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free

(At no charge), adjective complimentary, costing nothing, costless, expenseless, for nothing, given, given away, gratis, gratuitous, gratuitus, not charged for, provided without charge, unbought, uncharged, unpaid, untaxed, without cost
Associated concepts: free on board

free

(Enjoying civil liberty), adjective autonomic, autonomous, democratic, emancipated, enjoying liberty, exempt from external authority, franchised, freed, independent, liberated, manumitted, not enslaved, not in bondage, not subject to regulation, reeoved from bondage, saved from bondage, self-directing, self-governing, self-ruling, sovereign, sua sponte, sua volunnate, unenslaved, unenthralled, unsubjected
Associated concepts: free access, free press, free speech
Foreign phrases: A piratis aut latronibus capti liberi perranent.Persons taken by robbers remain free.

free

(Not restricted), adjective at large, at liberty, cast loose, clear from, disengaged, immune from restriction, let out, liber, liberated, loose, privileged, solutus, unattached, unbound, unbridled, uncaught, unchained, unchecked, uncoerced, unconfined, uncurbed, unfastened, unfettered, unfixed, unhampered, unimpeded, unobstructed, unpent, unprevented, unqualified, unreined, unrestrained, unshackled, untied, untrammeled
Associated concepts: free and voluntary, free enterprise, free from encumbrances, free press, free speech

free

(Relieved from a burden), adjective absolved, clear, cleared, delivered, disburdened, discharged, disembarrassed, disencumbered, disengaged, disentangled, dismissed, excused, exempted, exonerated, immunis, pardoned, paroled, quit of, ransomed, re liber, released, relieved, reprieved, rescued, rid, saved, set free, spared, unencumbered, unimpeded, vacuus
Associated concepts: free and clear, free from fault

free

verb absolve, acquit, affranchise, clear, come to the rescue, deliver, deliver from bondage, disburden, discharge, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disenthrall, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, exculpate, excuse, exempt, eximere, exonerate, extricate, forgive, franchise, give a reerieve, give absolution, grant a reprieve, grant amnesty, grant pardon, let escape, let go, let loose, let out, let out of prison, liberare, liberate, manumit, pardon, parole, privilege, purge, ransom, redeem, release, release from restraint, remit, rescue, save, set at large, set at liberty, set free, solvere, turn loose, unbind, unburden, unchain, unfasten, unfix, unimprison, unleash, unmanacle, unshackle, untie, vindicate

free

of a person, having personal rights or liberty; not enslaved or confined. Of property, not subject to payment of rent or performance of services (freehold) or not subject to any burden or charge, such as a mortgage or lien (unencumbered ).

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HET diagnostic management may consist of a brief search for free fluid (the FAST) or a more complete abdominal ultrasound.

Role of focused assessment with sonography for trauma as a screening tool for blunt abdominal trauma in young children after high energy trauma

Calcium channel blockers overdose patients with hypotension but without abdominal pain and constipation complaints, peritoneal and intrapleural free fluid is common and may be detected using bedside USG.

Intrapleural and intraperitoneal free fluid in calcium channel blocker overdose

Ultrasound was used to detect the free fluid and abscess however CT scan is more specific and sensitive.

Anastomotic leak in prepared versus unprepared bowel

There were 36 cases of free fluid in the abdomen and pelvis on CT.

RSSA MDCT essentials course 2011: Sandton convention centre, Johannesburg, 26 - 28 August 2011

Computed tomography is an excellent imaging technique to identify duodenal injuries, by finding free fluid, air, or soft tissue stranding around the duodenum (3).

Duodenal diverticulum perforation from blunt trauma

Computed tomography scan revealed several loops of dilated small bowel; however, no definite transition point, free fluid, or free air was identified.

Urachal remnant small bowel obstruction: report of two adult cases

A pelvic ultrasonograph showed a left ovarian complex mass measuring 14 cm x 9 cm x 6 cm as well as a moderate amount of free fluid in the cul-de-sac.

Nonhemolytic, nonmotile gram-positive rods indicative of Bacillus anthracis. (Dispatches)

The presence of appendicoliths, stranding, large appendiceal diameter, free fluid, and small-bowel obstruction were associated with perforation to a statistically significant degree, Kevin T.

CT findings flag perforation in appendicitis (Retrospective, Case-Control Study)

The device could be used to visualize an ICU patient's heart function and anatomy, or to help identify life-threatening abnormalities or free fluid in a trauma patient in the ER.

New Miniature, Portable GE Ultrasound Allows for Rapid Diagnosis, Procedures at Patient's Bedside

We considered Diagnostic Laparoscopy in 4 multiparas patients, in whom USG findings were moderate free fluid in the pelvis.

Diagnostic laparoscopy--a retrospective study

His US examination demonstrated the presence of overwhelmingly echogenic free fluid.

IMAGING OF ABDOMINAL HYDATIDOSIS: A RARE PRESENTATION OF A COMMON CONDITION

Inflammatory changes were also present in the left paracolic gutter with wall thickening and enhancement of the short segment of descending colon surrounded by a small amount of free fluid.

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis: The uncommon complications of the uncommon disease