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mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary Category: Health and Medicine > Medical Dictionary Date & country: 26/01/2008, UK Words: 116197

styramate
Carbamic acid beta-hydroxyphenethyl ester;an orally effective skeletal muscle relaxant with a relatively long duration of action. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

styrene
C6H5CH==CH2; phenylethylene;the monomer from which polystyrenes, plastics, and synthetic rubber are made; together with divinylbenzene (for cross-linking), it is the basis of many synthetic ion exchangers. ... Synonym: cinnamene, ethenylbenzene, styrol, vinylbenzene. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sub-
1. <prefix> A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf …

subabdominal
Below the abdomen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subabdominoperitoneal
Beneath the abdominal, as distinguished from the pelvic, peritoneum. ... Synonym: subperitoneoabdominal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subacetate
A mixture or complex of a base and its acetate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subacromial bursa
Between the acromion and the capsule of the shoulder joint. ... Synonym: bursa subacromialis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subacromial bursitis
May be coalesced with subdeltoid bursitis. ... Synonym: Duplay's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subacute
Somewhat acute, between acute and chronic. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

subacute bacterial endocarditis
Subacute bacterial endocarditis is usually due to Streptococcus viridans or S. Fecalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subacute care
Medical and skilled nursing services provided to patients who are not in an acute phase of an illness but who require a level of care higher than that provided in a long-term care setting. (jcaho, lexikon, 1994) ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

subacute glomerulonephritis
Undesirable term for glomerulonephritis with proteinuria, haematuria and azotemia persisting for many weeks; renal changes are variable, including those of rapidly progressive and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. ... Synonym: subacute nephritis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subacute granulomatous thyroiditis
Thyroiditis with round cell (usually lymphocytes) infiltration, destruction of thyroid cells, epithelial giant cell proliferation, and evidence of regeneration; thought by some to be a reflection of a systemic infection and not an example of true chronic thyroiditis. ... Synonym: de Quervain's thyroiditis, giant cell thyroiditis. ... (05 Mar 2000) …

subacute hepatitis
Synonym for chronic active hepatitis ... <pathology> This is a form of continuing liver inflammation that results in liver cell death. Causes include viral infection (hepatitis D, hepatitis B, hepatitis C), autoimmune disease, drug ingestion or metabolic causes. Chronic active hepatitis will lead to hepatic failure and death in a small percent …

subacute inflammation
An inflammation that is intermediate in duration between that of an acute inflammation and that of a chronic inflammation, usually persisting longer than 3 or 4 weeks. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subacute lymphocyte thyroiditis
A subacute variant of Hashimoto's thyroiditis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subacute necrotizing myelitis
A disorder of the lower spinal cord in adult males resulting in progressive paraplegia. ... Synonym: angiodysgenetic myelomalacia, Foix-Alajouanine myelitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subacute nephritis
Synonym for subacute glomerulonephritis ... Undesirable term for glomerulonephritis with proteinuria, haematuria and azotemia persisting for many weeks; renal changes are variable, including those of rapidly progressive and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. ... Synonym: subacute nephritis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subacute rheumatism
A mild but usually protracted form of acute rheumatic fever, often resistant to treatment. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
<neurology> Chronic progressive illness seen in children a few years after measles infection and involving demyelination of the cerebral cortex. Virus apparently persists in brain cells: usually considered a slow virus disease. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

subacute spongiform encephalopathy
A form of spongiform encephalopathy that is associated with a 'slow virus', which to date has not been adequately described, is transmissible, and has a rapidly progressive, fatal course; e.g., Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, kuru, Gerstmann-Straussler syndrome, scrapie. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subadult
Stage in which an organism has developed many but not all adult characteristics and is not sexually mature. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

subadventitial fibrosis
Synonym for perimuscular fibrosis ... Fibrosis in the outer media of arteries, usually the renal arteries of young women, where it causes segmental stenosis and hypertension; a variety of fibromuscular dysplasia. ... Synonym: subadventitial fibrosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subalimentation
A condition of insufficient nourishment. ... Synonym: hypoalimentation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subanal
Below the anus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subanconeus muscle
Synonym for articularis cubiti muscle ... <anatomy> The name applied to a small slip of the medial head of the triceps that inserts into the capsule of the elbow joint. ... Synonym: musculus articularis cubiti, articular muscle of elbow, subanconeus muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subaortic
Below the aorta. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subaortic lymph nodes
Nodes of the common iliac group located at the bifurcation of the aorta. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici subaortici. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subaortic stenosis
<cardiology> The congenital narrowing of the outflow tract of the left ventricle due to a ring of fibrous tissue or enlargement of the ventricular septum. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

