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

sudanophobic
Denoting tissue that fails to stain with a Sudan or fat-soluble dye. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudanophobic zone
A zone of cells, at the periphery of the zona fasciculata in the adrenal cortex of the rat, that is not stained by Sudan dyes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudation
Synonym: perspiration. ... Origin: L. Sudatio, fr. Sudo, pp. -atus, to sweat ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudden death
An arrhythmogenic death in aortic stenosis, coronary disease, mesothelioma of the AV node, or single coronary artery. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudden infant death
The abrupt and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant under one year of age, remaining unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history. (expert panel of the national institute of child health and human development in paediatri …

sudden infant death syndrome
<syndrome> May affect infants of any age, but some risk factors have been identified: term infants who have had a life-threatening period of apnoea (not breathing), premature infants of low birth weight, siblings of infants who have succumbed to sudden infant death syndrome and infants of substance abusing mothers. ... Peak age is at 2.5 month …

Sudeck
Paul H.M., German surgeon, 1866-1938. ... See: Sudeck's atrophy, Sudeck's critical point, Sudeck's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sudeck's atrophy
Atrophy of bones, commonly of the carpal or tarsal bones, following a slight injury such as a sprain. ... See: causalgia, reflex sympathetic dystrophy. ... Synonym: acute reflex bone atrophy, posttraumatic osteoporosis, Sudeck's syndrome. ... Origin: L. English sweat ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sudeck's critical point
Region in the colon between the supply of the sigmoid arteries and that of the superior rectal artery. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sudeck's syndrome
Synonym for Sudeck's atrophy ... Atrophy of bones, commonly of the carpal or tarsal bones, following a slight injury such as a sprain. ... See: causalgia, reflex sympathetic dystrophy. ... Synonym: acute reflex bone atrophy, posttraumatic osteoporosis, Sudeck's syndrome. ... Origin: L. English sweat ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudomotor
Denoting the autonomic (sympathetic) nerves that stimulate the sweat glands to activity. ... Origin: L. Sudor, sweat, + motor, mover ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudomotor fibres
Postganglionic and cholinergic sympathetic nerve fibre's that innervate the sweat glands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudomotor nerves
Nerves containing autonomic (general visceral efferent -postganglionic) fibres that innervate sweat glands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudor anglicus
Synonym for English sweating disease ... A disease of unknown nature that appeared in England and spread over Europe in 1485, 1508 and 1528-30 and was characterised by heavy sweats, prostration, and a high fatality rate. ... Synonym: sudor anglicus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudor sanguineus
Synonym for haematidrosis ... <dermatology, haematology> A very rare disorder in which the patient sweats blood and/or blood pigments. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

sudor urinosus
Synonym for uridrosis ... The excretion of urea or uric acid in the sweat. ... Synonym: sudor urinosus, urhidrosis. ... Origin: uri-+ G. Hidros, sweat ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudor-
Sweat, perspiration. ... Origin: L. Sudor ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudoral
Relating to perspiration. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudoresis
Profuse sweating. ... Origin: sudor-+ G. -esis, condition ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudoriferous duct
Synonym for duct of sweat glands ... The superficial portion of the sweat gland that passes through the corium and epidermis, opening on the surface by the porus sudoriferus or sweat pore. ... Synonym: ductus sudoriferus, sudoriferous duct, sweat duct. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudoriferous glands
Synonym for sweat glands ... The coil glands of the skin that secrete the sweat. ... Synonym: glandulae sudoriferae, Boerhaave's glands, perspiratory glands, sudoriferous glands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudorikeratosis
Keratosis of the sudoriferous ducts. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudoriparous abscess
A collection of pus in a sweat gland. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudorometer
An instrument for measuring the amount of perspiration. ... Origin: sudor-+ G. Metron, measure ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sudorrhoea
Synonym: hyperhidrosis. ... Origin: sudor-+ G. Rhoia, a flow ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sue
1. To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo. 'For yet there was no man that haddle him sued.' (Chaucer) 'I was beloved of many a gentle knight, And sued and sought with all the service due.' (Spenser) 'Sue me, and woo me, and flatter me.' (Tennyson) ... 2. To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process …

