A subgenre of crime fiction which portrays the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. Unlike in other types of crime fiction, the perpetrator may be known at the outset of the story.

(surgery) A pancreaticoduodenectomy.

(law) The law that comprises the rule by which a court hears and determines what happens in civil or criminal proceedings.

(databases) A named program or routine stored in a database.

(computing) The part of a COBOL program containing all the instructions that the computer is to execute

biliopancreatic diversion

pancreatojejunostomy

A facemask worn to catch droplets and aerosols, which contain bacteria and viruses. / A medical-grade mask worn during medical procedures.

A surgical technique that converts a forearm stump into a pincer.

A form of long-term subconscious memory for the performance of particular types of action.