subapical
Below the apex of any part. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subapical segment
An inconstant segment of the inferior lobe of the right and left lungs. ... Synonym: segmentum subapicale, segmentum subsuperius, subsuperior segment. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subaponeurotic
Beneath an aponeurosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subarachnoid
<anatomy> The layer of tissue situated or occurring between the arachnoid and the pia mater. ... (11 Nov 1997) ...

subarachnoid anaesthesia
Synonym for spinal anaesthesia ... A form of regional anaesthesia that involves the injection of an anaesthetic into the epidural space (in the spinal canal), at predetermined location along the spine, to produce anaesthesia in all body regions that are supplied by nerves that arise below the anatomic region of the block. Often used for obstetrical …

subarachnoid cavity
Synonym for subarachnoid space ... The space between the arachnoidea and pia mater, traversed by delicate fibrous trabeculae and filled with cerebrospinal fluid. Since the pia mater immediately adheres to the surface of the brain and spinal cord, the space is greatly widened wherever the brain surface exhibits a deep depression (for example, between …

subarachnoid haemorrhage
<neurology> A acute condition involving sudden haemorrhage into the space between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater (adjacent to the brain). Often secondary to a head injury or a blood vessel defect known as an aneurysm. The subarachnoid space also contains the cerebrospinal fluid. ... (11 Nov 1997) ...

subarachnoid space
The space between the arachnoidea and pia mater, traversed by delicate fibrous trabeculae and filled with cerebrospinal fluid. Since the pia mater immediately adheres to the surface of the brain and spinal cord, the space is greatly widened wherever the brain surface exhibits a deep depression (for example, between the cerebellum and medulla); such …

subarachnoidal cisterns
Widening portions of the subarachnoid space within the cranium where the arachnoid bridges over a depression on the surface of the brain. ... See: subarachnoid space. ... Synonym: cisternae subarachnoideales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subarcuate
Slightly arcuate or bowed. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subarcuate fossa
An irregular depression on the posterior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone just below its crest and above and lateral to the internal acoustic meatus. In the foetus, the flocculus of the cerebellum rests here; in the adult, a small vein enters the bone here. ... Synonym: fossa subarcuata, floccular fossa, hiatus subarcuatus. ... (05 …

subareolar
Beneath an areola; especially the areola of the mamma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subareolar duct papillomatosis
A benign tumour which may clinically resemble Paget's disease, but which is a papillary or solid growth of columnar and myoepithelial cells producing a florid pseudoinfiltrative pattern. ... Synonym: adenoma of nipple, erosive adenomatosis of nipple. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subastragalar
Beneath the calcaneus (astragalus). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subastragalar amputation
Amputation of the foot in which only the astragalus is retained. ... Synonym: Malgaigne's amputation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subatomic
Pertaining to particles making up the intra-atomic structure; e.g., protons, electrons, neutrons. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subaural
Below the ear. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subauricular
Below an auricle; especially the concha or pinna of the ear. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subaxial
Below the axis of the body or any part. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subbrachycephalic
Slightly brachycephalic; having a cephalic index of 80.01 to 83.33. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subbronchial
<anatomy, zoology> Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the bronchi; as, the subbronchial air sacs of birds. ... (26 Nov 1998) ...

