Tubo Health Dictionary

A voluntary-muscle relaxant given by intravenous injection before surgery under general ANAESTHESIA. The drug is also used to treat conditions such as TETANUS, ENCEPHALITIS and POLIOMYELITIS in which severe muscle spasms occur. Overdosage may result in respiratory failure because the muscles essential for breathing are paralysed.... tubocurarine

Surgery in which a damaged fallopian tube is repaired to treat infertility.

It may be performed by microsurgery.... tuboplasty

a surgical procedure used to treat dysfunction of the *Eustachian tube. A small balloon is inserted from the *nasopharynx into the Eustachian tube in a deflated state under endoscopic control. It is then inflated to widen the Eustachian tube before being deflated and removed.... balloon eustachian tuboplasty

adj. relating to or occurring in a Fallopian tube and the abdomen.... tuboabdominal

n. X-ray imaging of any tube in the body (e.g. a drainage catheter, a Fallopian tube) after injection of a contrast medium through the tube in order to assess its patency or function.... tubogram

adj. relating to or occurring in a Fallopian tube and an ovary.... tubo-ovarian

adj. relating to the tympanic cavity and the *Eustachian tube.... tubotympanal