponding peak or crest.
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A bacterial filter for use in anaesthetic and lung ventilator airways.
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A special X-ray film cassette which produces a pattern on the X-ray film caused by differing attenuations through various thicknesses of copper in the cassette. The pattern produced allows calculation of the kilovoltage of the X-ray set.
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