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

unedited footage
Untitled raw motion picture and video footage which has not been edited or assembled into a finished work. (moving image materials: genre terms, 1988) ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

unemployment
The state of not being engaged in a gainful occupation. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

unequal
1. Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank. ... 2. Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair. 'Against unequal arms to fight in pain. …

unequal cleavage
Cleavage producing blastomeres of different sizes at the two poles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unequal crossing over
<cell biology> Crossing over between homologous chromosomes that are not precisely paired, resulting in nonreciprocal exchange of material and chromosomes of unequal length. Favoured in regions containing tandemly repeated sequences. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

unequal pulse
Differing strength of pulse in the same artery between the right and left of the circulation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unequal retinal image
Synonym for aniseikonia ... A condition in which the ocular image of an object as seen by one eye differs in size and shape from that seen by the other. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

unerupted tooth
A tooth prior to emergence; a tooth unable to break out or emerge from the dental alveolar tissues into the oral cavity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unesterified free fatty acid
Free fatty acids which occur in plasma as a result of lipolysis in adipose tissue or when plasma triacylglycerols are taken into tissues. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uneven crossing-over
Unequal crossing-over, crossing-over that happens when the breaks do not occur at precisely homologous points in two chromatid strands, and hence results in localised duplication of genetic material in one chromatid and complementary deletion in the other. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unformed
1. Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form destroyed. ... 2. Not formed; not arranged into regular shape, order, or relations; shapeless; amorphous. ... 3. <biology> Unorganised; without definite shape or structure; as, an unformed, or unorganised, ferment. ... <astronomy> Unformed stars, stars not grouped into any constellatio …

unformed visual hallucination
Hallucination composed of sparks, lights, or bursting spheres of light. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ung
Abbreviation of L. Unguentum, ointment. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ungual
Relating to a nail or the nails. ... Synonym: unguinal. ... Origin: L. Unguis, nail ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ungual phalanx
The distal phalanx of each of the digits; so called because of the flattened tuberosity at its termination which supports the nail. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ungual tuberosity
Synonym for tuberosity of distal phalanx ... A roughened raised surface of horseshoe shape on the palmar surface of the distal end of the terminal or ungual phalanx of each finger and toe, which serves to support the pulp of the digit. ... Synonym: tuberositas phalangis distalis, tuberositas unguicularis, ungual tuberosity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unguent
Synonym: ointment. ... Origin: L. Unguentum ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ungues
Plural of unguis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unguiculus
A small nail or claw. ... Origin: L. Dim. Of unguis, nail ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unguinal
Synonym for ungual ... Relating to a nail or the nails. ... Synonym: unguinal. ... Origin: L. Unguis, nail ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unguis aduncus
Synonym for ingrown nail ... A toenail, one edge of which is overgrown by the nailfold, producing a pyogenic granuloma; due to faulty trimming of the toenails or pressure from a tight shoe. ... Synonym: ingrowing toenail, onychocryptosis, onyxis, unguis aduncus, unguis incarnatus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unguis avis
Synonym for calcar avis ... The lower of two elevations on the medial wall of the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle of the brain, caused by the depth of the calcarine sulcus. ... Synonym: Haller's unguis, hippocampus minor, minor hippocampus, Morand's spur, unguis avis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unguis incarnatus
Synonym for ingrown nail ... A toenail, one edge of which is overgrown by the nailfold, producing a pyogenic granuloma; due to faulty trimming of the toenails or pressure from a tight shoe. ... Synonym: ingrowing toenail, onychocryptosis, onyxis, unguis aduncus, unguis incarnatus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ungula
Origin: L, a claw, hoof, from unguis a nail, claw, hoof. ... 1. A hoof, claw, or talon. ... 2. <geometry> A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse. ... 3. <botany> Same as Unguis. ... <geometry> Spherical ungula, a …

