Subcutaneous Port at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Subcutaneous Port? A tube surgically placed into a blood vessel and attached to a disk placed under the skin. It is used for the administration of intravenous fluids and drugs; it can also be used to obtain blood samples.

Medical Term & Definition Added By: Aubrey

Send To Friends!

If you'd like to send the Subcutaneous Port definition to yourself or to your friends/colleagues, just enter the e-mail addresses in the boxes below -

We hope you now understand the meaning of Subcutaneous Port. If you need any more information on this term, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Other Similar Drugs Terms:

Prescription Drugs Term Base Pair (bp) is Two nucleotides that are in different nucleic acid chains and whose bases pair by hydrogen bonding. In DNA, the nucleotide bases are adenine (A) that always pairs with thymine (T) and guanine (G) which pairs with cytosine (C). In RNA molecules, adenine (A

Prescription Drugs Term oophorectomy (o-o-for-EK-toe-mee) is Surgery to remove one or both ovaries.

Prescription Drugs Term prostate cancer (prah-state KAN-ser) is Cancer that forms in tissues of the prostate (a gland in the male reproductive system found below the bladder and in front of the rectum). Prostate cancer usually occurs in older men.

Prescription Drugs Term Exocrine is A gland that utilizes a duct for the secretion of molecules.

Prescription Drugs Term streptavidin is A small bacterial protein that binds with high affinity to the vitamin biotin. This streptavidin-biotin combination can be used to link molecules such as radioisotopes and monoclonal antibodies together. These bound products have the property of being att