suet
The hard fat around the kidneys of cattle and sheep; when rendered it yields tallow. ... Prepared suet, the internal fat of the abdomen of the sheep, Ovis aries, purified by melting and straining; used in pharmacy in making ointments. ... Synonym: prepared mutton tallow. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sufentanil
<chemical> N-(4-(methoxymethyl)-1-(2-(2-thienyl)ethyl)-4-piperidyl)propionanilide. An opioid analgesic that is used as an adjunct in anaesthesia, in balanced anaesthesia, and as a primary anaesthetic agent. ... Pharmacological action: analgesics, opioid, anaesthesia adjuvants, anaesthetics, intravenous, narcotics. ... Chemical name: Propanamide …

sufentanil citrate
N-[4-(Methoxymethyl)-1-[2-(2-thienyl)ethyl]-4-p iperidyl]proprionanilide;an injectable narcotic with short duration of effect resembling fentanil; used in 'balanced anaesthesia'. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suffering
<symptom> A state of severe distress associated with events that threaten the intactness of the person ... (16 Dec 1997) ...

sufficient
1. Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country. 'My grace is sufficient for thee.' (2 Cor. Xii. 9) ... 2. Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit. 'Who is sufficient for these things?' (2 …

sufficient cause
An aetiological factor that guarantees that a result in question will occur; non-occurrence of the result is proof that the factor is not operating. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suffix
1. A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix. ... 2. <mathematics> A subscript mark, number, or letter. See Subscript. ... Origin: L. Suffixus, p.p. Of suffigere to fasten on, to affix; sub under + figere to fix: cf. F. Suffixe. See Fix. ... Source: Websters Dictio …

suffocate
1. To impede respiration; to asphyxiate. ... 2. To be unable to breathe; to suffer from asphyxiation. ... Origin: L. Suffoco (subf-), pp. -atus, to choke, strangle ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suffocating gas
A gas, such as chlorine or phosgene, that causes intense irritation of the bronchial tubes and lungs, resulting in pulmonary oedema. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suffocation
The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking. ... The term suffocation is sometimes employed synonymously with asphyxia. In the strict medico-legal sense it signifies asphyxia induced by obstruction of the respiration otherwise than by direct pressure on the neck (hanging, strangulation) or submersi …

suffocative goiter
A goiter that by pressure causes extreme dyspnea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suffossion
A digging under; an undermining. ... Origin: L. Suffossio, from suffodere, suffossum, to dig under; sub under + fodere to dig. ... (01 Mar 1998) ...

suffrage
1. A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote. 'I ask your voices and your suffrages.' (Shak) ... 2. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval. 'Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers.' (Atte …

suffragist
1. One who possesses or exercises the political right of suffrage; a voter. ... 2. One who has certain opinions or desires about the political right of suffrage; as, a woman suffragist. 'It is curious that . . . Louisa Castelefort should be obliged after her marriage immediately to open her doors and turn ultra liberal, or an universal suffragist.' …

suffruticulose
Moderately frutescent, obscurely shrubby, usually woody only basally. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

suffusion
1. The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading. 'To those that have the jaundice, or like suffusion of eyes, objects appear of that colour.' (Ray) ... 2. That with which a thing is suffused. ... 3. <ornithology, zoology> A blending of one colour into another; the spreading of one colour over another, as on the …

sugar
<biochemistry, chemistry> Common name for any sweet, crystalline, simple carbohydrate which is an aldehyde or ketone derivative of a polyhydric alcohol. Sugars are mainly disaccharides like sucrose and monosaccharides like fructose, all are soluble indilute alcohol or water and are white in their pure form. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

sugar acids
Acids, such as gluconic, glycuronic, and saccharic acid, produced by the oxidation of glucose. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sugar alcohol
The polyalcohol resulting from the reduction of the carbonyl group in a monosaccharide to a hydroxyl group. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sugar alcohol dehydrogenases
<enzyme> Reversibly catalyses the oxidation of a hydroxyl group of sugar alcohols to form a keto sugar, aldehyde or lactone. Any acceptor except molecular oxygen is permitted. ... Registry number: EC 1.1. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sugar alcohols
Polyhydric alcohols having no more than one hydroxy group attached to each carbon atom. They are formed by the reduction of the carbonyl group of a sugar to a hydroxyl group. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sugar aldehyde
A sugar that contains an internal acetal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sugar cataract
Any cataract associated with intralenticular accumulation of pentose or hexose alcohols. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sugar ester
Ester of a sugar with an organic or inorganic acid; e.g., d-glucose-6-phosphate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sugar of lead
Synonym for lead acetate ... Has been used as an astringent in diarrhoea, and in aqueous solution as a wet dressing in certain dermatoses. ... Synonym: sugar of lead. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sugar tumour
A benign clear cell tumour of the lung containing abundant glycogen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sugar-icing liver
Synonym for frosted liver ... Hyaloserositis of the liver. ... Synonym: Curschmann's disease, icing liver, sugar-icing liver, zuckergussleber. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sugar-non-specific nuclease
<enzyme> An exocytoplasmic sugar-non-specific nuclease that is able to degrade linear or covalently closed circular double-stranded DNA as well as single-stranded DNA or RNA; from cyanobacterium anabaena; mw 29 kD; amino acid sequence has been determined ... Registry number: EC 3.1.- ... Synonym: nuca gene product, anabaena ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

