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

basophilic
Denoting tissue components having an affinity for basic dyes under specific pH conditions. ... Synonym: basophil, basophile. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

basophilic degeneration
Blue staining of connective tissues when haematoxylin-eosin stain is used; found in such conditions as solar elastosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

basophilic leukaemia
A form of granulocytic leukaemia in which there are unusually great numbers of basophilic granulocytes in the tissues and circulating blood; in some instances, the immature and mature basophilic forms may represent from 40 to 80% of the total numbers of white blood cells. ... Synonym: mast cell leukaemia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

basophilic leukocyte
A polymorphonuclear leukocyte characterised by many large, coarse, metachromatic granules (dark purple or blue-black when treated with Wright's or similar stains) that usually fill the cytoplasm and may almost mask the nucleus; these leukocyte's are unique in that they usually do not occur in increased numbers as the result of acute infectious dise …

basophilic leukocytosis
The presence of an abnormally large number of basophilic granulocytes in the blood. ... Synonym: basocytosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

basophilic leukopenia
A decrease in the number of basophilic granulocytes normally present in the circulating blood (difficult to evaluate, owing to the small and variable number normally present). ... Synonym: basocytopenia, basopenia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

basophilic substance
Synonym for Nissl substance ... The material consisting of granular endoplasmic reticulum and ribosomes that occurs in nerve cell bodies and dendrites. ... Synonym: basophil substance, basophilic substance, chromophil substance, Nissl bodies, Nissl granules, substantia basophilia, tigroid bodies, tigroid substance. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

basophilism
Synonym: basophilia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

basophilocyte
Synonym for basophilic leukocyte ... A polymorphonuclear leukocyte characterised by many large, coarse, metachromatic granules (dark purple or blue-black when treated with Wright's or similar stains) that usually fill the cytoplasm and may almost mask the nucleus; these leukocyte's are unique in that they usually do not occur in increased numbers as …

basophils
Granular leukocytes characterised by a relatively pale-staining, lobate nucleus and cytoplasm containing coarse dark-staining granules of variable size and stainable by basic dyes. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

basoplasm
That part of the cytoplasm that stains readily with basic dyes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

basosquamous carcinoma
<tumour> A carcinoma of the skin which in structure and behaviour is considered transitional between basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma The term should not be used for the much more common keratotic variety of basal cell carcinoma, in which the tumour cells are of basal type but which contains small foci of abrupt keratinization. ... Synon …

bass
Origin: A corruption of barse. ... <zoology> ... 1. An edible, spiny-finned fish, especially. Of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species. ... The common European bass is Labrax lupus. American species are: the striped bass (Roccus lineatus); white or silver bass of the lakes. (R. Chrysops); brass or yellow bass (R. …

Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome
<syndrome> A rare congenital disorder that causes the body to not produce chylomicrons, low density lipoprotein (LDL) and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL). Individuals with this condition are unable to properly digest fats. Other findings include ataxia, peripheral neuropathy and other forms of nerve dysfunction. ... Treatment includes vita …

Bassen, Frank
<person> U.S. Physician, *1903. ... See: Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

basset
<geology> Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata. ... Origin: Cf. OF. Basset somewhat low, dim. Of bas low. ... <geology> The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop. ... <geology> To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets. ... Origin: Basseted; Ba …

Bassini
Edoardo, Italian surgeon, 1844-1924. ... See: Bassini's operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bassini's operation
An operation for an inguinal hernia repair; after reduction of the hernia, the sac is twisted, ligated, and cut off, then a new inguinal canal is made by uniting the edge of the internal oblique muscle to the inguinal ligament, placing on this the cord, and covering the latter by the external oblique muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bassler
Anthony, U.S. Physician, 1874-1959. ... See: Bassler's sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bassler's sign
<clinical sign> In chronic appendicitis, pinching the appendix between the thumb and the iliacus muscle causes sharp pain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bassora gum
A gum from Iran and Turkey, resembling tragacanth, acacia, and the gummy exudate of cherry and plum trees; used in making storax. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bastard
1. Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, note. ... 2. Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so. 'That bastard self-love which is so vicious in itself, and productive of so many vices.' (Barrow) ... 3. Of an unusual make or propo …

