See Also: West Indian smallpox(medicine)
West Indian(dictionary)
west Indian(medicine)
Fogarty clamp(medicine)
Fogarty catheter(medicine)
Fogarty, Thomas(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
smallpox(dictionary)
smallpox(encyclopedia)
Smallpox(health)

Fogarty catheter (medicine) and West Indian smallpox (medicine)


Fogarty catheter (medicine)


Fogarty catheter


A catheter with an inflatable balloon near its tip; used to remove arterial emboli and thrombi from major veins (e.g., iliofemoral) and to remove stones from the biliary ducts.

Synonym: balloon-tip catheter.


West Indian smallpox (medicine)


West Indian smallpox -->
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A mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent strain of the virus.

Synonym: Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milkpox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, whitepox.

Origin: Pg. Alastrar, to scatter over