oxyology

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noun

Emergency medicine.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounoxyology (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableEmergency medicine.

    […] oxyology after a minimum of 4 years' ambulance and hospital practice. These specialists are always welcome in the intensive-care and admission departments of hospitals […]

    1986, Hungarian Trade Union News, page 9
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    Supposedly the indication field of nitroglycerin will be extended in the near future and Nitromint preparations will be used in oxyology also for controlling other clinical conditions in which smooth muscle spasm has a major role.

    1991, G. Acs, G. Göbl, B. Szabó, “Evaluation of the effectivity of Nitromint spray in comparison with sublingual tablet in emergency and ambulance practice”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

    […] medical care to those with an unpredicted immediate need outside a hospital and continued care once in an established emergency facility. […] Cf. first aid, life support, oxyology, prehospital medicine

    2012, S. William A. Gunn, Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Relief, page 58

    The 1970s also saw the development of a scientific discourse on emergencies, which was taken up by the World Health Organization and led to the creation of a genuine emergency medicine, referred to as “oxyology” by the Hungarian doctor Gabor.

    2022 March 2, Charles-Antoine Wanecq, “Medical Emergencies in Europe during the Twentieth Century”, in Sorbonne University: Digital Encyclopedia of European History
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