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


varicelloid
Synonym for varicelliform ... Resembling varicella. ... Synonym: varicelloid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varicellovirus
A genus of the family herpesviridae, subfamily alphaherpesvirinae. Its species include those causing chickenpox and herpes zoster in humans (herpes virus 3, human), as well as several animal viruses. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

varices
Plural of varix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varico-
A varix, varicose, varicosity. ... Origin: L. Varix, a dilated vein ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varicoblepharon
A varicosity of the eyelid. ... Origin: varico-+ G. Blepharon, eyelid ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varicocele
Varicose veins in the scrotum. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

varicocelectomy
<procedure> Operation for the correction of a varicocele by ligature and excision and by ligation of the dilated veins. ... Origin: varicocele + G. Ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varicography
Radiography of the veins after injection of contrast medium into varicose veins. ... Origin: varico-+ G. Grapho, to write ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varicomphalus
A swelling formed by varicose veins at the umbilicus. ... Origin: varico-+ G. Omphalos, navel ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varicophlebitis
Inflammation of varicose veins. ... Origin: varico-+ G. Phleps, vein, + -itis, inflammation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varicose
1. Irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected with, or containing, varices, or varicosities; of or pertaining to varices, or varicosities; as, a varicose nerve fibre; a varicose vein; varicose ulcers. ... 2. <medicine> Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; said of elastic stockings, bandages. And the like. ... Origin: L. Varicosus, from …

varicose aneurysm
A blood-containing sac, communicating with both an artery and a vein. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varicose eczema
Eczema occurring over areas in which the skin has been compromised by varicosities. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varicose ulcer
Ulcer due to varicose veins. Chronic venous insufficiency in the deep veins of the legs leads to shunting the venous return into the superficial veins, in which pressure and flow rate, as well as oxygen content, are increased. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

varicose vein
<anatomy, surgery> An abnormal swelling and tortuosity especially of the superficial veins of the legs. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

varicose veins
Permanent dilation and tortuosity of vein's, most commonly seen in the legs, probably as a result of congenitally incomplete valves; there is a predisposition to varicose vein's among persons in occupations requiring long periods of standing, and in pregnant women. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varicosis
A dilated or varicose state of a vein or veins. ... Origin: varico-+ G. -osis, condition ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varicosity
A varix or varicose condition. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varicotomy
<procedure> An operation for varicose veins by subcutaneous incision. ... Origin: varico-+ G. Tome, a cutting ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varicula
A varicose condition of the veins of the conjunctiva. ... Synonym: conjunctival varix. ... Origin: L. Dim. Of varix ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varicule
A small varicose vein ordinarily seen in the skin; may be associated with venous stars, venous lakes, or larger varicose veins. ... Origin: L. Varicula, dim. Of varix ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

variegate porphyria
Porphyria characterised by abdominal pain and neuropsychiatric abnormalities, by dermal sensitivity to light and mechanical trauma, by increased faecal excretion of proto-and coproporphyrin, and by increased urinary excretion of d-aminolevulinic acid, porphobilinogen, and porphyrins; due to a deficiency of protoporphyrinogen oxidase; autosomal domi …

variety
<botany> A taxonomic rank below subspecies in botany, varieties are usually the result of selective breeding and diverge from the parent species or subspecies in relatively minor ways. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

variola benigna
Synonym for varioloid ... <medicine> Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid. ... Origin: Variola: cf. F. Varioloide. ... <medicine> The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination. ... It is almost always a milder disease than smallpox, and this circumstance, with its shorter duration, exhibits the s …

variola haemorrhagica
Synonym for haemorrhagic smallpox ... A severe and frequently fatal form of smallpox accompanied by extravasation of blood into the skin in the early stage, or into the pustules at a later stage, accompanied often by nosebleed and haemorrhage from other orifices of the body. ... Synonym: fulminating smallpox, variola haemorrhagica. ... (05 Mar 2000)
variola major
Synonym for smallpox ... <disease, virology> This acute viral disease once claimed a high mortality rate, but was officially announced as globally eradicated in 1979. ... This was due to who vaccination programs. Headache, vomiting and fever precede, the eruption of a widespread rash that is raised, vesicular and finally pustular. The eruption …

variola maligna
Malignant smallpox, usually of the haemorrhagic form. ... Synonym: malignant smallpox. ... Variola miliaris, a form of varioloid in which the eruption consists of miliary vesicles without the formation of pustules. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