uni-
One, single, not paired; corresponds to G. Mono-. ... Origin: L. Unus ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uniarticular
Synonym for monarticular ... Relating to a single joint. ... Synonym: monarthric, uniarticular. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uniaxial
1. <chemistry> Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction. ... In uniaxial crystals, the optic axis has the direction of the vertical crystallographic axis. All tetragonal and hexagonal crystals are uniaxial. ... 2. <biology> Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; opposed to multiaxial. ... Origin: U …

uniaxial joint
One in which movement is around one axis only. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unibasal
Having but one base. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Uniblue A
A protein stain used in electrophoresis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unicameral
Synonym for monolocular ... Having one cavity or chamber. ... Synonym: unicameral, unicamerate. ... Origin: mono-+ L. Loculus, a small place ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unicameral bone cyst
Synonym for solitary bone cyst ... A unilocular cyst containing serous fluid and lined with a thin layer of connective tissue, occurring usually in the shaft of a long bone in a child. ... Synonym: idiopathic bone cavity, osteocystoma, simple bone cyst, traumatic bone cyst, unicameral bone cyst. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unicameral cyst
Synonym for unilocular cyst ... A cyst having a single sac. ... Synonym: unicameral cyst. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unicanalicular sphincter
A sphincter limited to one visceral canal or tube. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unicellular
<biology> Describes an organism (such as a diatom) that has only one cell. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

unicellular gland
A single secretory cell such as a mucous goblet cell. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unicellular sclerosis
A growth of fibrous tissue between and isolating the individual cells of a part. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unicorn
1. A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; often represented in heraldry as a supporter. ... 2. A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorised Version of the Scriptures. 'Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow?' (Job xxxix. 10) ... The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the urus. See the No …

unicorn uterus
A uterus in which only one lateral half exists, the other half being undeveloped or absent. ... Synonym: uterus unicornis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unicornuate
Having one horn or being shaped-shaped. The uterus is normally unicornuate. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

unicursal
<geometry> That can be passed over in a single course; said of a curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter <theta/. ... As <theta/ varies minus infinity to plus infinity, to each value of <theta/ there corresponds one, and only one, point of the curve, w …

unicuspid
Unicuspidate ... Having only one cusp, as a canine tooth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unidentified reading frame
Synonym for open reading frame ... <molecular biology> A reading frame in a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that contains no termination codons and so can potentially translate as a polypeptide chain. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

unidirectional block
Block that prevents passage of an impulse when it approaches from one direction but not from the other, as when block in the A-V node prevents anterograde conduction to the ventricles while retrograde conduction to the atria remains intact. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unidirectional flux
The flux of a substance from one surface of a boundary layer or membrane to the other, disregarding any counterbalancing flux in the other direction, as measured by tracer technique. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unidirectional replication
Replication in which there is movement by a single replication fork. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unifamilial
Relating to or occurring in a single family; denoting especially a nervous disease attacking several of the children in the same family in which no hereditary trait is apparent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unified medical language system
A research and development program initiated by the national library of medicine to build an intelligent automated system that can understand biomedical concepts, words, and expressions and their interrelationships, and use this understanding to help users retrieve and organise information from a variety of machine-readable sources. The goal of the …

unifilar
Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread, wire, fibre, or the like; as, unifilar suspension. ... <physics> Unifilar magnetometer, an instrument which consists of a magnetic bar suspended at its center of gravity by a long thread, constituting a delicate means for accurately measuring magnetic intensities, also for determini …

unifoliate
<botany> Having one leaf. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

unifoliolate
<botany> Of a leaf, basically compound, but reduced to only one leaflet. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

uniforate
Having but one foramen, pore, or opening of any kind. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uniform
Marked by lack of variation, diversity, change in form, degree or character in all occurrences or manifestations. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

uniform mechanical code
(UMC) A code sponsored by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials and the International Conference of Building Officials, adopted and amended by the Oregon Department of Commerce. The UMC contains requirements for the installation and maintenance of heating, ventilating, cooling, and refrigeration systems. ... (05 Dec 1998 …

