Términos

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Curvas formadas por dos cadenas o cuerdas que cuelgan de dos puntos fijos, sin embargo no desde una misma línea vertical. Deriva del latín "catena", que significa "cadena".

Sonda que se introduce temporalmente en el cuerpo para absorber fluidos corporales, administrar medicamentos o dilatar conductos.

Catéter provisto de una pequeño globo para dilatar conductos o aberturas del cuerpo como las venas o arterias.

Sonda flexible y estéril que pasa por la uretra y llega a la vejiga para drenar orina. Tiene dos canales separados, uno para drenar líquido y otro para mantener al catéter en su lugar por medio de un globo lleno de agua esterilizada. Este tipo de catéter fue desarrollado por el urólogo Frederic E. B. Foley en la década de 1930.

Instrumentos para medir pequeñas diferencias en altitud, como por ejemplo, entre dos columnas de mercurio.

The New World vulture family of carnivorous birds, containing seven species in five genera.

From the Latin for "chairs" or "seats," refers to ancient Roman chairs of heavy structure that were derived from the klismos, which is a lighter, more delicate chair developed by the ancient Greeks. For chairs used by bishops in Christian cathedrals, use "cathedrae (bishop's chairs)."

Communities of any size that are the location of a cathedral.

Schools that originated in medieval Europe and were run by cathedral clergy with the original goal of training priests. These schools later developed into institutions that also taught lay students, usually boys of noble families who were being prepared for high positions in church, state, or commercial affairs.

Communities, modest in size, that grew up around or have economies centered on a cathedral and its activities.

The prevention of electrolytic corrosion of a usually metallic structure by causing it to act as the cathode rather than as the anode of an electrochemical cell, therefore suppressing the corrosion reaction.