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

vere
The true. ... (09 Jan 1998) ...

Veress needle
A needle equipped with a spring loaded obturator that is used for insufflation of the abdomen in laparoscopic surgery. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verfication
1. The act of verifying, or the state of being verified; confirmation; authentication. ... 2. Confirmation by evidence. A formal phrase used in concluding a plea. ... <mathematics> Verification of an equation, the operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it expresses truly the conditions of the problem. ... Origin: Cf. F. V …

Verga, Andrea
<person> Italian neurologist, 1811-1895. ... See: Verga's ventricle, cavum vergae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Verga's ventricle
An inconstant, horizontal, slitlike space between the posterior one-third of the corpus callosum and the underlying commissura fornicis (commissura hippocampi; psalterium) resulting from failure of these two commissural plates to fuse completely during foetal development; like the cavity of the septum pellucidum, the space is not a true ventricle i …

verge
1. A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean. ... 2. The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge. ... 3. The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within …

vergence
A disjunctive movement of the eyes in which the fixation axes are not parallel, as in convergence or divergence. ... Origin: L. Vergo, to incline, to turn ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vergence of lens
The reciprocal of the principal focal distance used as a measure of the divergence or convergence of parallel rays. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vergeture
Synonym: striae cutis distensae. ... Origin: Fr. Wheal, mark of a lash, fr. L. Virga, rod, switch ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Verheyen, Philippe
<person> Flemish anatomist, 1648-1710. ... See: Verheyen's stars, stellulae verheyenii. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Verheyen's stars
Synonym for venulae stellatae ... The star-shaped groups of venules in the renal cortex. ... Synonym: stellate veins, stellate venules, stellulae verheyenii, venae stellatae, Verheyen's stars. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Verhoeff, Frederick
<person> U.S. Ophthalmologist, 1874-1968. ... See: Verhoeff's elastic tissue stain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Verhoeff's elastic tissue stain
<technique> A stain for tissue sections in which a mixture of haematoxylin, ferric chloride, and Lugol's iodine solution is used; tissue may be counterstained, if desired, with eosin or van Gieson's stain; elastic fibres and nuclei appear blue-black to black while collagen and other components are shades of pink to red. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vermeology
<study, zoology> A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of zoology which treats of worms; helminthology. ... Origin: L. Vermes worms. ... (04 Mar 1998) ...

vermes
<zoology> An extensive artificial division of the animal kingdom, including the parasitic worms, or helminths, together with the nemerteans, annelids, and allied groups. By some writers the branchiopods, the bryzoans, and the tunicates are also included. The name was used in a still wider sense by Linnaeus and his followers. ... A more restric …

vermetus
<zoology> Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae. Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube. ... Origin: NL, from L. Vermis worm. ... Source: Websters Di …

vermi-
A worm; wormlike. ... Origin: L. Vermis ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vermian fossa
A small depression near the lower part of the internal occipital crest which lodges part of the inferior vermis of the cerebellum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vermicidal
Destructive to worms; specifically, destructive to parasitic intestinal worms. ... Origin: vermi-+ L. Caedo, to kill ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vermicular
Relating to, resembling, or moving like a worm. ... Origin: L. Vermiculus, dim. Of vermis, worm ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vermicular colic
Synonym for appendicular colic ... Colicky pain occurring early in acute appendicitis. ... Synonym: vermicular colic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vermicular movement
Synonym for peristalsis ... <gastroenterology, physiology> The wormlike movement by which the alimentary canal or other tubular organs provided with both longitudinal and circular muscle fibres propel their contents. It consists of a wave of contraction passing along the tube for variable distances. ... Origin: Gr. Stalsis = contraction ... (18 …

vermicular pulse
A small rapid pulse, giving a wormlike sensation to the finger. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vermiculation
1. The act or operation of moving in the manner of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another; as, the vermiculation, or peristaltic motion, of the intestines. ... 2. The act of vermiculating, or forming or inlaying so as to resemble the motion, track, or work of a worm. ... 3. Penetration by worms; the state of being wormeaten. ... 4. &l …

vermicule
1. A small worm or wormlike organism or structure. ... Synonym: ookinete. ... Origin: L. Vermiculus, a small worm ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vermiculous
1. Wormy; infected with worms or larvae. ... 2. Wormlike. ... See: vermiform. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vermiculus
See: vermicule. ... Origin: L. Dim. Of vermis, worm ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vermiform
Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum. ... <anatomy> Vermiform appendix, a slender blind process of the caecum in man and some other animals; called also vermiform appendage, and vermiform process. Small solid bodies, such as grape seeds or cherry stones, sometimes lodge in it, causing se …

