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SCALP-TOURNIQUET


check date: 03/06/2002
checker: Pamela
origination date: 31/05/2002
originator: Carlos
subject field: medicine:instrument

Conceptual Structures
ISASURGICAL-AND-AMBULATORY-MEDICAL-DEVICES
ANCESTORSALL
ARTIFACT
DEVICE
INANIMATE
MEDICAL-DEVICE
OBJECT
PHYSICAL-OBJECT
SEPARABLE-ENTITY
SURGICAL-AND-AMBULATORY-MEDICAL-DEVICES


Spanish
torniquete para el cuero cabelludodefinition: vendaje que, aplicado fuertemente en torno al cuero cabelludo durante la quimioterapia, evita el acceso de la medicación a las células capilares, reduciendo así la pérdida de cabello provocada por este tratamiento. (es)
gender: masculine
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term

English
scalp tourniquetterm type: main entry term
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
definition: device that, tied tightly around the scalp during chemotherapy, prevents the access of the drugs to the hair cells, thus reducing hair loss caused by this treatment. (en)