Bastedo
Walter A., U.S. Physician, 1873-1952. ... See: Bastedo's sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bastedo's sign
<clinical sign> An obsolete sign: in chronic appendicitis, pain and tenderness in the right iliac fossa on inflation of the colon with air. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bat
1. A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc. ... 2. <chemical> Shale or bituminous shale. ... 3. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting. ... 4. A part of a brick with one whole end. ... <machinery> Bat bolt, a bolt …

bat ear
Synonym for lop-ear ... Congenital deformity of the external ear, with poor development of helix and anthelix. ... Synonym: bat ear. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

batch culture
A closed system culture of microorganisms with specific nutrient types, temperature, pressure, aeration, and other environmental conditions, where only a few generations are allowed to grow before all nutrients are used up. ... Compare: continuous culture. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

batch processing
<technique> Growth in a closed system with a specific amount of nutrient medium. In bioprocessing, defined amounts of nutrient material and living matter are placed in a bioreactor and removed when the process is completed. ... (14 Nov 1997) ...

bate
1. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower. 'He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not employ or not pay him.' (Locke) ... 2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction. 'To whom he bates nothing or what he stood upon with the parliament.' (South) ... 3. To leave out; to except. 'Bate me the king, and, …

bath
Origin: AS. Bae; akin to OS. & Icel. Ba, Sw, Dan, D, & G. Bad, and perh. To G. Bahen to foment. ... 1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc, to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath. ... 2. Water or other liquid f …

bath itch
Synonym for bath pruritus ... Itching produced by inadequate rinsing off of soap or by overdrying of skin from excessive bathing. ... Synonym: bath itch, pruritus balnea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bath pruritus
Itching produced by inadequate rinsing off of soap or by overdrying of skin from excessive bathing. ... Synonym: bath itch, pruritus balnea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bathe
1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath. 'Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus.' (South) ... 2. To lave; to wet. 'The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain.' ... 3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid. 'And let us bathe our hands in Caesar's blood.' (Shak) ... 4. To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, …

bathing beaches
Beaches, both natural and man-made, used for bathing and other activities. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bathing trunk nevus
These large pigmented (often hairy) congenital nevi are important because of their increased risk (10 to 15%) of conversion into malignant melanoma. A biopsy can confirm if cells have turned malignant. Any change in a pre-existing nevus should prompt a physician evaluation. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

bathmotropic
Influencing nervous and muscular irritability in response to stimuli. ... Origin: G. Bathmos, threshold, + trope, a turning ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

batho-
Depth. ... See: bathy-. ... Origin: G. Bathos, depth ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bathochromic
Denoting the shift of an absorption spectrum maximum to a longer wavelength. ... Origin: batho-+ G. Chroma, colour ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bathoflore
An atom or group of atoms that, by its presence in a molecule, shifts the latter's fluorescent radiation in the direction of longer wavelength, or reduces the fluorescence. ... Compare: auxoflore. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bathophobia
<psychology> Morbid fear of deep places or of looking into them. ... Origin: G. Bathos, depth, + phobos, fear ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

baths
The immersion or washing of the body or any of its parts in water or other medium for cleansing or medical treatment. It includes bathing for personal hygiene as well as for medical purposes with the addition of therapeutic agents, such as alkalines, antiseptics, oil, etc. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

baths, finnish
Sweat baths given in an enclosed steamy room. Hyperaemia of the skin is increased by beating with twigs, and the bath is followed by a cold plunge. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bathy-
Depth. ... See: batho-. ... Origin: G. Bathys, deep ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bathyanesthesia
Loss of deep sensibility, i.e., from muscles, ligaments, tendons, bones, and joints. ... Origin: G. Bathys, deep, + an-priv. + aisthesis, sensation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bathybius
<zoology> A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Deep + life. ... Source: Webs …

bathycardia
A condition in which the heart occupies a lower position than normal but is fixed there, as distinguished from cardioptosia. ... Origin: G. Bathys, deep, + kardia, heart ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bathyesthesia
General term for all sensation from the tissues beneath the skin, i.e., muscles, ligaments, tendons, bones and joints. ... See: myesthesia. ... Synonym: deep sensibility. ... Origin: G. Bathys, deep, + aisthesis, sensation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bathygastry
Synonym: gastroptosis. ... Origin: G. Bathys, deep, + gaster, stomach ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bathyhyperesthesia
Exaggerated sensitiveness deep structures, e.g., muscular tissue. ... Origin: G. Bathys, deep, + hyper, above, + aisthesis, sensation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bathyhypesthesia
Impairment of sensation in the structures beneath the skin, e.g., muscle tissue. ... Origin: G. Bathys, deep, + hypo, under, + aisthesis, sensation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bathyphyll
A leaf at the base of a stem with the function of attachment to a substrate. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

batrachotoxin
<protein> Neurotoxin from the Columbian poison frog Phyllobates. A steroidal alkaloid that affects sodium channels. Batrachotoxin R is more effective than related Batrachotoxin A. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

batrachotoxins
Batrachotoxin is the 20-alpha-bromobenzoate of batrachotoxin a; they are toxins from the venom of a small colombian frog, phyllobates aurotaenia, cause release of acetylcholine, destruction of synaptic vesicles and depolarisation of nerve and muscle fibres. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

