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

suspension colloid
Synonym for suspensoid ... A colloidal solution in which the disperse particles are solid and lyophobe or hydrophobe, and are therefore sharply demarcated from the fluid in which they are suspended. ... Synonym: hydrophobic colloid, lyophobic colloid, suspension colloid. ... Origin: suspension + G. Eidos, resemblance ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suspension stability
A very slow sedimentation rate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suspensions
Colloids with liquid continuous phase and solid dispersed phase; the term is used loosely also for solid-in-gas (aerosol) and other colloidal systems; water-insoluble drugs may be given as suspensions. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

suspensive
Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful. 'In suspensive thoughts.' . 'A suspensive veto.' . 'The provisional and suspensive attitude.' (J. Morley) Suspensive condition, a condition precedent, or a condition without the performance of which the contract can not be completed. ... Origin: Cf. F. Su …

suspensoid
A colloidal solution in which the disperse particles are solid and lyophobe or hydrophobe, and are therefore sharply demarcated from the fluid in which they are suspended. ... Synonym: hydrophobic colloid, lyophobic colloid, suspension colloid. ... Origin: suspension + G. Eidos, resemblance ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suspensor cell
<plant biology> Plant cell linking the growing embryo to the wall of the embryo sac in developing seeds. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

suspensory
1. Suspended; hanging; depending. ... 2. Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle. ... 3. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to a suspensorium. ... <medicine> That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss; specifically . ... A bandage or bag for supporting the scrotum. ... Origin: Cf. F. Suspensoir, suspensoire. ... Source: We …

suspensory bandage
A bag of expansile fabric for supporting the scrotum and its contents. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suspensory ligament of axilla
The continuation of the clavipectoral fascia downward to attach to the axillary fascia; it maintains the characteristic hollow of the armpit. ... Synonym: Campbell's ligament, Gerdy's ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suspensory ligament of clitoris
A fibrous band at the deep fascial level that extends from the pubic symphysis to the deep fascia of the clitoris, anchoring the clitoris to the pubic symphysis. ... Synonym: ligamentum suspensorium clitoridis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suspensory ligament of eyeball
A thickening of the inferior part of the bulbar sheath which supports the eye within the orbit; it extends between the lateral and medial orbital margins and includes the medial and lateral check ligament's. ... Synonym: Lockwood's ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suspensory ligament of gonad
Synonym for genital ligament ... <anatomy> An embryonic mesenchymatous band providing support for the internal genitalia. ... Synonym: suspensory ligament of gonad. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suspensory ligament of lens
Synonym for ciliary zonule ... A series of delicate meridional fibres arising from the inner surface of the orbiculus ciliaris that run in bundles between, and in a very thin layer over, the ciliary processes; at the inner border of the corona, the fibres diverge into two groups that are attached to the capsule on the anterior and posterior surfaces …

suspensory ligament of oesophagus
Synonym for cricoesophageal tendon ... Longitudinal fibre of the oesophagus that attaches to the posterior aspect of the cricoid cartilage of the larynx. ... Synonym: tendo cricoesophageus, Gillette's suspensory ligament, suspensory ligament of oesophagus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suspensory ligament of ovary
A band of peritoneum that extends upward from the upper pole of the ovary; it contains the ovarian vessels and ovarian plexus of nerves. ... Synonym: ligamentum suspensorium ovarii, infundibulopelvic ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suspensory ligament of penis
A fibrous band at the deep fascial layer that extends from the pubic symphysis to the deep fascia of the penis anchoring the roof of the penis. ... Synonym: ligamentum suspensorium penis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suspensory ligament of testis
The cranial atrophic portion of the urogenital ridge attached to the cranial pole of the intra-abdominal embryonic testis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suspensory ligaments of breast
Well developed retinacula cutis that extend from the fibrous stroma of the mammary gland to the overlying skin. ... Synonym: ligamenta suspensoria mammae, Cooper's ligaments, suspensory ligaments of Cooper. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suspensory ligaments of Cooper
Synonym for suspensory ligaments of breast ... Well developed retinacula cutis that extend from the fibrous stroma of the mammary gland to the overlying skin. ... Synonym: ligamenta suspensoria mammae, Cooper's ligaments, suspensory ligaments of Cooper. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suspensory muscle of duodenum
A broad flat band of smooth muscle and fibrous tissue attached to the right crus of the diaphragm and to the duodenum at its junction with the jejunum. ... Synonym: musculus suspensorius duodeni, Treitz's ligament, Treitz's muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sustain
1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight. 'Every pillar the temple to sustain.' (Chaucer) ... 2. Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support. 'No comfortable expectations of another life to sustain him under the …

