See Also: amniotic bands(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
A bands(medicine)
Q bands(medicine)
bands of colon(medicine)
Bollinger bands(finance)
Bollinger Bands(money)
Streeter's bands(medicine)
Simonart's bands(medicine)
Baillarger's bands(medicine)

refrigeration (medicine) and amniotic bands (medicine)


refrigeration (medicine)


refrigeration


The act of cooling or reducing fever.

Origin: L. Refrigeratio (see refrigerant)


amniotic bands (medicine)


amniotic bands


The strands of amniotic tissue adherent to the embryo or foetus; they may cause constriction of embryonic limbs.

See: congenital amputation.

Synonym: amniotic adhesions, annular band, constriction ring, Simonart's bands, Simonart's ligaments, Simonart's threads, Streeter's bands.