sugar-phosphatase
<enzyme> Acts on a wide range of hexosephosphates, pentosephosphates and oligosaccharidesphosphates ... Registry number: EC 3.1.3.23 ... Synonym: sugar phosphate phosphohydrolase, hexose-6-phosphate phosphohydrolase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

sugars
Those carbohydrates (saccharides) having the general composition (CH2O)n and simple derivatives thereof. Although the simple monomeric sugars (glycoses) are often written as polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones, e.g., HOCH2-(CHOH)4-CHO for aldohexoses (e.g., glucose) or HOCH2-(CHOH)3-CO-CH2OH for 2-ketoses (e.g., fructose), cyclization can give rise to …

suggestibility
Responsiveness or susceptibility to a psychological process such as a hypnotic command whereby an idea is induced into, or adopted by, an individual without argument, command, or coercion. ... Synonym: sympathism. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suggestible
Susceptible to suggestion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suggestion
1. The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea. ... 2. That which is suggested; an intimation; an insinuation; a hint; a different proposal or mention; also, formerly, a secret incitement; temptation. 'Why do I yield to that suggestion?' (Shak) ... 3. Charge; complaint; accusation. 'A false suggestion.' ... 4. Information without oath; an entry of …

suggestive
Relating to suggestion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suggestive psychotherapy
Psychotherapy utilizing the influence and authority of the therapist. ... See: directive psychotherapy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suggestive therapeutics
Treatment of disease or disorder by means of suggestion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suggillation
A bruise or livedo. ... See: contusion. ... Origin: L. Sugillo, pp. -atus, to beat black and blue ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sugiura
M., 20th century Japanese surgeon. ... See: Sugiura procedure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sugiura procedure
Oesophageal transection with paraesophageal devascularization, for oesophageal varices. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

SUI
<abbreviation> Stress urinary incontinence. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suicide
The act of killing oneself. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

suicide substrate
A competitive inhibitor that is converted to an irreversible inhibitor at the active site of the enzyme. ... Synonym: mechanism-based inhibitor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suicide, assisted
Deliberate acceleration of death of a competent patient with an incurable disease or in the extremes of suffering. The patient seeking assistance in taking his own life may ask the help of a physician or other health professional, a family member, or a friend. The milieu may be a hospital, nursing home, or private residence. Assistance to the perso …

suicide, attempted
The unsuccessful attempt to kill oneself. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

suicidology
A branch of the behavioural sciences devoted to the study of the nature, causes, and prevention of suicide. ... Origin: suicide + G. Logos, study ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suid herpesvirus
The causative agent of pseudorabies. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suipoxvirus
A genus of the family poxviridae, subfamily chordopoxvirinae, containing one species, swinepox virus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

suit
1. The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit. ... 2. The act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor. 'Thenceforth the suit of earthly conquest shone.' (Spenser) ... 3. The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship. 'Reb …

suitability index curve
Graph that depicts the suitability of a physical habitat variable for a fish species or life stage, often assumed to depict the species' or life stage's relative preference for values of the variable. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

sulbactam
<chemical> 3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-4-thia-1-azabicyclo(3.2.0)heptane-2-carboxylic acid 4,4-dioxide. A beta-lactamase inhibitor with very weak antibacterial action. The compound prevents antibiotic destruction of beta-lactam antibiotics by inhibiting beta-lactamases, thus extending their spectrum activity. Combinations of sulbactam with beta-lactam …

sulbenicillin
<chemical> 3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-6-((phenylsulfoacetyl)amino)-4-thia-1- azabicyclo(3.2.0)heptane-2-carboxylic acid. Semisynthetic penicillin-type antibiotic. ... Pharmacological action: penicillins. ... Chemical name: 4-Thia-1-azabicyclo(3.2.0)heptane-2-carboxylic acid, 3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-6-((phenylsulfoacetyl)amino)-, (2S-(2alpha,5alpha,6beta(S*) …