sustainable
An ecosystem condition in which biodiversity, renewability, and resource productivity are maintained over time. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

sustained release tablet
A drug product formulation that provides the required dosage initially and then maintains or repeats it at desired intervals. ... Synonym: prolonged action tablet, repeat action tablet. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sustained yield
The maintenance in perpetuity of regular, periodic harvest of wood resources from forest land without damaging the productivity of the land. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

sustenance
1. The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life. ... 2. That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance. 'A man of little sustenance.' 'For lying is thy sustenance, thy food.' (Milton) ... Origin: OF. Sustenance, sostenance, so …

sustentacular cell
One of the ordinary elongated cell's resting on the basement membrane that surround and serve as a support to the shorter specialised cell's in certain organs, such as the labyrinth of the inner ear or olfactory epithelium. ... Synonym: supporting cell. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sustentacular fibres of retina
Synonym for Muller's fibres ... Sustentacular neuroglial cells of the retina running through the thickness of the retina from the internal limiting membrane to the bases of the rods and cones where they form a row of junctional complexes. ... Synonym: Muller's radial cells, sustentacular fibres of retina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sustentaculum
A structure that serves as a stay or support to another. ... Origin: L. A prop, fr. Sustento, to hold upright ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sustentaculum lienis
Synonym for splenorenal ligament ... <anatomy> A peritoneal fold (portion of the greater omentum) which extends from the diaphragm and the anterior aspect of the left kidney to the hilar region of the spleen, conducting the splenic vessels from the posterior body wall to the spleen. ... Synonym: ligamentum lienorenale, ligamentum phrenicolienal …

sustentaculum tali
Support of the talus, a bracket-like lateral projection from the medial surface of the calcaneus, the upper surface of which presents a facet for articulation with the talus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sustentation
1. The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance. ... 2. <physiology> The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth. Sustentation fund, a fund of a religious body for support of its ministers, chapels, etc. …

susurrus
Synonym for murmur ... A finding on physical examination of the heart that can, in some cases, indicate the presence of cardiac disease. Murmurs result from vibrations set up in the bloodstream and the surrounding heart and great vessels as the result of turbulent flow. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

