A palliative surgical procedure used in children with complex congenital heart defects. It involves diverting the venous blood from the right atrium to the pulmonary arteries without passing through the morphologic right ventricle.

Synonym of Evans technique

plural of procedure mask

A short word or phrase used in radiotelephony etc. to convey information in a condensed standard form.

plural of procedure word

plural of police procedural

plural of procedure division

plural of procedural memory

A surgical technique, used in the treatment of chronic pancreatitis, in which the diseased portions of the pancreas head are cored out. A lateral pancreaticojejunostomy is then performed in which a loop of the jejunum is then mobilized and attached over the exposed pancreatic duct to allow better drainage.

(slang, rare) Synonym of emasculation (severing of somebody’s penis).