vermiform appendage
Synonym for vermiform appendix ... A wormlike intestinal diverticulum extending from the blind end of the caecum; it varies in length and ends in a blind extremity. ... Synonym: appendix vermiformis, appendix ceci, processus vermiformis, vermiform appendage, vermiform process, vermix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vermiform appendix
A wormlike intestinal diverticulum extending from the blind end of the caecum; it varies in length and ends in a blind extremity. ... Synonym: appendix vermiformis, appendix ceci, processus vermiformis, vermiform appendage, vermiform process, vermix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vermiform process
Synonym for vermiform appendix ... A wormlike intestinal diverticulum extending from the blind end of the caecum; it varies in length and ends in a blind extremity. ... Synonym: appendix vermiformis, appendix ceci, processus vermiformis, vermiform appendage, vermiform process, vermix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vermilion
1. <chemistry> A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red colour, and is much used in colouring sealing wax, in printing, etc. ... The kermes insect has long been used for dyeing red or scarlet. It was formerly known as the worm dye, vermiculus, or vermicul …

vermilion border
The red margin of the upper and lower lip that commences at the exterior edge of the intraoral labial mucosa ('moist line') and extends outward, terminating at the extraoral labial cutaneous junction; a thinly keratinised type of stratified squamous epithelium deeply penetrated by well-vascularised dermal papillae which show through the translucent …

vermilion zone
Synonym for vermilion border ... The red margin of the upper and lower lip that commences at the exterior edge of the intraoral labial mucosa ('moist line') and extends outward, terminating at the extraoral labial cutaneous junction; a thinly keratinised type of stratified squamous epithelium deeply penetrated by well-vascularised dermal papillae wh …

vermilionectomy
<procedure> Excision of the vermilion border. ... Origin: vermilion border + G. Ektome, cutting out ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vermin
Parasitic insects, such as lice and bedbugs. ... Origin: L. Vermis, a worm ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verminous abscess
Synonym for worm abscess ... Abscess due to parasitic worms or in which worms are found. ... Synonym: verminous abscess. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verminous aneurysm
An aneurysm in horses caused by Strongylus vulgaris larvae; usually involving the mesenteric arteries. ... Synonym: worm aneurysm. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verminous appendicitis
Appendicitis caused by obstruction or response to the presence of parasitic worms such as Ascaris lumbricoides, Strongyloides stercoralis, or the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verminous bronchitis
Bronchitis and bronchopneumonia caused by invasion of the bronchi by lungworms; occurs commonly in cattle, swine, and sheep, but rarely in other species. ... Synonym: hoose, husk. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verminous ileus
Obstruction due to masses of intestinal parasites. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vermis
1. A worm; any structure or part resembling a worm in shape. ... 2. The narrow middle zone between the two hemispheres of the cerebellum; the portion projecting above the level of the hemispheres on the upper surface is called the superior vermis; the lower portion, sunken between the two hemispheres and forming the floor of the vallecula, is the in …

vermis folium
A small posterior subdivision of the superior vermis of the cerebellum. ... Synonym: folium vermis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vermix
Synonym for vermiform appendix ... A wormlike intestinal diverticulum extending from the blind end of the caecum; it varies in length and ends in a blind extremity. ... Synonym: appendix vermiformis, appendix ceci, processus vermiformis, vermiform appendage, vermiform process, vermix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vernacular
Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language. 'A vernacular disease.' 'His skill the vernacular dialect of the Celtic tongue.' (Fuller) 'Which in our vernacular idiom may be thus interpreted.' (Pope) ... Origin: L. Vernaculus born in on …

vernacular name
<zoology> The colloquial names of taxa i.e. In any language or form other than that of zoological nomenclature. Have no status in nomenclature. ... (09 Jan 1998) ...

vernal
Belonging to the spring, appearing or occurring in spring, of the spring season. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

vernal catarrh
Synonym for vernal conjunctivitis ... A chronic, bilateral conjunctival inflammation with photophobia and intense itching that recurs seasonally during warm weather; characterised in the palpebral form by cobblestone papillae in the upper palpebral conjunctiva and in the bulbar form by gelatinous nodules adjacent to the corneoscleral limbus. ... Syno …

vernal conjunctivitis
A chronic, bilateral conjunctival inflammation with photophobia and intense itching that recurs seasonally during warm weather; characterised in the palpebral form by cobblestone papillae in the upper palpebral conjunctiva and in the bulbar form by gelatinous nodules adjacent to the corneoscleral limbus. ... Synonym: allergic conjunctivitis, spring …

vernal encephalitis
Synonym for tick-borne encephalitis ... 1. (Central European subtype) tick-borne meningoencephalitis caused by a flavivirus closely related to the virus causing the Far Eastern type; it is transmitted by Ixodes ricinus, also by infected raw milk, especially that of goats. ... Synonym: biundulant meningoencephalitis, Central European tick-borne fever, …

