What's the difference between instrument and tenaculum?
Instrument
Definition:
(n.) That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments.
(n.) A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument.
(n.) A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc.
(n.) One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent.
(v. t.) To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata instrumented for orchestra.
Example Sentences:
(1) For assessment of clinical status, investigators must rely on the use of standardized instruments for patient self-reporting of fatigue, mood disturbance, functional status, sleep disorder, global well-being, and pain.
(2) Breast temperatures have been measured by the automated instrumentation called the 'Chronobra' for 16 progesterone cycles in women at normal risk for breast cancer and for 15 cycles in women at high risk for breast cancer.
(3) After a review of the technical development and application of staplers from their introduction to the present day, the indications to the use of this instrument in all gastroenterological areas from the oesophagus to the rectum as well as in chest, gynaecological and urological surgery specified.
(4) Short-forms of Wechsler intelligence tests have abounded in the literature and have been recommended for use as screening instruments in clinical and research settings.
(5) Atrioventricular (AV) delay that results in maximum ventricular filling and physiological mechanisms that govern dependence of filling on timing of atrial systole were studied by combining computer experiments with experiments in the anesthetized dog instrumented to measure phasic mitral flow.
(6) The instrument is a definite aid to the surgeon, and does not penalize the time required for surgery.
(7) Furthermore, the AMDP-3 scale and its manual constitute a remarkable teaching instrument for psychopathology, not always enough appreciated.
(8) But it [Help to Buy] is the right policy instrument to deal with a specific problem."
(9) Clinical use of this instrument is no more difficult than conventional immersion ultrasonography.
(10) The performance of the instrument was evaluated by undertaking in vitro measurements of the reflectance spectra of blood.
(11) Several recommendations, based upon the results of this survey study, the existing literature relevant to the ethical responsibilities of investigators who conduct research with children, and our own experiences with these instruments and populations, are made to assist researchers in their attempts to use these inventories in an ethical manner.
(12) Utilizing standardized instruments, family and demographic predictors of general and problem-solving knowledge pertaining to diabetes were identified in 53 newly diagnosed children.
(13) A compact attachment for microscope-type instruments is described enabling to introduce, rapidly and qualitatively, minute biological speciments into melted embedding medium and ensuring the safety of optics.
(14) This paper considers the advantages and disadvantages of the instrument together with indications for its use and reviews 118 patients who had 130 oral lesions removed with the CO2 laser.
(15) The inflammatory response is active in the embryo midway through incubation and is probably instrumental in protection of the embryo.
(16) To examine the possibility of prolongation of the standing times of instrument disinfectants, in vitro tests under high albumin exposure and tests in clinical practice were done.
(17) This, too, is a functional technique although the method and instruments are totally different.
(18) One abutment was used to evaluate each of nine oral hygiene instrumentation methods used for specified lengths of time or instrument strokes.
(19) Out-patient treatment, instrumentation and postgraduated teaching is dealt with.
(20) There is considerable evidence to suggest that intra-alveolar plasminogen activation is instrumental in many aspects of inflammatory lung injury and subsequent tissue repair.
Tenaculum
Definition:
(n.) An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.
Example Sentences:
(1) In one case a cervical lesion was observed due to a tenaculum laceration.
(2) Moderate cervical traction straightens the uterus and the routine use of a tenaculum theoretically makes insertion of an intrauterine device safer and the passage of an embryo transfer catheter less traumatic.
(3) The only instruments needed are a single-toothed tenaculum to straighten the uterine axis and a straight Randall's forceps.
(4) Care in examining the patient, judicious timing of insertion, the use of a tenaculum, traction to straighten flexion deformities of the uterus, sounding the uterus, and gentleness during the introduction and ejection of the device into the uterus should greatly reduce the incidence of uterine perforation.
(5) No anesthesia, analgesia or tenaculum was required.
(6) The comments on another study of laparoscopic sterilization technique combined with therapeutic abortions in which the use of a vacuum cannula or a dilator taped in place with a tenaculum on the cervix to aid in uterine positioning is recommended.
(7) The IUDs were removed without analgesia or anesthesia, by grasping the anterior lip of the cervix with a uterine tenaculum, and inserting forceps without cervical dilatation.
(8) After surgical preparation with Betadine solution, a combination tenaculum-sound is placed in the cervical canal.
(9) The tenaculum in the cervix is used to position the uterus and tubes.
(10) Use of a tenaculum at insertion may also be a risk factor for laceration, but this finding needs to be confirmed by future studies.
(11) In the first phase of the investigation, designed to determine the efficacy of the gel, 40 women received it before one or more of five procedures (cervical biopsy, intrauterine device insertion, endocervical curettage, paracervical block, and tenaculum placement).
(12) The tenaculum offers certain advantages over other cervical sealing devices and was able to be applied to 14 of 15 patients, with enhancement of the hysteroscopic findings.
(13) A single-tooth tenaculum and a tubal insufflation cannula control the uterus during the subsequent sterilization procedure.
(14) The uterus is manipulated by a tenaculum on the cervix.
(15) Doctors and counselors rated the pain during each of 8 specific stages of the abortion (examination, speculum insertion, tenaculum placement, administration of paracervical local anesthesia, uterine sounding, cervical dilatation, vacuum aspiration, and sharp curettage) as compared with the average pain they had observed.
(16) A new tenaculum was developed to minimize reflux yet be easily applied to the cervix.
(17) It has been necessary to train midwives and nurses to perform insertions as well as identify contraindications, both temporary and absolute, use of the tenaculum forceps, the uterine sound, and remove the IUD.
(18) The traction force was measured with a spring-balance attached to the tenaculum.
(19) The measurements were made by connecting to the cervix a uterine insufflation cannula with a ruler attached to it and measuring the distance from the hymen to the ectocervix while varying amounts of downward traction were applied to a tenaculum with a spring scale.
(20) This appears to be because of the design of the Labotect tubal cannulation set that uses a special speculum and tenaculum to straighten the uterus before insertion of the guide cannula and a less traumatic ball-tipped guide catheter.