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

trochanter minor
Synonym for lesser trochanter ... A pyramidal process projecting from the medial and proximal part of the shaft of the femur at the line of junction of the shaft and the neck; it receives the insertion of the psoas major and iliacus (iliopsoas) muscles. ... Synonym: trochanter minor, small trochanter, trochantin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochanter reflex
Contraction of the adductor muscles of the thigh elicited by a tap on the trochanter. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochanter tertius
Synonym for gluteal tuberosity ... The point of insertion on the upper portion of the shaft of the femur of the greater part of the gluteus maximus muscle; when markedly developed this tuberosity is called the third trochanter. ... Synonym: trochanter tertius, tuberositas glutea, crista glutea, gluteal crest, gluteal ridge. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochanterian
Trochanteric ... Relating to a trochanter; especially the trochanter major. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochanteric bursa
<anatomy> The bursa between the greater trochanter of the femur and the skin. ... Synonym: bursa subcutanea trochanterica. ... A multilocular bursa between the gluteus maximus muscle and the greater trochanter of the femur. ... Synonym: bursa trochanterica musculi glutei maximi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochanteric bursitis
Inflammation of one of the trochanteric bursae of the horse, and a common cause of hip lameness. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochanteric crest
Synonym for intertrochanteric crest ... The rounded ridge that connects the greater and lesser trochanters of the femur posteriorly and marks the junction of the neck and shaft of the bone. ... Synonym: crista intertrochanterica, trochanteric crest. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochanteric fossa
A depression at the root of the neck of the femur beneath the curved tip of the great trochanter; it gives attachment to the tendon of the obturator externus. ... Synonym: fossa trochanterica, digital fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochanteric syndrome
<syndrome> Tendonitis and bursitis around the trochanter major. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochanterplasty
Plastic surgery of the trochanters and neck of the femur. ... Origin: trochanter + G. Plastos, formed ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochantin
Synonym for lesser trochanter ... A pyramidal process projecting from the medial and proximal part of the shaft of the femur at the line of junction of the shaft and the neck; it receives the insertion of the psoas major and iliacus (iliopsoas) muscles. ... Synonym: trochanter minor, small trochanter, trochantin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochantinian
Relating to the trochanter minor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochilus
1. <ornithology> A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the known species. Any one of several species of wrens and kinglets. ... The crocodile bird. ... 2. An annular molding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; called also scotia. ... Origin: L.trochilus a kind of small bird. Gr, fr. To run. ... Source: Websters Dicti …

trochlea
1. <machinery> A pulley. ... 2. <anatomy> A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as, the trochlea, or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which articulates with the ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes. ... Origin: L, a case or …

trochlea femoris
Synonym for patellar surface of femur ... The groove formed anteriorly between the anterosuperior portions of the femoral condyles that accommodates the patella. ... Synonym: facies patellaris femoris, trochlea femoris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlea fibularis calcanei
An alternate term for peroneal trochlea of calcaneus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlea humeri
Synonym for trochlea of humerus ... The grooved surface at the lower end of the humerus articulating with the trochlear notch of the ulna. ... Synonym: trochlea humeri, pulley of humerus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlea muscularis
Synonym for muscular pulley ... A fibrous loop through which the tendon of a muscle passes; the intermediate tendon of the digastric and omohyoid muscles pass through such a trochlea. ... Synonym: trochlea muscularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlea of humerus
The grooved surface at the lower end of the humerus articulating with the trochlear notch of the ulna. ... Synonym: trochlea humeri, pulley of humerus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlea of the talus
The rounded articular surface of the talus articulating with the distal ends of the tibia and fibula. ... Synonym: trochlea tali, pulley of talus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlea peronealis
Synonym for peroneal trochlea of calcaneus ... A projection from the lateral side of the calcaneus between the tendons of the peroneus longus and brevis. ... Synonym: trochlea peronealis, trochlea fibularis calcanei, peroneal pulley, processus trochlearis, spina peronealis, trochlear process. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlea phalangis
An alternate term for head of phalanx, head of phalanx. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlea tali
Synonym for trochlea of the talus ... The rounded articular surface of the talus articulating with the distal ends of the tibia and fibula. ... Synonym: trochlea tali, pulley of talus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlear fossa
Synonym for trochlear fovea ... A shallow depression in the roof of the orbit close to the medial margin to which is attached the pulley for the superior oblique tendon. ... Synonym: fovea trochlearis, fossa trochlearis, trochlear fossa, trochlear pit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlear fovea
A shallow depression in the roof of the orbit close to the medial margin to which is attached the pulley for the superior oblique tendon. ... Synonym: fovea trochlearis, fossa trochlearis, trochlear fossa, trochlear pit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlear nerve
<anatomy, nerve> The trochlear nerve controls an extraocular muscle. ... Lesions of this nerve will result in rotation of the eyeball upward and outward (and double vision). ... Synonym: cranial nerve IV. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

