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

uterine ostium of uterine tubes
The uterine opening of the oviduct. ... Synonym: ostium uterinum tubae, ostium internum, uterine opening of uterine tubes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterine part of uterine tube
The part of the uterine tube located within the wall of the uterus. ... Synonym: pars uterina tubae uterinae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterine perforation
Penetration through the uterine wall. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

uterine pregnancy
Development of foetus within the uterus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterine prolapse
The abnormal downward displacement of the uterus from its normal anatomic position within the pelvis. Higher grade prolapse can result in protrusion of the uterus from the vaginal canal. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

uterine relaxing factor
Synonym for relaxin ... <protein> Polypeptide hormone produced by corpus luteum and found in the blood of pregnant animals. Acts, as its name suggests, to cause muscle relaxation during parturition. Human relaxin has an A chain of 24 amino acids and a B chain of 29. Has structural similarity to insulin. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

uterine rupture
A tearing of uterine tissue; it may be traumatic or spontaneous due to multiple pregnancy, large foetus, previous scarring, or obstruction. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

uterine sinus
A small irregular vascular channel in the endometrium, of a type that forms during pregnancy. ... Synonym: uterine sinusoid. ... Uteroplacental sinuses, irregular vascular spaces in the zone of the chorionic attachment to the decidua basalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterine sinusoid
Synonym for uterine sinus ... A small irregular vascular channel in the endometrium, of a type that forms during pregnancy. ... Synonym: uterine sinusoid. ... Uteroplacental sinuses, irregular vascular spaces in the zone of the chorionic attachment to the decidua basalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterine souffle
A blowing sound, synchronous with the cardiac systole of the mother, heard on auscultation of the pregnant uterus. ... Synonym: placental souffle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterine tetanus
Synonym for puerperal tetanus ... Tetanus occurring during the puerperium from infection of the obstetric wound. ... Synonym: postpartum tetanus, uterine tetanus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterine tube
One of the tubes leading on either side from the upper or outer extremity of the ovary, which is largely enveloped by its expanded infunclibulum, to the fundus of the uterus; it consists of infundibulum, ampulla, isthmus, and uterine parts. ... Synonym: salpinx uterina, tuba uterina, salpinx, fallopian tube, gonaduct, oviduct, tuba fallopiana, tuba …

uterine tubes
See Fallopian tubes. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

uterine tympanites
Synonym for physometra ... Distention of the uterine cavity with air or gas. ... Synonym: uterine tympanites. ... Origin: physo-+ G. Metra, uterus ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterine veins
Two veins on each side which arise from the uterine venous plexus, pass through a part of the broad ligament and then through a peritoneal fold, and empty into the internal iliac vein. ... Synonym: venae uterinae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterine venous plexus
The plexiform veins that lie along the sides of the uterus in the broad ligament. ... Synonym: plexus venosus uterinus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterismus
An obsolete term for painful spasmodic contraction of the uterus. ... Origin: uter-+ L. -ismus, action or condition, fr. G. -ismos ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

utero-
The uterus. ... See: hystero-, metr-. ... Origin: L. Uterus ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

utero-ovarian
Relating to the uterus and an ovary. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

utero-ovarian varicocele
Synonym for ovarian varicocele ... A varicose condition of the pampiniform plexus in the broad ligament of the uterus. ... Synonym: tubo-ovarian varicocele, utero-ovarian varicocele. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uteroabdominal
Relating to the uterus and the abdomen. ... Synonym: uteroventral. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uteroabdominal pregnancy
Development of the ovum primarily in the uterus and later, in consequence of the rupture of the uterus, in the abdominal cavity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterocervical
Relating to the cervix of the uterus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterocystostomy
<procedure> Formation of a communication between the uterus (cervix) and the bladder. ... Origin: utero-+ G. Kystis, bladder, + stoma, mouth ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uteroepichorial membrane
Rarely used term for decidua parietalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterofixation
Synonym for hysteropexy ... Fixation of a misplaced or abnormally movable uterus. ... Synonym: uterofixation, uteropexy. ... Origin: hystero-+ G. Pexis, fixation ... Abdominal hysteropexy, attachment of the uterus to the anterior abdominal wall. ... Synonym: laparohysteropexy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uteroglobin
<molecular biology> Progesterone binding protein found in lagomorphs (rabbits, hares etc.), which is also a potent inhibitor of phospholipase A2. Forms an antiparallel dimer, linked by disulphide bonds at either end. A structurally related protein, CC10, is found in lining of pulmonary airways and is also a PLA2 inhibitor. ... (18 Nov 1997) …