uniform rate hypothesis
<biology> This states that any two evolving organismal lineages diverge from a common ancestor at a constant rate with respect to each other. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

uniformitarian
<geology> Of, pertaining to, or designating, the view or doctrine that existing causes, acting in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity as at the present time, are sufficient to account for all geological changes. ... <geology> One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian doctrine. ... Source: Websters Dictio …

uniformity
1. The quality or state of being uniform; freedom from variation or difference; resemblance to itself at all times; sameness of action, effect, etc, under like conditions; even tenor; as, the uniformity of design in a poem; the uniformity of nature. ... 2. Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man's opinions. ... 3. Similitude between the pa …

unigerminal
Relating to a single germ or ovum, e.g., monozygotic. ... Synonym: monogerminal, monozygotic, monozygous. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uniglandular
Involving, relating to, or containing but one gland. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unilaminar
Unilaminate ... Having but one layer or lamina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unilateral
<anatomy> Affecting only one side. ... Origin: L. Latus = side ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

unilateral anaesthesia
Synonym for hemianesthesia ... <neurology> The inability to feel touches (tactile sensations) on one side of the body. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

unilateral hemianopia
Uniocular hemianopia, loss of sight in one-half of the visual field of one eye only. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unilateral hermaphroditism
Hermaphroditism in which the doubling of sex characteristics occurs on one side only: ovotestis on one side and either ovary or testis on the other. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unilateral hyperlucent lung
Chronic bronchiolitis obliterans predominating on one side. ... See: unilateral lobar emphysema. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unilateral large kidney
<radiology> Multifocal: xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP), malakoplakia, multicystic dysplastic kidney Cf: other urographic patterns ... smooth kidney: renal vein thrombosis, acute arterial infarction, obstructive uropathy, acute bacterial nephritis, compensatory hypertrophy, duplicated pelvocalyceal system Cf: other urographic patterns …

unilateral lobar emphysema
A state in which the roentgenographic density of one lung (or one lobe) is markedly less than the density of the other(s) because of the presence of air trapped during expiration. ... Synonym: Macleod's syndrome, Swyer-James syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unilateral rib notching
<radiology> Aortic coarctation, proximal to left subclavian artery most likely to be right, anomalous right subclavian artery most likely to be left, subclavian artery stenosis / atresia, most likely to be IPSIlateral, Blalock-Taussig shunt, anastamosis of subclavian artery to pulmonary artery, for Tetralogy of Fallot, most likely to be IPSIl …

unilateral small kidney
<radiology> Scarred: reflux nephropathy, lobar infarction Cf: other urographic patterns ... smooth kidney: ischemia due to focal arterial disease, chronic infarction, radiation nephritis, congenital hypoplasia, post-obstructive atrophy, post-inflammatory atrophy, reflux atrophy Cf: other urographic patterns ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

unilobar
Having but one lobe. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unilocal
Strictly, denoting a trait in which the genetic component is contributed exclusively by one locus; in practice, any trait in which the contribution from one locus is so large that the data are readily interpreted as mendelian. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unilocular
<plant biology> Describes an ovary, anther or fruit which has only one internal cavity. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

unilocular cyst
A cyst having a single sac. ... Synonym: unicameral cyst. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unilocular fat
Adipose tissue in which the fat is present in a single droplet within the fat cells. ... Synonym: white fat. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unilocular hydatid cyst
The commonest form of hydatid cyst in man, caused by Echinococcus granulosus and found in the liver, lungs, or any other site where the hexacanth embryo may settle if it passes the hepatic or pulmonary capillary filters; characterised by large balloon-like forms lined internally with a germinative membrane, enclosed externally in a laminated membra …

unilocular joint
One in which an intra-articular disk is incomplete or absent, the joint having but a single cavity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unimolecular
Denoting a single molecule. ... Synonym: monomolecular. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unimolecular reaction
Synonym for monomolecular reaction ... A reaction involving a single molecule (e.g., decomposition, intramolecular rearrangement, intramolecular oxidation or reduction), even if a catalytic agent, such as acid or alkali, is present in large excess, on a molecular basis, or is not rate-determining; such reaction's are usually first-order reaction's.< …

unimolecular step
<chemistry> A reaction involving one species ... (09 Jan 1998) ...