trochlear notch
The large semicircular notch at the proximal extremity of the ulna between the olecranon and coronoid processes that articulates with the trochlea of the humerus. ... Synonym: incisura trochlearis, incisura semilunaris ulnae, semilunar notch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlear nucleus
A group of motor neurons innervating the superior oblique muscle of the contralateral eye. The nucleus lies in the caudal half of the midbrain, behind the oculomotor nucleus, in the most ventral part of the central gray substance, near the midline. ... Synonym: nucleus nervi trochlearis, nucleus of trochlear nerve. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlear pit
Synonym for trochlear fovea ... A shallow depression in the roof of the orbit close to the medial margin to which is attached the pulley for the superior oblique tendon. ... Synonym: fovea trochlearis, fossa trochlearis, trochlear fossa, trochlear pit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlear process
Synonym for peroneal trochlea of calcaneus ... A projection from the lateral side of the calcaneus between the tendons of the peroneus longus and brevis. ... Synonym: trochlea peronealis, trochlea fibularis calcanei, peroneal pulley, processus trochlearis, spina peronealis, trochlear process. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlear spine
A spicule of bone arising from the edge of the trochlear fovea, giving attachment to the pulley of the superior oblique muscle of the eyeball. ... Synonym: spina trochlearis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlear synovial bursa
Synonym for tendon sheath of superior oblique muscle ... <anatomy> The synovial sheath enclosing the tendon of the superior oblique muscle as it passes through the trochlea. ... Synonym: vagina tendinis musculi obliqui superioris, synovial trochlear bursa, trochlear synovial bursa, vagina synovialis trochleae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochleariform
Synonym for trochleiform ... Pulley-shaped. ... Synonym: trochlear, trochleariform, trochlearis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochlearis
Synonym: trochlear. ... Synonym: trochleiform. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochleiform
Pulley-shaped. ... Synonym: trochlear, trochleariform, trochlearis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochocardia
Rotary displacement of the heart around its axis. ... Origin: G. Trochos, wheel, + kardia, heart ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochoid
1. <geometry> The curve described by any point in a wheel rolling on a line; a cycloid; a roulette; in general, the curve described by any point fixedly connected with a moving curve while the moving curve rolls without slipping on a second fixed curve, the curves all being in one plane. Cycloids, epicycloids, hypocycloids, cardioids, etc, ar …

trochoid articulation
Synonym for pivot joint ... A synovial joint in which a section of a cylinder of one bone fits into a corresponding cavity on the other, as in the proximal radioulnar joint. ... Synonym: articulatio trochoidea, helicoid ginglymus, lateral ginglymus, rotary joint, rotatory joint, trochoid articulation, trochoid joint. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochoid joint
Synonym for pivot joint ... A synovial joint in which a section of a cylinder of one bone fits into a corresponding cavity on the other, as in the proximal radioulnar joint. ... Synonym: articulatio trochoidea, helicoid ginglymus, lateral ginglymus, rotary joint, rotatory joint, trochoid articulation, trochoid joint. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trochorizocardia
Combined trochocardia and horizocardia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Troeger's base
<chemical> ... Pharmacological action: enzyme inhibitor ... Synonym: 2,8-dimethyl-6h,12h-5,11-methanodibenzo(b,f)(1,5)-diazocine ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

troglodyte
1. <ethnology> One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes. 'In the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the hurtful water it beareth called the 'mad lake.'' (Holland) ... 2. <zoology> A genus of apes including the chimpanzee. ... …

Troglotrema salmincola
Synonym for Nanophyetus salmincola ... A digenetic fish-borne fluke (family Nanophyetidae) of dogs and other fish-eating mammals; the vector of Neorickettsia helmintheca, the agent of salmon poisoning. ... Synonym: Troglotrema salmincola. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

troglotrematidae
A family of flukes (trematoda) usually under 10 mm in length, some being only 1 or 2 mm long. In general they are thick, spinous, or scaly flukes having an oval outline and living in various organs and sinuses of birds and mammals. The genus with the greatest interest is paragonimus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

trogon
<ornithology> Any one of numerous species of beautiful tropical birds belonging to the family Trogonidae. They are noted for the brilliant colours and the resplendent luster of their plumage. ... Some of the species have a train of long brilliant feathers lying over the tail and consisting of the upper tail coverts. Unlike other birds having t …

Troisier
Charles-Emile, French physician, 1844-1919. ... See: Troisier's ganglion, Troisier's node. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Troisier's ganglion
Historic term for a lymph node immediately above the clavicle, especially on the left side, that is palpably enlarged as the result of a metastasis from a malignant neoplasm; the presence of such a node indicates that the probable site of primary involvement is in an abdominal organ. ... See: signal node. ... Synonym: Troisier's node. ... (05 Mar 2000 …