susurrus aurium
Murmur in the ear. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sutton, Richard L
<person> U.S. Dermatologist, 1878-1952. ... See: Sutton's disease, Sutton's nevus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sutton, Richard L Jr
<person> U.S. Dermatologist, *1908. ... See: Sutton's disease, Sutton's ulcer. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sutton's disease
See: halo nevus ... Origin: R. L. Sutton ... Synonym: aphthae major. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sutton's nevus
Synonym for halo nevus ... A benign, sometimes multiple, melanocytic nevus in which involution occurs with a central brown mole surrounded by a uniformly depigmented zone or halo. ... Synonym: leukoderma acquisitum centrifugum, Sutton's disease, Sutton's nevus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sutton's ulcer
A solitary, deep, painful ulcer of the buccal or genital mucous membrane. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura
Synonym: suture. ... Origin: L. A sewing, a suture, fr. Suo, pp. Sutus, to sew ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura coronalis
Synonym for coronal suture ... The line of junction of the frontal with the two parietal bones of the skull. ... Synonym: sutura coronalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura ethmoidolacrimalis
Synonym for ethmoidolacrimal suture ... The line of union of the orbital plate of the ethmoid and the posterior margin of the lacrimal bone. ... Synonym: sutura ethmoidolacrimalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura ethmoidomaxillaris
Synonym for ethmoidomaxillary suture ... Line of apposition of the orbital surface of the body of the maxilla with the orbital plate of the ethmoid bone. ... Synonym: sutura ethmoidomaxillaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura frontalis
Synonym for frontal suture ... The suture between the two halves of the frontal bone, usually obliterated by about the sixth year; if persistent it is called a metropic suture. ... Synonym: sutura frontalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura frontoethmoidalis
Synonym for frontoethmoidal suture ... Line of union between the cribriform plate of the ethmoid and the orbital plate and posterior margin of the nasal process of the frontal bone. ... Synonym: sutura frontoethmoidalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura frontolacrimalis
Synonym for frontolacrimal suture ... Line of union between the upper margin of the lacrimal and the orbital plate of the frontal bone. ... Synonym: sutura frontolacrimalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura frontomaxillaris
Synonym for frontomaxillary suture ... Articulation of the frontal process of the maxilla with the frontal bone. ... Synonym: sutura frontomaxillaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura frontonasalis
Synonym for frontonasal suture ... Line of union of the frontal and of the two nasal bones. ... Synonym: sutura frontonasalis, sutura nasofrontalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura frontozygomatica
Synonym for frontozygomatic suture ... Line of union between the zygomatic process of the frontal and the frontal process of the zygomatic bone. ... Synonym: sutura frontozygomatica, sutura zygomaticofrontalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura incisiva
Synonym for incisive suture ... Line of union of the two portions of the maxilla (pre-and postmaxilla); it is present at birth but may persist into old age. ... Synonym: sutura incisiva, premaxillary suture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura infraorbitalis
Synonym for infraorbital suture ... An inconstant suture running from the infraorbital foramen to the infraorbital groove. ... Synonym: sutura infraorbitalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura intermaxillaris
Synonym for intermaxillary suture ... The line of union of the two maxillae. ... Synonym: sutura intermaxillaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura internasalis
Synonym for internasal suture ... Line of union between the two nasal bones. ... Synonym: sutura internasalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura interparietalis
Synonym for sagittal suture ... Line of union between the two parietal bones. ... Synonym: sutura sagittalis, interparietal suture, sutura interparietalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura lacrimoconchalis
Synonym for lacrimoconchal suture ... Line of union of the lacrimal bone with the inferior nasal concha. ... Synonym: sutura lacrimoconchalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura lacrimomaxillaris
Synonym for lacrimomaxillary suture ... Line of union, on the medial wall of the orbit, between the anterior and inferior margin of the lacrimal bone and the maxilla. ... Synonym: sutura lacrimomaxillaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura lambdoidea
Synonym for lambdoid suture ... <anatomy> Line of union between the occipital and the parietal bones. ... Synonym: sutura lambdoidea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura metopica
Synonym for metopic suture ... A persistent frontal suture, sometimes discernible a short distance above sutura frontonasalis. ... Synonym: sutura metopica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura nasofrontalis
Synonym for frontonasal suture ... Line of union of the frontal and of the two nasal bones. ... Synonym: sutura frontonasalis, sutura nasofrontalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura nasomaxillaris
Synonym for nasomaxillary suture ... Line of union of the lateral margin of the nasal bone with the frontal process of the maxilla. ... Synonym: sutura nasomaxillaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura notha
Synonym for false suture ... <anatomy> One whose opposing margins are smooth or present only a few ill-defined projections. ... Synonym: sutura notha. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura occipitomastoidea
Synonym for occipitomastoid suture ... Continuation of the lambdoid suture between the posterior border of the petrous portion of the temporal bone and the occipital. ... Synonym: sutura occipitomastoidea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura palatina mediana
Synonym for median palatine suture ... Line of union between the horizontal plates of the palatine bones, continuing the intermaxillary suture posteriorly. ... Synonym: sutura palatina mediana. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura palatina transversa
Synonym for transverse palatine suture ... Line of union of the palatine processes of the maxillae with the horizontal plates of the palatine bones. ... Synonym: sutura palatina transversa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura palatoethmoidalis
Synonym for palatoethmoidal suture ... Line of junction of the orbital process of the palatine bone and the orbital plate of the ethmoid. ... Synonym: sutura palatoethmoidalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura palatomaxillaris
Synonym for palatomaxillary suture ... Line of union, in the floor of the orbit, between the orbital process of the palatine bone and the orbital surface of the maxilla. ... Synonym: sutura palatomaxillaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura parietomastoidea
Synonym for parietomastoid suture ... Articulation of the posterior inferior angle of the parietal with the mastoid process of the temporal bone. ... Synonym: sutura parietomastoidea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura plana
Synonym for plane suture ... A simple firm apposition of two smooth surfaces of bones, without overlap, as seen in the lacrimomaxillary suture. ... Synonym: sutura plana, harmonia, harmonic suture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura sagittalis
Synonym for sagittal suture ... Line of union between the two parietal bones. ... Synonym: sutura sagittalis, interparietal suture, sutura interparietalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura serrata
Synonym for serrate suture ... One whose opposing margins present deep sawlike indentations, as most of the sagittal suture. ... Synonym: sutura serrata, dentate suture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura spheno-orbitalis
Synonym for spheno-orbital suture ... Articulation between the orbital process of the palatine bone and the outer surface of the body of the sphenoid. ... Synonym: sutura spheno-orbitalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura sphenoethmoidalis
Synonym for sphenoethmoidal suture ... Line of union between the crest of the sphenoid bone and the perpendicular and cribriform plates of the ethmoid. ... Synonym: sutura sphenoethmoidalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura sphenofrontalis
Synonym for sphenofrontal suture ... Line of union between the orbital plate of the frontal and the lesser wings of the sphenoid on either side. ... Synonym: sutura sphenofrontalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura sphenomaxillaris
Synonym for sphenomaxillary suture ... An inconstant suture between the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and the body of the maxilla. ... Synonym: sutura sphenomaxillaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura sphenoparietalis
Synonym for sphenoparietal suture ... Line of union of the lower border of the parietal with the upper edge of the greater wing of the sphenoid. ... Synonym: sutura sphenoparietalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura sphenosquamosa
Synonym for sphenosquamous suture ... Articulation of the greater wing of the sphenoid with the squamous portion of the temporal bone. ... Synonym: sutura sphenosquamosa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura sphenovomeriana
Synonym for sphenovomerine suture ... The line of union of the vaginal process of the sphenoid with the wing of the vomer. ... Synonym: sutura sphenovomeriana. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura sphenozygomatica
Synonym for sphenozygomatic suture ... Junction of the zygomatic bone and greater wing of the sphenoid. ... Synonym: sutura sphenozygomatica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura squamosa
Synonym for squamous suture ... A scalelike suture, one whose opposing margins are scalelike and overlapping. ... Synonym: sutura squamosa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura squamosomastoidea
Synonym for squamomastoid suture ... Line of union of the squamous and petrous portions of the temporal bone during development; it sometimes persists in the region of the mastoid process. ... Synonym: sutura squamosomastoidea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura temporozygomatica
Synonym for zygomaticotemporal suture ... Line of junction of the zygomatic process of the temporal and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone. ... Synonym: sutura temporozygomatica, sutura zygomaticotemporalis, temporozygomatic suture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura zygomaticofrontalis
Synonym for frontozygomatic suture ... Line of union between the zygomatic process of the frontal and the frontal process of the zygomatic bone. ... Synonym: sutura frontozygomatica, sutura zygomaticofrontalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura zygomaticomaxillaris
Synonym for zygomaticomaxillary suture ... Articulation of the zygomatic bone with the zygomatic process of the maxilla. ... Synonym: sutura zygomaticomaxillaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutura zygomaticotemporalis
Synonym for zygomaticotemporal suture ... Line of junction of the zygomatic process of the temporal and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone. ... Synonym: sutura temporozygomatica, sutura zygomaticotemporalis, temporozygomatic suture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suturae cranii
Synonym for cranial sutures ... A type of fibrous joint between bones of the head. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sutural bones
Small irregular bones found along the sutures of the cranium, particularly related to the parietal bone. ... Synonym: ossa suturarum, Andernach's ossicles, epactal bones, epactal ossicles, wormian bones. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutural cataract
A congenital type of cataract with opacities along the Y sutures of the foetal lens nucleus; usually does not affect vision. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutural ligament
<anatomy> A delicate membrane binding the bones at the cranial sutures. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suture
<surgery> Usually a synthetic based line that is minimally reactive in biological tissue. Commonly used are nylon, Prolene and gut. Absorbable suture will dissolve over time (Vicryl and chromic). ... The choice in thickness (strength) of the suture is based on the location sutured. Fine suture is used for work around the eyes, face and digits. …