variola minor
Synonym for alastrim ... A mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent strain of the virus. ... Synonym: Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milkpox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, whitepox. ... Origin: Pg. Alastrar, to scatter over ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

variola pemphigosa
A form of smallpox in which the eruption consists of pemphigus-like blebs. ... Variola sine eruptione, an abortive form of smallpox in which the disease subsides without the appearance of any eruption, or at most a few papules that never go on to pustulation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

variola vaccine
Synonym for vaccinia ... <dermatology> The cutaneous and sometimes systemic reactions associated with vaccination with smallpox vaccine. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

variola vaccinia
Synonym for vaccinia ... <dermatology> The cutaneous and sometimes systemic reactions associated with vaccination with smallpox vaccine. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

variola vera
Simple smallpox of ordinary severity in the unvaccinated. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

variola verrucosa
A mild or abortive form of varioloid, the eruption of which consists mainly of papules, with occasionally minute vesicles at the apices, which persist for a time as wartlike lesions. ... Synonym: wartpox. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

variola virus
<virology> Virus responsible for smallpox. Said to have been completely eradicated. Large DNA virus (brick like, 250-390nm x 20-260nm) with complex outer and inner membranes (not derived from plasma membrane of host cell). ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

variolate
1. To inoculate with smallpox. ... 2. Pitted or scarred, as if by smallpox. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varioliform
Synonym: varioloid. ... Origin: variola + L. Forma, form ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varioliform syphilid
Synonym for pustular syphilid ... A type of pustular eruption occurring in secondary syphilis. ... Synonym: acne syphilitica, acneform syphilid, ecthymatous syphilid, impetiginous syphilid, varioliform syphilid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varioloid
<medicine> Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid. ... Origin: Variola: cf. F. Varioloide. ... <medicine> The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination. ... It is almost always a milder disease than smallpox, and this circumstance, with its shorter duration, exhibits the salutary effects of previo …

variolovaccine
A vaccine obtained from the eruption following inoculation of a heifer with smallpox from the human. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varivax
<drug> A live-varicella virus vaccine. Limited clinical trials suggest the immunity lasts for at least six years. ... The only significant adverse reaction detected in clinical studies was pain and redness at the injection site. Children (or adults) with a history for an anaphylactoid reaction to neomycin or gelatin or the presence of any febr …

varix
Origin: L. ... 1. <medicine> A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein. ... Varices are owing to local retardation of the venous circulation, and in some cases to relaxation of the parietes of the veins. They are very common in the superficial veins of the lower limbs. ... 2. <zoology> One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across ea …

varix anastomoticus
Synonym for aneurysmal varix ... Dilation and tortuosity of a vein resulting from an acquired communication with an adjacent artery. ... Synonym: Pott's aneurysm, varix anastomoticus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varney jar
<apparatus> A jar used for anaerobic experiments or processes, the jar is made oxygen-free through phosphorous combustion. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

varnish
1. A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, th …

Varolius, Constantius
<person> Italian anatomist and physician, 1543-1575. ... See: ileal sphincter, valve of Varolius, pons varolii. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Varolius' sphincter
Synonym for ileal sphincter ... A thickening of circular musculature at the free margin of the ileal papilla. ... Synonym: ileocaecocolic sphincter, marginal sphincter, operculum ilei, Varolius' sphincter. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

varus
<anatomy, orthopaedics> An abnormal position in which part of a limb is twisted inward toward the midline, opposite of valgus. ... (11 Nov 1997) ...

vary
1. To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colours vary in different lights. 'That each from other differs, first confess; Next, that he varies from himself no less.' (Pope) ... 2. To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of Englan …

vas aberrans hepatis
Blind and/or atrophic bile duct remnants in the fibrous appendix and in the capsule of the liver at the margins of the left lobe and the groove for the inferior vena cava. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vas aberrans of Roth
An occasional diverticulum of the rete testis or of the efferent ductules of the testis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vas afferens
Synonym for afferent glomerular arteriole ... A branch of an interlobular artery of the kidney that conveys blood to the glomerulus. ... Synonym: arteriola glomerularis afferens, vas afferens, afferent vessel. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vas anastomoticum
Synonym for anastomosing vessel ... A vessel that establishes a connection between arteries, between veins, or between lymph vessels. ... Synonym: vas anastomoticum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vas capillare
Synonym for capillary ... <anatomy> Any one of the minute vessels that connect the arterioles and venules, forming a network in nearly all parts of the body. Their walls act as semipermeable membranes for the interchange of various substances, including fluids, between the blood and tissue fluid. ... Synonym: vas capillare. ... Origin: L. Capill …