subcaecal
Below the caecum; denoting a fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subcaecal fossa
An inconstant depression in the peritoneum extending posterior to the caecum. ... Synonym: Treitz's fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subcalcarine
Below the calcarine fissure; denoting the lingual gyrus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subcallosal
Below the corpus callosum; denoting either the subcallosal gyrus or the fasciculus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subcallosal area
Synonym for subcallosal gyrus ... A slender vertical whitish band immediately anterior to the lamina terminalis and anterior commissure; contrary to its name, it is not a cortical convolution but is the ventral continuation of the transparent septum. ... Synonym: area subcallosa, gyrus paraterminalis, gyrus subcallosus, pedunculus corporis callosi, c …

subcallosal fasciculus
A bundle of thin nerve fibres running longitudinally beneath the corpus callosum in the angle between the latter and the caudate nucleus; it forms an anterior continuation of the tapetum of the temporal lobe and appears to consist largely of fibres projecting from the cerebral cortex to the caudate nucleus. ... Synonym: fasciculus subcallosus. ... (0 …

subcallosal gyrus
A slender vertical whitish band immediately anterior to the lamina terminalis and anterior commissure; contrary to its name, it is not a cortical convolution but is the ventral continuation of the transparent septum. ... Synonym: area subcallosa, gyrus paraterminalis, gyrus subcallosus, pedunculus corporis callosi, corpus paraterminale, paraterminal …

subcapital fracture
An intracapsular fracture of the neck of the femur, at the point where the neck of the femur joins the head. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subcapsular
<anatomy> Situated below a capsule. ... (26 Nov 1998) ...

subcapsular cataract
A cataract in which the opacities are concentrated beneath the capsule. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subcarbonate
A mixture or complex of a base and its carbonate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subcardinal
Lying ventral to the anterior or posterior cardinal veins in the embryo. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subcellular
Synonym for noncellular ... 1. Lacking cellular organization, as applied to viruses, which can only replicate within a cell, whether prokaryotic or eukaryotic. ... Synonym: subcellular. ... Synonym: acellular. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subcellular fractions
Components of a cell produced by various separation techniques which, though they disrupt the delicate anatomy of a cell, preserve the structure and physiology of its functioning constituents for biochemical and ultrastructural analysis. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

subception
Subliminal perception as in the reaction to a stimulus not fully perceived. ... See: subliminal. ... Origin: sub-+ L. -ceptum, perceived ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subceruleus nucleus
Diffusely organised nucleus of noradrenergic cells located ventral to the nucleus (locus) ceruleus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subchloride
The chloride of a series that contains proportionally the greatest amount of the other element in the compound; e.g., subchloride of mercury is Hg2Cl2, whereas chloride or perchloride of mercury is HgCl2. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subchondral
Beneath or below the cartilages of the ribs. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subchorial lake
Synonym for subchorial space ... The part of the placenta adjacently beneath the chorionic plate; it joins with irregular channels to form the marginal lakes. ... Synonym: subchorial lake. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subchorial space
The part of the placenta adjacently beneath the chorionic plate; it joins with irregular channels to form the marginal lakes. ... Synonym: subchorial lake. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subchorionic
Beneath the chorion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subchoroidal
Beneath the choroid coat of the eye. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subclass
In biologic classification, a division between class and order. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subclavian artery
<anatomy, artery> Artery arising from the brachiocephalic trunk on the right side and from the arch of the aorta on the left side. It distributes to the neck, thoracic wall, spinal cord, brain, meninges, and upper limb. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

subclavian catheter
Synonym for central venous catheter ... <equipment> A small, flexible plastic tube inserted into the large vein above the heart, usually the subclavian vein, through which access to the blood stream can be made. This allows drugs and blood products to be given and blood samples withdrawn painlessly. ... Some of the catheters have more than one …

