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Adson dressing forceps [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2008-07-28
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Surgical Instruments
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Adson dressing forceps
1, record 1, English, Adson%20dressing%20forceps
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- Adson's dressing forceps 2, record 1, English, Adson%27s%20dressing%20forceps
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
There is another popular variety of dressing forceps known as Adson dressing forceps. They have wide, comfortable, serrated handles that taper to a medium serrated tip. 3, record 1, English, - Adson%20dressing%20forceps
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
There are many types of Adson forceps: Adson artery forceps; Adson dissecting forceps; Adson dural forceps; Adson ear forceps; Adson hemostatic or haemostatic forceps; Adson hypophyseal forceps; Adson lung grasping forceps; Adson micro forceps; Adson suture forceps; Adson tissue forceps; Adson thumb forceps; Adson thumb and tissue forceps; Adson thumb and tissue micro forceps; etc. 4, record 1, English, - Adson%20dressing%20forceps
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
In medical eponyms, the possessive form, such as "Adson's dressing forceps", often disappears over the years. For that reason, the written forms "Adson dressing forceps" is also found. Alfred Washington Adson (1887-1951), American neurosurgeon. 4, record 1, English, - Adson%20dressing%20forceps
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Instruments chirurgicaux
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- pince à pansements d'Adson
1, record 1, French, pince%20%C3%A0%20pansements%20d%27Adson
feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- pince à pansements Adson 1, record 1, French, pince%20%C3%A0%20pansements%20Adson
feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Avec l'usage, il arrive que le nom de l'inventeur ne soit plus utilisé comme complément de nom, mais soit mis en apposition et se comporte, dès lors, comme un adjectif de relation. On parlera alors de «pince à pansements Adson» et non plus de «pince à pansements d'Adson». Alfred W. Adson (1887-1951), neuro-chirurgien américain. 2, record 1, French, - pince%20%C3%A0%20pansements%20d%27Adson
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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