vas collaterale
Synonym for collateral vessel ... A branch of an artery running parallel with the parent trunk, a vessel that runs in parallel with another vessel, nerve, or other long structure. ... Synonym: vas collaterale. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vas deferens
The excretory duct of the testis that conveys sperm. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

vas deferens calcifications
<radiology> Diabetes (most common), degenerative change (aging), TB ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

vas efferens
A vein carrying blood away from a part. ... Synonym: efferent lymphatic. ... Synonym: efferent glomerular arteriole. ... Synonym: efferent ductules of testis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vas lymphaticum
Synonym for lymphatic ... Pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph. ... 2. Madly enthusiastic; frantic. ' Lymphatic rapture. ' . ... <anatomy> [See Lymphate] Lymphatic gland, a temperament in which the lymphatic system seems to predominate, that is, a system in which the complexion lacks colour and the tissues seem to be of loose texture; h …

vas lymphaticum afferens
Synonym for afferent lymphatic ... A lymphatic vessel entering, or bringing lymph to, a node. ... Synonym: vas lymphaticum afferens, afferent vessel. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vas lymphaticum efferens
Synonym for efferent lymphatic ... vas efferens ...

vas lymphaticum profundum
Synonym for deep lymphatic vessel ... One of the vessels that drain lymph from the deep structures of the body; they tend to follow the courses of blood vessels to reach regional lymph nodes. ... Synonym: vas lymphaticum profundum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vas lymphaticum superficiale
Synonym for superficial lymphatic vessel ... One of the lymphatic vessels that lie in the skin and subcutaneous tissues; they join the deep lymphatic vessels. ... Synonym: vas lymphaticum superficiale. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vas prominens ductus cochlearis
A blood vessel in the substance of the spiral prominence of the cochler duct. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vas spirale
A blood vessel, larger than its fellows, running in the tympanic layer of the basilar membrane just beneath the tunnel of Corti. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vasa
<molecular biology> Drosophila gene involved in oogenesis and embryonic positional specification, a DEAD box helicase. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

vasa aberrantes
Synonym for aberrant ductules ... The superior or inferior diverticula of the epididymis. ... Synonym: ductuli aberrantes, aberrant ducts, ductus aberrantes, vasa aberrantes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vasa auris internae
Synonym for vessels of internal ear ... Blood vessels of the internal ear, consisting of the labyrinthine artery and its branches and the labyrinthine veins and their tributaries. ... Synonym: vasa auris internae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vasa brevia
Synonym for short gastric arteries ... <anatomy> Four or five small arteries given off from the splenic, passing via the gastrosplenic ligament to the fundus of the stomach along the greater curvature, and anastomosing with the other arteries in that region. ... Synonym: arteriae gastricae breves, vasa brevia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vasa lymphatica
Synonym for lymph vessels ... The vessels that convey the lymph; they anastomose freely with each other. ... Synonym: vasa lymphatica, absorbent vessels, lymphatic vessels, lymphatics. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vasa nervorum
Blood vessels supplying the nerves. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

vasa previa
The umbilical cord vessels come before the foetal head during delivery. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

vasa recta
Straight vessels into which the efferent arteriole of the juxtamedullary glomeruli breaks up; they form a leash of vessels which, arising at the bases of the pyramids, run through the renal medulla toward the apex of each pyramid, then reverse direction in a hairpin turn, and run straight back again toward the base of the pyramid as venae rectae.
vasa sanguinea retinae
Synonym for retinal blood vessels ... The blood vasculature of the retina, including the branches and tributaries of the central retinal artery and vein, respectively, and the vascular circle of the optic nerve. ... Synonym: vasa sanguinea retinae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vasa vasorum
Nutrient blood vessels which supply the walls of large arteries or veins. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

vasa vorticosa
Synonym for vortex veins ... Several veins (usually four) from the vascular tunic formed of veins accompanying the posterior ciliary arteries and the ciliary body; then drain into the superior or inferior ophthalmic vein. ... Synonym: venae vorticosae, venae choroideae oculi, choroid veins of eye, Stensen's veins, vasa vorticosa, vorticose veins. ... …

vasal
Relating to a vas or to vasa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vascular
<physiology> Pertaining to blood vessels or indicative of a copious blood supply. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

vascular anticoagulant
Synonym for annexin ... <protein> Group of calcium-binding proteins that interact with acidic membrane phospholipids in membranes. They contain 4 or 8 repeats of a 61 amino acid domain that folds into 5 a helices. ... Also known by several other names (e.g. Lipocortins, endonexins), reflecting the history of their discovery in different context …