batroxostatin
Synonym for disintegrin ... <protein> Peptides found in the venoms of various snakes of the viper family, that inhibit the function of some integrins of the _1 and _3 classes. They were first identified as inhibitors of platelet aggregation and were subsequently shown to bind with high affinity to integrins and to block the interaction of inte …

batson venous plexus
<radiology> Paravertebral venous plexus, can carry tumour emboli directly to brain from pelvis or abdomen ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Batson, Oscar
<person> U.S. Otolaryngologist, 1894-1979. ... See: Batson's plexus, Carmody-Batson operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Batson's plexus
Synonym for vertebral venous system ... Any of four interconnected venous networks surrounding the vertebral column; anterior external vertebral venous plexus, the small system around the vertebral bodies; posterior external vertebral venous plexus, the extensive system around the vertebral processes; anterior internal vertebral venous plexus, the s …

batten
A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc. Batten door, a door made of boards of the whole length of the door, secured by battens nailed crosswise. ... Origin: F. Bton sti …

batten disease
<disease> This congenital disorder strikes between the ages of 5 and 10, causing the afflicted child to suddenly go blind. The child begins to suffer fromseizures and mental deterioration, afflicted individuals typically diebefore the age of 20. The disease is caused by the accumulation of toxicproteins in nerve cells, the root of the disorde …

Batten-Mayou disease
Cerebral sphingolipidosis, late infantile and juvenile types. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

batter
1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart. ... 2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. 'Each battered jade.' ... 3. <chemistry> To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly. ... Origin: OE …

battered child syndrome
<radiology> Multiple assymetrical fractures, separation of distal epiphyses, irregularity and fragmentation of metaphyses, bucket-handle fracture, corner fracture of elbow, knee, ankle (sudden twisting motion), isolated spiral fracture, extensive periosteal reaction (subperiosteal haemorrhage), exuberant callus formation, cortical hyperostosi …

battered spouse syndrome
<syndrome> Physical, psychological, and emotional injuries in a person subjected to abuse by a spouse or domestic partner; usually associated with alcoholism in the abusing spouse. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

battered women
Women who are physically and mentally abused over an extended period, usually by a husband or other dominant male figure. Characteristics of the battered woman syndrome are helplessness, constant fear, and a perceived inability to escape. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

battery
<chemistry> A group of voltaic cells connected in series. ... (09 Jan 1998) ...

Battey bacillus
Synonym for Mycobacterium intracellulare ... A species found in lung lesions and sputum of humans; may cause bone and tendon-sheath lesions in rabbits; some strains are pathogenic for mice. Recently linked to opportunistic infections in humans. ... Synonym: Battey bacillus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

battle
1. A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat. ... 2. A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life. 'The whole intellectual battle that had at its center the best poem of the best poet of that day.' (H. Morley) ... 3. A division of an army; a battalion. 'The king divide …

battle fatigue
The World War II name for what is known today as posttraumatic stress, this is a psychological disorder that develops in some individuals who have had major traumatic experiences (and, for example, have been in a serious accident or through a war). The person is typically numb at first but later has symptoms including depression, excessive irritabi …

battle neurosis
Synonym for war neurosis ... A stress condition or mental disorder induced by conditions existing in warfare. ... See: battle fatigue. ... Synonym: battle neurosis, military neurosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

battle's sign
<clinical sign> Postauricular (behind the ear) ecchymosis in cases of fracture of the base of the skull (basal skull fracture). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

battledore placenta
A placenta in which the umbilical cord is attached at the border; so-called because of the fancied resemblance to the racquet (racket) used in battledore, a precursor to badminton. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Baudelocque, Jean
<person> French obstetrician, 1746-1810. ... See: Baudelocque's diameter, Baudelocque's uterine circle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Baudelocque, Louis
<person> French obstetrician, 1800-1864. ... See: Baudelocque's operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Baudelocque's diameter
Synonym for external conjugate ... The distance in a straight line between the depression under the last spinous process of the lumbar vertebrae and the upper edge of the pubic symphysis. ... Synonym: Baudelocque's diameter, external conjugate diameter. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Baudelocque's operation
An incision through the posterior cul-de-sac of the vagina for the removal of the ovum, in extrauterine pregnancy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Baudelocque's uterine circle
Synonym for pathologic retraction ring ... A constriction located at the junction of the thinned lower uterine segment with the thick retracted upper uterine segment, resulting from obstructed labour; this is one of the classic signs of threatened rupture of the uterus. ... Synonym: Bandl's ring, Baudelocque's uterine circle, Scanzoni's second os. …