vernal keratoconjunctivitis
Synonym for vernal conjunctivitis ... A chronic, bilateral conjunctival inflammation with photophobia and intense itching that recurs seasonally during warm weather; characterised in the palpebral form by cobblestone papillae in the upper palpebral conjunctiva and in the bulbar form by gelatinous nodules adjacent to the corneoscleral limbus. ... Syno …

vernal pools
<ecology> Perched wetlands which are seasonally to semi-permanently flooded depressions typically occurring on sites with poor drainage. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

vernation
<plant biology> The arrangement of unexpanded leaves in a bud. ... Compare: aestivation. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

verner-morrison syndrome
<radiology> WDHA syndrome, watery diarrhoea, hypokalaemia, achlorhydria, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) secreted by, pancreatic isleT-cell tumour (VIPoma) ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Verner, John
<person> U.S. Internist, *1927. ... See: Verner-Morrison syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Vernet, Maurice
<person> French neurologist, *1887. ... See: Vernet's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Vernet's syndrome
<syndrome> A syndrome characterised by paralysis of the motor components of the glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory cranial nerves as they lie in the posterior fossa; it is most commonly the result of head injury. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Verneuil, Aristide
<person> French surgeon, 1823-1895. ... See: Verneuil's neuroma, hidradenitis axillaris of Verneuil. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vernier
A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certain convenient number of its divisions are just equal to a certain number, either one less or one more, of the divisions of the instrument, so that parts o …

Vernier acuity
The detection of displacement of a portion of a line. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Vernier, Pierre
<person> French mathematician, 1580-1637. ... See: Vernier acuity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vernix
varnish (dental) ...

vernix caseosa
An unctuous substance composed of sebum and desquamated epithelial cells, which covers the skin of the foetus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

vero cells
A cell line derived from the kidney of the african green (vervet) monkey, cercopithecus aethiops; used primarily in virus replication studies and plaque assays. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Verocay bodies
Hyalinised acellular areas composed of reduplicated basement membrane outlined by opposing rows of prarallel nuclei; seen microscopically in neurilemomas. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Verocay, Jose
<person> Czechoslovakian pathologist, 1876-1927. ... See: Verocay bodies. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Veronal
Synonym for barbital ... <chemical> A long-acting barbiturate that depresses most metabolic processes at high doses. It is used as a hypnotic and sedative and may induce dependence. Barbital is also used in veterinary practice for central nervous system depression. ... Pharmacological action: gaba modulators, sedatives, barbiturate. ... Chemical …

veronica
1. A portrait or representation of the face of our Savior on the alleged handkerchief of Saint Veronica, preserved at Rome; hence, a representation of this portrait, or any similar representation of the face of the Savior. Formerly called also Vernacle, and Vernicle. ... 2. <botany> A genus scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell. See Speedwel …

verruca
A flesh-coloured growth characterised by circumscribed hypertrophy of the papillae of the corium, with thickening of the malpighian, granular, and keratin layers of the epidermis, caused by human papilloma virus; also applied to epidermal verrucous tumours of nonviral aetiology. ... Synonym: verruga, wart. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verruca acuminata
An obsolete term for condyloma acuminatum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verruca digitata
A wart in which the papillae project like fingers; they occur in groups, often on the scalp. ... Synonym: digitate wart. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verruca filiformis
A wart composed of a single or many greatly elongated papillae; appears more commonly on the face and neck. ... Synonym: filiform wart. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verruca glabra
A smooth wart. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verruca mollusciformis
Synonym for condyloma ... <pathology> Condyloma acuminatum, a papilloma with a central core of connective tissue in a treelike structure covered with epithelium, usually occurring on the mucous membrane or skin of the external genitals or in the perianal region. ... Origin: Gr. Kondyloma = knuckle or knob ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

verruca necrogenica
postmortem wart ...

verruca peruana
A late, eruptive stage of bartonellosis; characterised by soft conical or pedunculated vascular papules anywhere on the skin or mucous membranes from miliary size to several centimeters, resolving without scars after a few months. ... Synonym: haemorrhagic pian, Peruvian wart, verruca peruana, verruca peruviana. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verruca plana
A smooth, flat, flesh-coloured wart of small size, occurring in groups, seen especially on the face of the young; often associated with common warts of the hands, due to human papilloma virus, commonly, types 3 and 10. ... Synonym: flat wart, plane wart, verruca plana juvenilis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verruca plana juvenilis
Synonym for verruca plana ... A smooth, flat, flesh-coloured wart of small size, occurring in groups, seen especially on the face of the young; often associated with common warts of the hands, due to human papilloma virus, commonly, types 3 and 10. ... Synonym: flat wart, plane wart, verruca plana juvenilis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verruca plana senilis
Synonym for actinic keratosis ... <dermatology> A skin lesion that is abnormally sensitive to the effects of ultraviolet light (sunlight). Thought to be a precancerous skin lesion that is more common in the fair-skinned or elderly individual. ... Approximately 20% of these skin lesions will develop into squamous cell carcinoma. Prevention inclu …

