40 definitions by Overall1728

air ionizer

a device that releases negatively charged ions into the air.

Person 1: Hey, didn’t you install a new air ionizer today?
Jack: I have ionized my balls.

by Overall1728 September 22, 2023

biothesiometry

A medical test used to assess a person’s ability to sense vibrations, particularly in their extremities.

Biothesiometry, give one to a dirty-minded person and it would’ve given them deja vu.

by Overall1728 September 24, 2023

automated tissue image analysis

The use of computer algorithms and software to analyze and interpret images of biological tissues, often obtained through techniques like histology or medical imaging.

Use the automated tissue image analysis correctly or you’ll ruin the cells’ family picture.

by Overall1728 September 23, 2023

bubble oxygenator

A medical device used during cardiac surgery or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation procedures to oxygenate and remove carbon dioxide from a patient’s blood.

I thought the bubble oxygenator is for the lungs.

by Overall1728 September 24, 2023

blind insertion airway device

A medical device used to establish and maintain a patient’s airway when traditional methods are difficult or impossible.

I thought that a blind insertion airway device helps blind people breathe.

by Overall1728 September 24, 2023

bronchial blocker

A device which can be inserted down a tracheal tube after tracheal intubation so as to block off the right or left main bronchus of the lungs in order to be able to achieve a controlled one sided ventilation of the lungs in thoracic surgery.

Using a bronchial blocker that blocks something that helps you, helps you?

by Overall1728 September 24, 2023

Biophone

A combination voice and telemetry radio communications system used in the 1970s and '80s by paramedics to talk to the physicians supervising them from a hospital base station.

The Biophone, call people biologically.

by Overall1728 September 24, 2023