suture joint
Synonym for suture ... <surgery> Usually a synthetic based line that is minimally reactive in biological tissue. Commonly used are nylon, Prolene and gut. Absorbable suture will dissolve over time (Vicryl and chromic). ... The choice in thickness (strength) of the suture is based on the location sutured. Fine suture is used for work around the …

suture ligature
A ligature applied by passing a needle with attached thread through or around a structure to more firmly secure the ligature. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

suturectomy
<procedure> Removal of cranial suture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sutured
Stitched closed. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

sutures
Materials used in closing a surgical or traumatic wound. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

suxamethonium
<drug> A depolarising neuromuscular blocking agent, which resembles acetylcholine in structure and binds to acetylcholine receptors, acting as an agonist. ... Unlike acetylcholine persists for long enough to cause the loss of electrical excitability. ... (19 Jan 1998) ...

suydam stability criterion
<physics> A criterion for the stability of modes localised arbitrarily close to a mode-rational surface in a circular cylindrical geometry. ... See: rational surface. ... (19 Jan 1998) ...

Suzanne, Jean
<person> French physician, *1859. ... See: Suzanne's gland. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Suzanne's gland
A small mucous gland in the floor of the mouth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sv
Synonym for Sievert ... <unit> The special name for the SI unit of dose equivalent. ... One sievert equals one joule per kilogram. The previously used unit, rem, is being replace by the sievert. One sievert is equal to 100 rem. ... Abbreviation: Sv ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

SV40
Symbol for simian vacuolating virus No. 40. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

SV40-adenovirus hybrid
A virion consisting of SV40 genetic material encased in an adenovirus capsid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...