verruca plantaris
Synonym for plantar wart ... A wart on the sole, often painful; usually caused by human papilloma virus type 1. ... Synonym: verruca plantaris. ... Pointed wart, obsolete term for condyloma acuminatum. ... Postmortem wart, a tuberculous warty growth (tuberculosis cutis verrucosa) on the hand of one who performs postmortem examinations. ... Synonym: anat …

verruca senilis
Synonym for actinic keratosis ... <dermatology> A skin lesion that is abnormally sensitive to the effects of ultraviolet light (sunlight). Thought to be a precancerous skin lesion that is more common in the fair-skinned or elderly individual. ... Approximately 20% of these skin lesions will develop into squamous cell carcinoma. Prevention inclu …

verruca simplex
Synonym for verruca vulgaris ... A keratotic papilloma of the epidermis which occurs most frequently in young persons as a result of localised infection by human papilloma virus, usually types 2 and 4; the lesions are of variable duration, eventually undergoing spontaneous regression, and are both exophytic and endophytic, with hyperkeratosis, parak …

verruca vulgaris
A keratotic papilloma of the epidermis which occurs most frequently in young persons as a result of localised infection by human papilloma virus, usually types 2 and 4; the lesions are of variable duration, eventually undergoing spontaneous regression, and are both exophytic and endophytic, with hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis, hypergranulosis, koilo …

verrucae
The pleural of verruca. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verruciform
Wart-shaped. ... Origin: L. Verruca, wart, + forma, form ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verrucologen
<microbiology, oncology> A tumour-promoting fungal toxin produced by certain species of Penicillium. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

verrucose
<dermatology> Covered with wart-like outgrowths. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

verrucosis
A condition marked by the appearance of multiple warts. ... Origin: L. Verruca, wart, + G. -osis, condition ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verrucous
Synonym for verrucose ... <dermatology> Covered with wart-like outgrowths. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

verrucous carcinoma
<tumour> A well differentiated papillary squamous cell carcinoma, especially of the oral cavity or penis, that may invade locally but rarely metastasizes; the usual cytologic features of malignancy are absent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verrucous haemangioma
A variant of the angiomatous nevus, appearing at birth or in early childhood, situated on the lower extremities with bluish-red nodules and warty surface; they enlarge and sometimes have satellite lesions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verrucous hyperplasia
A non-invasive precursor of verrucous or squamous carcinoma of the oral mucosa, occurring in the elderly, characterised by sharp or blunt upward papillary projections of squamous epithelium. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verrucous nevus
A skin-coloured or darker wartlike, often linear, lesion appearing at birth or early in childhood, and occurring in various sizes and locations, single or multiple. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verrucous scrofuloderma
Synonym for tuberculosis cutis verrucosa ... A tuberculous skin lesion having a warty surface with a chronic inflammatory base seen on the hands in adults and lower extremities in children, with marked hypersensitivity to tuberculous antigens. ... See: postmortem wart. ... Synonym: lupus papillomatosus, lupus verrucosus, tuberculous wart, verrucous sc …

verrucous vegetations
Wart-like vegetations sometimes due to endocarditis, also related to degenerative changes on the valves and amyloidosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verrucous xanthoma
A papilloma of the oral mucosa and skin in which squamous epithelium covers connective tissue papillae filled with large foamy histiocytes. ... Synonym: histiocytosis Y. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

verruculose
<dermatology> Covered with closely spaced, minute wart-like outgrowths. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

verruga
Synonym for verruca ... A flesh-coloured growth characterised by circumscribed hypertrophy of the papillae of the corium, with thickening of the malpighian, granular, and keratin layers of the epidermis, caused by human papilloma virus; also applied to epidermal verrucous tumours of nonviral aetiology. ... Synonym: verruga, wart. ... Origin: L. ... (05 …

versatile
<plant biology> Of anthers: swinging freely about the point of attachment to the filament, which is approximately central. ... (12 Jan 1998) ...

verse
1. A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, 9) disposed according to metrical rules. ... Verses are of various kinds, as hexameter, pentameter, tetrameter, etc, according to the number of feet in each. A verse of twelve syllables is called an Alexandrine. Two or more verses form a stanza or strophe. ... 2. Metrical arrangemen …