uterolith
Synonym: uterine calculus. ... Origin: utero-+ G. Lithos, stone ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterometer
Synonym for hysterometer ... A graduated sound for measuring the depth of the uterine cavity. ... Synonym: uterometer. ... Origin: hystero-+ G. Metron, measure ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uteroparietal
Relating to the uterus and the abdominal wall. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uteropelvic
Relating to the uterus and the pelvis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uteroperitoneal fistula
A fistulous tract through the uterine wall opening into the peritoneal cavity. ... Synonym: metroperitoneal fistula. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uteropexy
Synonym for hysteropexy ... Fixation of a misplaced or abnormally movable uterus. ... Synonym: uterofixation, uteropexy. ... Origin: hystero-+ G. Pexis, fixation ... Abdominal hysteropexy, attachment of the uterus to the anterior abdominal wall. ... Synonym: laparohysteropexy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uteroplacental
Relating to the uterus and the placenta. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uteroplacental apoplexy
Synonym for Couvelaire uterus ... Extravasation of blood into the uterine musculature and beneath the uterine peritoneum in association with severe forms of abruptio placentae. ... Synonym: uteroplacental apoplexy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uteroplacental circulation
The circulation of blood through the uterus and placenta. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

uteroplasty
Plastic surgery of the uterus. ... Synonym: hysteroplasty, metroplasty. ... Origin: utero-+ G. Plastos, formed ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterosacral
Relating to the uterus and the sacrum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterosacral ligament
Synonym for sacrouterine fold ... A fold of peritoneum, containing the rectouterine muscle, passing from the sacrum to the base of the broad ligament on either side, forming the lateral boundary of the rectouterine (Douglas') pouch. ... Synonym: plica rectouterina, Douglas' fold, Jarjavay's ligament, Petit's ligament, rectouterine fold, uterosacral l …

uterosalpingography
Synonym for hysterosalpingography ... Radiography of the uterus and fallopian tubes after the injection of a contrast medium. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

uteroscope
Synonym for hysteroscope ... <instrument> An endoscope used in direct visual examination of the uterine cavity. ... Synonym: metroscope, uteroscope. ... Origin: hystero-+ G. Skopeo, to view ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uteroscopy
Synonym for hysteroscopy ... <procedure> Hysteroscopy is the examination of the inner cavity of the uterus through a fibreoptic telescope inserted through the vagina and cervical canal. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

uterotonic
1. Giving tone to the uterine muscle. ... 2. An agent that overcomes relaxation of the muscular wall of the uterus. ... Origin: utero-+ G. Tonos, tone, tension ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterotropic
Causing an effect on the uterus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterotubal
Pertaining to the uterus and the uterine tubes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterotubography
Synonym for hysterosalpingography ... Radiography of the uterus and fallopian tubes after the injection of a contrast medium. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

uterovaginal
Relating to the uterus and the vagina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterovaginal plexus
A gangliated autonomic plexus on each side of the cervix of the uterus, derived from the inferior hypogastric plexus. ... Synonym: plexus uterovaginalis, Frankenhauser's ganglion, Lee's ganglion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uteroventral
Synonym: uteroabdominal. ... Origin: utero-+ L. Venter, belly ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uteroverdine
Biliverdin from dog placenta. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterovesical
Relating to the uterus and the urinary bladder. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterovesical fold
Synonym for uterovesical ligament ... <anatomy> A peritoneal fold extending from the uterus to the posterior portion of the bladder. ... Synonym: plica uterovesicalis, plica vesicouterina, uterovesical fold, vesicouterine ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterovesical ligament
<anatomy> A peritoneal fold extending from the uterus to the posterior portion of the bladder. ... Synonym: plica uterovesicalis, plica vesicouterina, uterovesical fold, vesicouterine ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterus
<anatomy> The hollow muscular organ in female mammals in which the fertilized ovum normally becomes embedded and in which the developing embryo and foetus is nourished. In the nongravid human, it is a pear shaped structure, about 3 inches in length, consisting of a body, fundus, isthmus and cervix. Its cavity opens into the vagina below and i …