sulbentine
Synonym for dibenzthione ... 3,5-dibenzyltetrahydro-2H-1,3,5-thiadiazine-2-thione;an antifungal antiseptic. ... Synonym: sulbentine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulcal
Relating to a sulcus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulcal artery
<anatomy, artery> A small branch of the anterior spinal artery running in the anterior median fissure of the spinal cord. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulcate
Grooved, furrowed. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

sulci arteriosi
Synonym for arterial grooves ... Branching grooves on the interior surface of the cranial vault in which the meningeal arteries course, the most prominent of which are related to branches of the middle meningeal artery. ... Synonym: sulci arteriosi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulci cerebri
Synonym for cerebral sulci ... The grooves between the cerebral gyri or convolutions. ... Synonym: sulci cerebri. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulci cutis
Synonym for skin furrows ... The numerous grooves of variable depth on the surface of the epidermis. ... Synonym: sulci cutis, skin grooves. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulci orbitales
Synonym for orbital sulci ... A number of irregularly disposed, variable sulci dividing the inferior or orbital surface of each frontal lobe of the cerebrum into the orbital gyri. ... Synonym: sulci orbitales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulci paracolici
Synonym for paracolic gutters ... The grooves between the lateral aspect of the ascending or descending colon and the abdominal wall. ... Synonym: sulci paracolici, paracolic recesses. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulci temporales transversi
Synonym for transverse temporal sulci ... The shallow sulci that demarcate the transverse temporal gyri on the opercular surface of the superior temporal gyrus. ... Synonym: sulci temporales transversi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulci venosi
Synonym for venous grooves ... <anatomy> Grooves occasionally found on the internal surface of the parietal bone, in which veins lie. ... Synonym: sulci venosi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulciform
Having the form of a groove or sulcus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulcomarginal tract
Collective term for those fibre tract's which descend in the anterior funiculus of the spinal cord along the wall of the anterior median fissure: tectospinal tract, medial longitudinal fasciculus, and anterior pyramidal tract. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulcular epithelium
Synonym for crevicular epithelium ... The stratified squamous epithelium lining the inner aspect of the soft tissue wall of the gingival sulcus. ... Synonym: sulcular epithelium. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulcular fluid
Synonym for gingival fluid ... Fluid containing plasma proteins, which is present in increasing amounts in association with gingival inflammation. ... Synonym: crevicular fluid, sulcular fluid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulculus
A small sulcus. ... Origin: Mod. L. Dim. Of L. Sulcus, furrow ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulcus
1. <anatomy> A groove or furrow, as one of the grooves on the surface of the cerebrum in mammals. ... 2. <zoology> In Dinoflagellata, a longitudinal groove in which a flagellum lies; in Anthozoa, the ventral siphonoglyph. ... (04 Mar 1998) ...

sulcus ampullaris
Synonym for ampullary sulcus ... The groove on the external surface of the ampulla of each semicircular duct where the nerve enters the crista ampullaris. ... Synonym: sulcus ampullaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulcus angularis
Synonym for angular notch ... A sharp angular depression in the lesser curvature of the stomach at the junction of the body with the pyloric canal. ... Synonym: incisura angularis, sulcus angularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulcus anthelicis transversus
Synonym for transverse anthelicine groove ... A deep groove on the cranial surface of the auricle separating the eminences of the triangular fossa and of the concha. ... Synonym: sulcus anthelicis transversus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulcus aorticus
Synonym for aortic sulcus ... A broad deep groove on the medial aspect of the left lung above and behind the hilum receiving the arch of the aorta and the thoracic aorta. ... Synonym: sulcus aorticus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulcus arteriae occipitalis
Synonym for occipital groove ... A narrow groove medial to the mastoid notch of the temporal bone that lodges the occipital artery. ... Synonym: sulcus arteriae occipitalis, sulcus of occipital artery. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sulcus arteriae temporalis mediae
Synonym for groove for middle temporal artery ... <anatomy, artery> A vertical groove located above the external acoustic meatus on the external surface of the squamous part of the temporal bone. ... Synonym: sulcus arteriae temporalis mediae, sulcus for middle temporal artery. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...