subclavian duct
Synonym for subclavian lymphatic trunk ... It is formed by the union of the vessels draining the lymph nodes of either upper limb, emptying into the thoracic duct at the root of the neck on the left or into the right lymphatic duct. ... Synonym: truncus subclavius, subclavian duct. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subclavian groove
A groove on the inferior surface of the body of the clavicle to which is attached the subclavius muscle. ... Synonym: sulcus musculi subclavii, subclavian sulcus, sulcus subclavianus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subclavian loop
Synonym for ansa subclavia ... A nerve cord connecting the middle cervical and stellate sympathetic ganglia, forming a loop around the subclavian artery. ... Synonym: subclavian loop, Vieussens' ansa, Vieussens' loop. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subclavian lymphatic trunk
It is formed by the union of the vessels draining the lymph nodes of either upper limb, emptying into the thoracic duct at the root of the neck on the left or into the right lymphatic duct. ... Synonym: truncus subclavius, subclavian duct. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subclavian muscle
Synonym for subclavius ... <anatomy, muscle> Origin, first costal cartilage; insertion, inferior surface of acromial end of clavicle; action, fixes clavicle or elevates first rib; nerve supply, subclavian from brachial plexus. ... Synonym: musculus subclavius, subclavian muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subclavian nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A branch from the superior trunk of the brachial plexus supplying the subclavius muscle. ... Synonym: nervus subclavius. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subclavian periarterial plexus
The autonomic plexus accompanying the artery of this name, formed by fibres from the stellate ganglion, and giving off secondary plexus's along the branches of the subclavian. ... Synonym: plexus subclavius, subclavian plexus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subclavian plexus
Synonym for subclavian periarterial plexus ... The autonomic plexus accompanying the artery of this name, formed by fibres from the stellate ganglion, and giving off secondary plexus's along the branches of the subclavian. ... Synonym: plexus subclavius, subclavian plexus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subclavian steal
Obstruction of the subclavian artery proximal to the origin of the vertebral artery; blood flow through the vertebral artery is reversed and the subclavian artery thus 'steals' cerebral blood, causing symptoms of vertebrobasilar insufficiency (subclavian steal syndrome); manifest during vigorous use of an upper extremity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subclavian steal syndrome
<syndrome> Aortic arch syndrome, also referred to by many as vertebral-basilar artery disease, carotid artery occlusive syndrome and subclavian steal syndrome is characterised by a constellation of signs and symptoms which occur secondary to abnormalities in the major arteries which extend off of the aortic arch. These abnormalities are struc …

subclavian sulcus
Synonym for subclavian groove ... A groove on the inferior surface of the body of the clavicle to which is attached the subclavius muscle. ... Synonym: sulcus musculi subclavii, subclavian sulcus, sulcus subclavianus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subclavian triangle
Synonym for supraclavicular triangle ... The triangle bounded by the clavicle, the omohyoid muscle, and the sternocleidomastoid muscle; it contains the subclavian artery and vein. ... Synonym: fossa supraclavicularis major, trigonum omoclaviculare, greater supraclavicular fossa, omoclavicular triangle, subclavian triangle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subclavian vein
<anatomy, vein> The continuation of the axillary vein which follows the subclavian artery and then joins the internal jugular vein to form the brachiocephalic vein. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

subclavicular
Pertaining to the region beneath the clavicle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subclavius
<anatomy, muscle> Origin, first costal cartilage; insertion, inferior surface of acromial end of clavicle; action, fixes clavicle or elevates first rib; nerve supply, subclavian from brachial plexus. ... Synonym: musculus subclavius, subclavian muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subclinical
Without clinical manifestations, said of the early stage of an infection or other disease or abnormality before symptoms and signs become apparent or detectable by clinical examination or laboratory tests or of a very mild form of an infection or other disease or abnormality. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

subclinical diabetes
A form of diabetes mellitus that is clinically evident only under certain circumstances, such as pregnancy or extreme stress; persons so afflicted may, in time, manifest more severe forms of the disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subclinical disease
An illness that stays below the surface of clinical detection. A subclinical disease has no recognizable clinical findings. As distinct from a clinical disease which has clinical signs and symptoms that can be recognised. Many diseases are subclinical before surfacing as clinical diseases. For examples: diabetes, hypothyroidism, rheumatoid arthriti …

subclinical infection
<epidemiology> An infection in which symptoms are sufficiently mild or inapparent to escape diagnosis other than by positive confirmation of the ability to transmit the infection or serologically. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

subclinical seizure
A seizure detected by EEG, which has no clinical correlate, i.e., an EEG seizure alone or an electrical seizure alone. ... Synonym: electrographic seizure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subcloning
The process of tranferring a cloned DNA fragment from one vector to another. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

subcollateral
Below the collateral fissure; denoting a cerebral convolution, or gyrus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

subcommissural organ
An ependymal derivative located at the junction of the third ventricle and the cerebral aqueduct, secreting somatostatin. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

subconjunctival
Situated or occurring beneath the conjunctiva. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

subconjunctival haematoma
<ophthalmology> A collection of blood under the conjunctival membrane in the eye. Often the result of blunt trauma to the eye. ... (06 Mar 1998) ...