uterus acollis
A uterus with atresia or absence of the cervix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterus arcuatus
Synonym for arcuate uterus ... A uterus with a depression at the fundus; an incomplete uterus bicornis. ... Synonym: uterus arcuatus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterus bicornate bicollis
See: bicornate uterus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterus bicornate unicollis
See: bicornate uterus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterus bicornis
Synonym for bicornate uterus ... A uterus that is more or less completely divided into two lateral horns as a result of imperfect fusion of the paramesonephric ducts; it differs from septate uterus, in which there is no external mark of separation; in uterus bicornis, the cervix may be single (uterus bicornate unicollis) or double (uterus bicornate …

uterus bifidus
Synonym for bicornate uterus ... A uterus that is more or less completely divided into two lateral horns as a result of imperfect fusion of the paramesonephric ducts; it differs from septate uterus, in which there is no external mark of separation; in uterus bicornis, the cervix may be single (uterus bicornate unicollis) or double (uterus bicornate …

uterus biforis
Synonym for biforate uterus ... Septate uterus in which the cervix is divided into two by a septum. ... Synonym: double-mouthed uterus, uterus biforis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterus bilocularis
Synonym for septate uterus ... A uterus divided into two cavities by an anteroposterior septum. ... Synonym: bipartite uterus, uterus bilocularis, uterus bipartitus, uterus septus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterus bipartitus
Synonym for septate uterus ... A uterus divided into two cavities by an anteroposterior septum. ... Synonym: bipartite uterus, uterus bilocularis, uterus bipartitus, uterus septus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterus cordiformis
Synonym for cordiform uterus ... An incomplete uterus bicornis with a wedge-shaped depression at the fundus. ... Synonym: heart-shaped uterus, uterus cordiformis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterus didelphys
Double uterus with double cervix and double vagina; due to failure of the paramesonephric ducts to unite. ... Origin: G. Di-, two, + delphys, womb ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterus duplex
Synonym for duplex uterus ... Any uterus with double lumen (u. Didelphys, uterus bicornis bicollis, or septate uterus). ... Synonym: uterus duplex. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterus incudiformis
Synonym for incudiform uterus ... Uterus bicornis in which the fundus between the two cornua is broad and flat. ... Synonym: triangular uterus, uterus incudiformis, uterus triangularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterus masculinus
Synonym for prostatic utricle ... A minute pouch in the prostate opening on the summit of the seminal colliculus, the analogue of the uterus and vagina in the female, being the remains of the fused caudal ends of the paramesonephric ducts. ... Synonym: utriculus prostaticus, masculine uterus, Morgagni's sinus, sinus pocularis, uterus masculinus, vagi …

uterus parvicollis
A uterus of normal size with an abnormal, disproportionately small cervix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterus septus
Synonym for septate uterus ... A uterus divided into two cavities by an anteroposterior septum. ... Synonym: bipartite uterus, uterus bilocularis, uterus bipartitus, uterus septus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterus subseptus
Synonym for subseptate uterus ... An incomplete uterus septus. ... Synonym: uterus subseptus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uterus triangularis
Synonym for incudiform uterus ... Uterus bicornis in which the fundus between the two cornua is broad and flat. ... Synonym: triangular uterus, uterus incudiformis, uterus triangularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

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

UTI
Synonym for urinary tract infection ... A bacterial infection of the urethra, bladder, ureters or kidneys (part of the urinary tract). ... Common symptoms of a urinary tract infection include pain with urination, urinary urgency and increased frequency of urination. ... Acronym: UTI ... (15 Nov 1997) ...