Troisier's node
Synonym for Troisier's ganglion ... Historic term for a lymph node immediately above the clavicle, especially on the left side, that is palpably enlarged as the result of a metastasis from a malignant neoplasm; the presence of such a node indicates that the probable site of primary involvement is in an abdominal organ. ... See: signal node. ... Synony …

trolamine
USAN-approved contraction for triethanolamine, N(CH2CH2OH)3. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

troland
A unit of visual stimulation at the retina equal to the illumination per square millimeter of pupil received from a surface of 1 lux brightness. ... Origin: L.T. Troland, U.S. Physicist, 1889-1932 ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Trolard
Paulin, French anatomist, 1842-1910. ... See: Trolard's vein. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Trolard's vein
Synonym for superior anastomotic vein ... <anatomy, vein> A large communicating vein between the superficial middle cerebral vein and the superior sagittal sinus; it passes upward from the lateral sulcus, often following the line of the central sulcus (Rolando's fissure). ... Synonym: vena anastomotica superior, Trolard's vein. ... (05 Mar 2000) …

troleandomycin
<chemical> A macrolide antibiotic that is similar to erythromycin. ... Pharmacological action: antibiotics, macrolide. ... Chemical name: Oleandomycin, triacetate (ester) ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

troll
1. To move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn. 'To dress and troll the tongue, and roll the eye.' (Milton) ... 2. To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking. 'Then doth she troll to the bowl.' (Gammer Gurton's Needle) 'Troll the brown bowl.' (Sir W. Scott) ... 3. To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; …

trolly
A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like. ... A narrow cart that is pushed by hand or drawn by an animal. ... <machinery> A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes. ... <physics> A truck which travels along the fixed conductors, and forms a means of connection between them and …

trolnitrate phosphate
Triethanolamine trinitrate diphosphate;an organic nitrate with mild but persistent vasodilator action on smooth muscle of the smaller vessels of postarteriolar vascular beds; used to prevent attacks of angina pectoris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Troltsch
Anton F. Von, German otologist, 1829-1890. ... See: Troltsch's corpuscles, Troltsch's fold, Troltsch's pockets, Troltsch's recesses. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Troltsch's corpuscles
Minute spaces, resembling corpuscle's, between the radial fibres of the drum membrane of the ear. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Troltsch's fold
Synonym for mallear fold ... One of two ligamentous bands, anterior and posterior, making folds on the tympanic side of the tympanic membrane extending from each extremity of the tympanic notch to the malleolar prominence; they mark the boundary between the tense and the flaccid portions of the tympanic membrane. ... Synonym: plica mallearis, plica m …

Troltsch's pocket
Synonym: anterior recess of tympanic membrane, posterior recess of tympanic membrane. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Troltsch's recesses
Synonym for anterior recess of tympanic membrane ... A slitlike space on the tympanic wall between the anterior malleolar fold and the tympanic membrane. ... Synonym: recessus membranae tympani anterior, Troltsch's pockets, Troltsch's recesses. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Trombicula
The chigger mite, a genus of mites (family Trombiculidae) whose larvae (chiggers, red bugs) include pests of humans and other animals, and vectors of rickettsial and probably viral diseases. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Trombicula akamushi
leptotrombidium akamushi ...

Trombicula alfreddugesi
A species common in second growth and grassy brush areas of the Americas; the larvae attack humans (as well as reptiles, birds, and wild and domestic animals), causing an intensely itching dermatitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Trombicula deliensis
See: Leptotrombidium, Leptotrombidium akamushi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trombiculiasis
Infestation with mites of the genus trombicula, whose larvae carry the rickettsial agent of scrub typhus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

trombiculid
Common name for members of the family Trombiculidae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trombiculid mites
The larva of mites of the genus trombicula which attack man and other vertebrates, causing dermatitis and severe allergic reactions. One species is the carrier of scrub typhus or tsutsugamushi disease. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Trombiculidae
A family of mites whose larvae (redbugs, rougets, harvest mites, scrub mites, or chiggers) are parasitic on vertebrates and whose nymphs and adults are bright red and free-living, living on insect eggs or minute organisms in the soil. The six-legged larvae are barely visible red or orange parasites that attach to the skin for a few days to a month, …

Trombidiidae
A family of mites that formerly included the subfamily Trombiculinae, now raised to the family Trombiculidae (including the vectors of tsutsugamushi disease). Trombidiidae larvae are characteristically parasitic on insects, not on vertebrates as with the larvae of Trombiculidae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trombone
1. A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which m …

tromethamine
<chemical> An organic amine proton acceptor. It is used in the synthesis of surface-active agent and pharmaceuticals; as an emulsifying agent for cosmetic creams and lotions, mineral oil and paraffin wax emulsions, is a biological buffer, and is used as an alkaliser. ... Pharmacological action: buffers, excipient. ... Chemical name: 1,3-Propane …