uninducible mutant
A mutant that cannot be induced. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unineme hypothesis
<cell biology, molecular biology> This states that that a chromatid has only one DNA duplex, which goes from one end of the chromatid to the other. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

unineme theory
<cell biology> Theory that proposes that each chromosome (before S phase) consists of a single strand of DNA. Now generally accepted and being noncontroversial the term has fallen into disuse. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

uninhibited neurogenic bladder
A condition, either congenital or acquired, of abnormal bladder function whereby normal inhibitory control of detrusor function by the central nervous system is impaired or underdeveloped, resulting in precipitant or uncontrolled micturition and/or anuresis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uninterrupted suture
Synonym for continuous suture ... An uninterrupted series of stitches using one suture; the stitching is fastened at each end by a knot. ... Synonym: spiral suture, uninterrupted suture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uninuclear
Uninucleate ... Having but one nucleus. ... Compare: mononuclear. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uniocular
1. Relating to one eye only. ... 2. Having vision in only one eye. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

union
1. The joining or amalgamation of two or more bodies. ... 2. The structural adhesion or growing together of the edges of a wound. ... Origin: L. Unus, one ... Autogenous union, in dentistry, the union of two pieces of metal without solder. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unioval
Uniovular ... Relating to or formed from a single ovum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uniovular twins
Synonym for monozygotic twins ... Identical twins, twins which are the result of a single zygote (fertilized egg) splitting into two cell masses and becoming two individuals. The twins are genetically identical and are always of the same sex (both males or both females). ... Compare: dizygotic twins. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

uniparental inheritance
<genetics> A type of inheritance in which the offspring of a mating has the phenotype (observable physical traits) of only one parent. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

unipennate
1. Having a feather arrangement on one side; resembling one-half of a feather. ... 2. Denoting certain muscles with fibres running at an acute angle from one side of a tendon. ... Synonym: demipenniform. ... Origin: uni-+ L. Penna, feather ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unipennate muscle
<anatomy> A muscle with a lateral tendon to which the fibres are attached obliquely, like one half of a feather. ... Synonym: musculus unipennatus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unipolar
1. <physics> Having, or acting by means of, one pole only. ... 2. <anatomy> Having but one pole or process; applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; opposed to multipolar. ... <physics> Unipolar induction, the simulation sometimes produced when one electrode of an induction apparatus is applied t …

unipolar arc
<radiobiology> Arc between a metal surface and a plasma in contact with it. Such an arc requires only one electrode and is maintained by the thermal energy of the electrons. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

unipolar cell
Synonym for unipolar neuron ... A neuron whose cell body emits a single axonal process resulting from the fusion of two polar processes during development; at a variable distance from the cell body, the process divides into a peripheral axon branch extending outward as a peripheral afferent (sensory) nerve fibre, and a central axon branch that enter …

unipolar electrocardiogram
An electrocardiogram taken with the exploring electrode placed on the chest overlying the heart or upon a single limb, the indifferent ('zero' potential) electrode being the central terminal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unipolar leads
Those in which the exploring electrode is on the chest in the vicinity of the heart or on one of the limbs, while the other or indifferent electrode is the central terminal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

unipolar neuron
A neuron whose cell body emits a single axonal process resulting from the fusion of two polar processes during development; at a variable distance from the cell body, the process divides into a peripheral axon branch extending outward as a peripheral afferent (sensory) nerve fibre, and a central axon branch that enters into synaptic contact with ne …

uniport
<biochemistry> A class of transmembrane transport proteins that conveys a single species across the plasma membrane. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

uniporter
A protein that mediates the transport of one molecule or ion through a membrane without known coupling to the transport of any other molecule or ion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...