vascular bud
An endothelial sprout arising from a blood vessel. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vascular bundle
Strand of vascular tissue in a plant, composed of xylem and phloem. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

vascular cambium
Lateral meristem that forms the secondary tissue and is located between the xylem and phloem. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

vascular capacitance
The relationship between the volume of blood contained within a segment of vasculature and the pressure distending the vascular walls over a wide range of pressures and volumes. The veins of the body are not only conduits for the return of blood to the right heart, but they also determine most of the vascular capacitance and contain most of the blo …

vascular cataract
Congenital cataract in which the degenerated lens is replaced with mesodermal tissue. ... Synonym: cataracta adiposa, cataracta fibrosa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vascular cell adhesion molecule-1
Cytokine-induced cell adhesion molecule present on activated endothelial cells, tissue macrophages, dendritic cells, bone marrow fibroblasts, myoblasts, and myotubes. It is important for the recruitment of leukocytes to sites of inflammation. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

vascular circle
The circle around the mouth formed by the inferior and superior labial arteries. ... Synonym: areolar venous plexus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vascular circle of optic nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A network of branches of the short ciliary arteries on the sclera around the point of entrance of the optic nerve. ... Synonym: circulus vasculosus nervi optici, circulus arteriosus halleri, circulus zinnii, Haller's circle, Zinn's corona, Zinn's vascular circle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vascular cones
Synonym for lobules of epididymis ... The coiled portion of the efferent ductules that constitute the head of the epididymis; these join the ductus epididymidis. ... Synonym: lobuli epididymidis, coni epididymidis, coni vasculosi, Haller's cones, vascular cones. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vascular dementia
A state of diminished cognition that is the results from repeated cerebral strokes with a step-like deterioration in intellectual functions with focal neurological signs, as the result of multiple infarctions of the cerebral hemispheres. ... Synonym: multi-infarct dementia. ... (07 Mar 2000) ...

vascular dentin
Synonym for vasodentin ... Dentin in which the primitive capillaries have remained uncalcified and so are wide enough to give passage to the formed elements of the blood. ... Synonym: vascular dentin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vascular endothelial growth factor
A growth factor that is responsible for the growth of blood vessels. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

vascular fistula
<surgery> An abnormal passage in a blood vessel, between two or more arteries, or between an artery and a vein. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

vascular fold of the caecum
<anatomy> A peritoneal fold that arches over a branch of the ileocolic artery and bounds in front a narrow recess, the superior ileocaecal (or ileocolic) recess. ... Synonym: plica caecalis vascularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vascular gland
Synonym for haemal node ... <anatomy> A lymphoid structure in which the blood sinuses are present in place of lymph sinuses; haemal node's occur in ruminants and some other mammals, but their presence in humans is questioned. ... Synonym: haemal gland, haemolymph gland, haemolymph node, vascular gland. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vascular headache
<neurology> A group of headaches felt to involve abnormal sensitivity of the blood vessels (arteries) in the brain to various triggers which results in rapid changes in the artery size due to spasm (constriction). ... Other arteries in the brain and scalp then open (dilate), and throbbing pain is perceived in the head. Migraine headaches are t …

vascular keratitis
Superficial cellular infiltration of the cornea and neovascularization between Bowman's membrane and the epithelium. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vascular lacuna
<anatomy> The medial compartment beneath the inguinal ligament, for the passage to the femoral vessels; it is separated from the muscular lacuna by the iliopectineal arch. ... Synonym: lacuna vasorum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vascular lamina of choroid
<anatomy> The outer portion of the choroid of the eye containing the largest blood vessels. ... Synonym: lamina vasculosa choroideae, Haller's vascular tissue, uvaeformis, vascular layer of choroid coat of eye, vascular layer. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vascular layer
Synonym for vascular lamina of choroid ... <anatomy> The outer portion of the choroid of the eye containing the largest blood vessels. ... Synonym: lamina vasculosa choroideae, Haller's vascular tissue, uvaeformis, vascular layer of choroid coat of eye, vascular layer. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vascular leiomyoma
<tumour> A markedly vascular leiomyoma, apparently arising from the smooth muscle of blood vessels. ... Synonym: angioleiomyoma, angiomyofibroma, angiomyoma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vascular meninx
<anatomy> Rarely used term for pia mater. ... Synonym: meninx vasculosa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...