See Also: Russell traction(medicine)
Russell (of Kingston Russell), John Russell, 1st Earl(encyclopedia)
Russell, Bertrand (Arthur William), 3rd Earl Russell(encyclopedia)
Russell, William Russell, Lord(encyclopedia)
traction(dictionary)
Traction(medicine)
traction(dictionary)
isotonic traction(medicine)
maxillomandibular traction(medicine)
isometric traction(medicine)

sapropel (iou) and Russell traction (medicine)


sapropel (iou)



sapropel noun. E20.
[German, formed as SAPRO- + Greek pelos mud, earth, clay.]
An unconsolidated nitrogen-rich sludge of decomposing aquatic micro-organisms that accumulates in anaerobic environments on the bottoms of lakes and seas.
sapro'pelic adjective E20.

Russell traction (medicine)


Russell traction


An improvement of Buck's extension that permits the resultant vector of the applied traction force to be changed, for fractures of the femur.