Bauer, Hans
<person> 20th century German anatomist. ... See: Bauer's chromic acid leucofuchsin stain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bauer, Wlater
<person> U.S. Internist, *1898. ... See: Bauer's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bauer's syndrome
<syndrome> Aortitis and aortic endocarditis as a little recognised manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bauhin, Gaspard
<person> Swiss anatomist, 1560-1624. ... See: Bauhin's gland, Bauhin's valve. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bauhin's gland
Synonym for anterior lingual gland ... One of the small mixed glands deeply placed near the apex of the tongue on each side of the frenulum. ... Synonym: glandula lingualis anterior, apical gland, Bauhin's gland, Blandin's gland, Nuhn's gland. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bauhin's valve
Synonym for ileocaecal valve ... The bilabial prominence of the terminal ileum into the large intestine at the caecocolic junction as seen in cadavers; in the living individual it appears as a truncated cone with a star-shaped orifice. ... Synonym: valva ileocaecalis, Bauhin's valve, ileocaecal eminence, ileocolic valve, Tulp's valve, Tulpius' valve, …

Baume scale
A hydrometer scale for determining the specific gravity of liquids heavier and lighter than water, respectively: for liquids lighter than water, divide 140 by 130 plus the Baume degree; for liquids heavier than water, divide 145 by 145 minus the Baume degree. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Baume, Antoine
<person> French chemist and pharmacist, 1728-1805. ... See: Baume scale. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Baumes symptom
Pain behind the sternum in angina pectoris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Baumgarten, P Clemons von
<person> German pathologist, 1848-1928. ... See: Baumgarten's veins, Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease, Cruveilhier-Baumgarten murmur, Cruveilhier-Baumgarten sign, Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Baumgarten's glands
Synonym for Henle's glands ... Accessory lacrimal gland's located near the fornices in the medial part of the palpebral conjunctiva; they open on the conjunctiva surface. ... Synonym: Baumgarten's glands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Baumgarten's veins
Nonobliterated remnants of the vena umbilicalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bauxite pneumoconiosis
A condition due to the occupational inhalation of bauxite fumes emitted during the manufacture of alumina abrasives; characterised by cough, shortness of breath, a combined obstructive and restrictive breathing pattern, and impairment of diffusing capacity. ... Synonym: Shaver's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bay
A part of a sea or lake indenting the shore line, the word is often applied to very large tracts of water around which the land forms a curve, as Hudson's Bay. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

bay region
<chemistry> An indentation of three fused benzene rings. A common bay region is the site on benzo(a)pyrene, an indirect carcinogen that is metabolically activated by the p-450 system at the 7,8-double bond, leading to a 7,8-oxide, which is rapidly converted to a 7,8-dihydrodiol and later epoxidated near the bay region at the 9,10-double bond. …

bay sore
Synonym for chiclero ulcer ... Lesion of the pinna of the ear due to cutaneous leishmaniasis, usually Leishmania mexicana; seen in workers harvesting chicle plants in Central America. ... Synonym: bay sore. ... Origin: Sp. Chicle farmer, fr. Chicle, fr. Nahuatl chictli ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bay-k-8644
<chemical> A dihydropyridine derivative, which, in contrast to nifedipine, functions as a calcium channel agonist. The compound facilitates calcium influx through partially activated voltage-dependent calcium channels, thereby causing vasoconstrictor and positive inotropic effects. It is used primarily as a research tool. ... Pharmacological a …

bayberry
<botany> The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis. ... A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle (Pimenta acris). ... The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; called also candleberry tree. Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the bayberry or wax myrtle; called also myrtle wax. ... Source: Websters Dict …

Bayer's patches
Sites of adhesion between the outer and cytoplasmic membranes of gram-negative bacteria. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

bayes theorem
A theorem in probability theory named for thomas bayes (1702-1761). In epidemiology, it is used to obtain the probability of disease in a group of people with some characteristic on the basis of the overall rate of that disease and of the likelihoods of that characteristic in healthy and diseased individuals. The most familiar application is in cli …

Bayes, Thomas
<person> British mathematician, 1702-1761. ... See: Bayes theorem. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bayesian hypothesis
An array of surmised values of a parameter to be severally explored in the light of a current set of data, with logical symmetry being preserved among all. The merits of each hypothesis entertained are based on quantity, the prior probability. The probability of the data conditional on the hypothesis is computed as the conditional probability for e …

Bayle, Antoine
<person> French physician, 1799-1858. ... See: Bayle's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bayle's disease
Synonym for paresis ... <neurology> Slight or incomplete paralysis. ... Origin: Gr. = relaxation ... (18 Nov 1997) ...