utility
1. The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines. 'The utility of the enterprises was, however, so great and obvious that all opposition proved useless.' (Macaulay) ... 2. Adaptation to satisfy the d …

utilization review
An organised procedure carried out through committees to review admissions, duration of stay, professional services furnished, and to evaluate the medical necessity of those services and promote their most efficient use. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

utilization time
The minimum duration of a stimulus of rheobasic strength that is just sufficient to produce excitation. ... Synonym: temps utile. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

utmost
1. Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge. 'We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France.' (Evelyn) 'Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath.' (Herbert) ... 2. Being in the greatest or highest degree …

UTP
<abbreviation> Uridine 5'-triphosphate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

UTP-RNA uridylyltransferase
<enzyme> Catalyses addition of single ump residue from utp to 3'-end of RNA primer ... Registry number: EC 2.7.7.- ... Synonym: terminal uridylyltransferase, ump transferase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

utricle
A small bladder, a membranous bladder-like sac enclosing an ovary or fruit. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

utricular
1. Of or pertaining to a utricle, or utriculus; containing, or furnished with, a utricle or utricles; utriculate; as, a utricular plant. ... 2. Resembling a utricle or bag, whether large or minute; said especially with reference to the condition of certain substances, as sulphur, selenium, etc, when condensed from the vaporous state and deposited up …

utricular cyst
Dilatation of the utricular lumen; usually unilocular. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

utricular nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A branch of the utriculoampullar nerve, supplying the macula of the utricle. ... Synonym: nervus utricularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

utricular reflexes
See: statotonic reflexes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

utricular spot
Synonym for macula of utricle ... The neuroepithelial sensory receptor in the inferolateral wall of the utricle; hair cells of the neuroepithelium support the statoconial membrane and have terminal arborizations of vestibular nerve fibres around their bodies; sensitive to linear acceleration in the longitudinal axis of the body and to gravitational …

utriculi
Plural of utriculus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

utriculitis
1. Inflammation of the internal ear. ... 2. Inflammation of the prostaticutricle. ... Origin: utriculus + G. -itis, inflammation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

utriculoampullar nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A division of the vestibular part of the eighth cranial nerve; it gives off branches to the macula of the utricle (utricular nerve) and to the cristae of the ampullae of the anterior and lateral semicircular ducts (anterior and lateral ampullary nerves). ... Synonym: nervus utriculoampullaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

utriculosaccular
Relating to the utricle and the saccule of the labyrinth, denoting especially a duct connecting the two structures. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

utriculosaccular duct
A duct that connects the inner aspect of the utricle with the endolymphatic duct a short distance from its origin from the saccule. ... Synonym: ductus utriculosaccularis, Bottcher's canal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

utriculus prostaticus
Synonym for prostatic utricle ... A minute pouch in the prostate opening on the summit of the seminal colliculus, the analogue of the uterus and vagina in the female, being the remains of the fused caudal ends of the paramesonephric ducts. ... Synonym: utriculus prostaticus, masculine uterus, Morgagni's sinus, sinus pocularis, uterus masculinus, vagi …

utriform
Shaped like a leather bottle (wineskin). ... Origin: L. Uter, a skin bag, + forma, form ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

utrophin
<protein> Autosomal homologue of dystrophin (395 kD) localised near the neuromuscular junction in adult muscle, though in the absence of dystrophin (i.e. In Duchenne muscular dystrophy) utrophin is also located on the cytoplasmic face of the sarcolemma ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

utter
1. To put forth or out; to reach out. 'How bragly [proudly] it begins to bud, And utter his tender head.' (Spenser) ... 2. To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend. 'Such mortal drugs I have, but Mantua's law Is death to any he that utters them.' (Shak) 'They bring it home, and utter it commonly by the name of Newfoundland fish.' (Abp. Abbot) ... 3. H …

uu
Symbol for micromicro-; micromicron. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uug
Symbol for micromicrogram. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

uukuniemi group viruses
A group of viruses in the genus phlebovirus of the family bunyaviridae, infecting vertebrates and vectored by ticks. Its members have not been associated with human disease though antibodies have been isolated from human sera. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

uukuvirus
<virology> A genus of viruses in Bunyaviridae that arespread by ticks to a widerange of vertebrate hosts (mainly birds and rodents). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

uV
<unit> A microvolt. ... (13 Mar 2000) ...