Tromner
Ernest L.O., German neurologist, *1868. ... See: Tromner's reflex. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Tromner's reflex
A modified Rossolimo reflex in which, with the fingers of the patient partially flexed, the tapping of the volar aspect of the tip of the middle or index finger causes flexion of all four fingers and thumb; seen in pyramidal tract lesions with moderate spasticity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trones
1. A steelyard. ... 2. A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused. Trone stone, a weight equivalent to nineteen and a half pounds. Trone weight, a weight formerly used in Scotland, in which a pound varied from …

tropaic acid
Synonym for tropic acid ... <chemical> A constituent of atropine and of scopolamine, in which it is esterified through its COOH to the 3-CHOH of tropine. ... Chemical name: alpha-phenylhydracrylic acid; 2-phenyl-3-hydroxypropionic acid ... Structure: HOCH2CH(C6H5)COOH ... Synonym: tropaic acid, tropeic acid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tropane
1. A bicyclic hydrocarbon, the fundamental structure of tropine, atropine, and other physiologically active substances. ... 2. In plural form, a class of alkaloids containing the tropane structure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tropate
A salt or ester of tropic acid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tropeic acid
Synonym for tropic acid ... <chemical> A constituent of atropine and of scopolamine, in which it is esterified through its COOH to the 3-CHOH of tropine. ... Chemical name: alpha-phenylhydracrylic acid; 2-phenyl-3-hydroxypropionic acid ... Structure: HOCH2CH(C6H5)COOH ... Synonym: tropaic acid, tropeic acid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tropentane
1-Phenylcyclopentanecarboxylic acid 3a-tropanyl ester hydrochloride;an antispasmodic with anticholinergic properties. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tropeolins
A group of azo dyes used as indicators; e.g., methyl orange. ... Origin: G. Tropaios, pertaining to a turning or change, fr. Trope, a turn ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

troph-
See: tropho-. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trophectoderm
<embryology> The extra embryonic part of the ectoderm of mammalian embryos at the blastocyst stage before the mesoderm becomes associated with the ectoderm. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

trophesic
Pertaining to trophesy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trophesy
The results of any disorder of the trophic nerves. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trophic
<gastroenterology> Of or pertaining to nutrition. ... Origin: Gr. Trophikos ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

trophic changes
Synonym for trophoneurotic atrophy ... Abnormalities of the skin, hair, nails, subcutaneous tissues and bone, caused by peripheral nerve lesions. ... Synonym: neuritic atrophy, neurogenic atrophy, neurotrophic atrophy, trophic changes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trophic gangrene
Synonym for trophic ulcer ... Ulcer resulting from cutaneous sensory denervation. ... See: perforating ulcer of foot. ... Synonym: trophic gangrene. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trophic level
<biology> Stage in a food chain or web leading from primary producers (lowest trophic level) through herbivores to primary and secondary carnivores (consumers- highest level). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

trophic nucleus
Synonym for macronucleus ... The larger nucleus (or sometimes nuclei) in ciliate protozoans. Derived from the micronucleus by a process of DNA polytenisation. The DNA in the macronucleus is actively transcribed. The macronucleus degenerates before conjugation. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

trophic ulcer
Ulcer resulting from cutaneous sensory denervation. ... See: perforating ulcer of foot. ... Synonym: trophic gangrene. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trophic web
<biology> Feeding relationships in communities that determine the flow of energy and materials from plants to herbivores, carnivores and scavengers. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

trophicity
A trophic influence or condition. ... Synonym: trophism. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trophism
Synonym: trophicity. ... Synonym: nutrition. ... Origin: G. Trophe, nourishment ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tropho-
Troph- ... Food, nutrition. ... Origin: G. Trophe, nourishment ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trophoblast
<embryology> Extra embryonic layer of epithelium that forms around the mammalian blastocyst and attaches the embryo to the uterus wall. ... Forms the outer layer of the chorion and together with maternal tissue will form the placenta. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

trophoblast protein 1
<protein> Protein secreted by trophoblasts, which prolongs the lifetime of the corpus luteum, thus signalling pregnancy. Structurally related to interferons. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

trophoblastic
Relating to the trophoblast. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trophoblastic lacuna
One of the spaces in the early syncytiotrophoblastic layer of the chorion before the formation of villi; in human embryos maternal blood enters these spaces by the 10th day; with the differentiation of the chorionic villi they become intervillous spaces, sometimes called intervillous lacunae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

trophoblastic neoplasms
Trophoblastic growth, which may be gestational or nongestational in origin. Trophoblastic neoplasia resulting from pregnancy is often described as gestational trophoblastic disease to distinguish it from germ cell tumours which frequently show trophoblastic elements, and from the trophoblastic differentiation which sometimes occurs in a wide variet …