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

bicipital rib
Fusion of first thoracic rib with cervical vertebra. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bicipital ridges
crest of greater tubercle, crest of lesser tubercle ...

bicipital tendinitis
<pathology> A form of tendinitis which involves the tendon to the biceps muscle. Increased activity of the biceps or shoulder can lead to inflammation of the biceps tendon. ... Symptoms include shoulder pain which is aggravated by movement of the shoulder or resisted flexion of the biceps muscle. ... Treatment includes rest and anti-inflammator …

bicipital tuberosity
Synonym for radial tuberosity ... An oval projection from the medial surface of the radius just distal to the neck, giving attachment on its posterior half to the tendon of the biceps. ... Synonym: tuberositas radii, bicipital tuberosity, tuber radii, tuberosity of radius. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bicipitoradial bursa
<anatomy> The bursa between the tendon of the biceps brachii muscle and the anterior part of the tuberosity of the radius. ... Synonym: bursa bicipitoradialis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bickel
Gustav, 19th century German physician. ... See: Bickel's ring. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bickel's ring
Synonym for lymphoid ring ... The broken ring of lymphoid tissue, formed of the lingual, faucial, and pharyngeal tonsils. ... Synonym: Bickel's ring, tonsillar ring, Waldeyer's throat ring. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

biclonal
Pertaining to or characterised by biclonality. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

biclonal peak
Two narrow electrophoretic bands thought to represent immunoglobulin of two cell lines. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

biclonality
A condition in which some cells have markers of one cell line and other cells have markers of another cell line, as in biclonal leukaemias. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bicoid
<molecular biology> An egg polarity gene in Drosophila, concentrated at the anterior pole of the egg and required for subsequent anterior structures. A maternal effect gene. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

bicoid gene
A group of genes which are important to the proper development of the head and thorax in the embryo of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

biconcave lens
A lens that is concave on two opposing surfaces. ... Synonym: concavoconcave lens, double concave lens. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bicondylar articulation
Synonym for bicondylar joint ... A synovial joint in which two more or less distinct, rounded surfaces of one bone articulate with shallow depressions on another bone. ... Synonym: articulatio bicondylaris, bicondylar articulation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bicondylar joint
A synovial joint in which two more or less distinct, rounded surfaces of one bone articulate with shallow depressions on another bone. ... Synonym: articulatio bicondylaris, bicondylar articulation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

biconvex lens
A lens with both surfaces convex. ... Synonym: convexoconvex lens, double convex lens. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

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 bicollis). ... Synonym: bifid ute …

bicornous
Bicornuatebicornate ... Two-horned; having two processes or projections. ... Origin: bi-+ L. Cornu, horn ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bicornuate
Having two horns or horn-shaped branches. The uterus (normally unicornuate) can sometimes be bicornuate (with two branches, e.g., one at about 10:30 and the other at about 1:30). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bicoudate catheter
Catheter bicoude, an elbowed catheter with a double bend. ... Origin: bi + Fr. Coude, bent ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bicro-
Synonym for pico- ... 1. Combining form meaning small. ... 2 (p). Prefix used in the SI and metric systems to signify one-trillionth (10-12). ... Synonym: bicro-. ... Origin: It. Piccolo ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bicron
Synonym for picometer ... One-trillionth of a meter. ... Synonym: bicron. ... Abbreviation: pm ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bicuculline
<drug> From Dicentra cucullaria and herbs of the genus Corydalis. Specific blocking agent for the action of the amino acid transmitter _ aminobutyric acid (GABA). ... See: amino acid transmitter, amino acid receptor superfamily, GABAA receptor. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

bicuspid aortic valve
See: familial aortic ectasia syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bicuspid tooth
Synonym for premolar tooth ... A tooth usually having two tubercles or cusps on the grinding surface and a flattened root, single in the lower jaw and upper second premolar, and furrowed in the upper first premolar. There are four premolars in each jaw, two on either side between the canine and the molars; there are no premolars in the deciduous den …

bicuspid valve
Synonym for mitral valve ... <anatomy, cardiology> The heart valve that divides the left atrium and left ventricle. During left atrial contraction, the mitral valve opens to allow blood to flow into the left ventricle. Upon closure, the mitral valve prohibits the regurgitation of blood back into the left atrium. The mitral valve is the only he …

bicuspidization
Surgical change of a normally tricuspid valve into a functioning bicuspid valve; performed in correction of tricuspid valvar disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bicyclic monoterpenol dehydrogenase
<enzyme> Oxidises borneol to camphor; thujol to thujone; prefers nad to nadp ... Registry number: EC 1.1- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

bicycling
The use of a bicycle for transportation or recreation. It does not include the use of a bicycle in studying the body's response to physical exertion (bicycle ergometry test see exercise test). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bicyclo compounds, heterocyclic
A class of saturated compounds consisting of two rings only, having two or more atoms in common, containing at least one hetero atom, and that take the name of an open chain hydrocarbon containing the same total number of atoms. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bid
To be taken twice a day (morning and evening). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

bidactyly
Abnormality in which the medial digits are lacking, with only the first and fifth represented. ... See: lobster-claw deformity, ectrodactyly. ... Origin: bi-+ G. Daktylos, finger ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

BIDE
<epidemiology> Birth, Immigration, Death, Emigration: the four demographic processes which might act on a population compartment in a typical compartmental model. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

bidet
A tub for a sitz bath, having also an attachment for giving vaginal or rectal infusions. ... Origin: Fr. A small horse ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bidirectional replication
A type of DNA replication where replication is moving along in both directions from the starting point. This creates two replication forks, moving in opposite directions. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

bidiscoidal
Resembling, or consisting of, two disks. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bidiscoidal placenta
A placenta with two separate disc-shaped portions attached to opposite walls of the uterus, normal for certain monkeys and shrews, and occasionally found in humans. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

BIDS
Acronym for brittle hair, impaired intelligence, decreased fertility, and short stature; usually manifested as an inherited deficiency of a high-sulfur protein. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

biduous
Rarely used term denoting of two days' duration. ... Origin: L. Biduus, lasting two days, fr. Bi-+ dies, day ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Biebl
M. ... See: Biebl loop. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Biebl loop
A continuous loop of small intestine brought through the abdominal wall to a subcutaneous location, for observation of motility. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Biebrich scarlet red
Synonym: scarlet red. ... Origin: Biebrich, Germany ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Biederman
Joseph, U.S. Physician, *1907. ... See: Biederman's sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Biederman's sign
<clinical sign> A dusky redness of the lower portion of the anterior pillars of the fauces in certain cases of syphilis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Biedl
Artur, Austrian physician, 1869-1933. ... See: Bardet-Biedl syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

biello-siegel criteria
<radiology> Normal (0%), low prob (10%), small <25% of a segment Q defect(s), matched V/Q defects involving less than 1/3 of lung, nonsegmental defects (CMG, small effusions), Q defect << CXR defect, intermediate probability (20-33%), abnormality not within low or high category, high probability (87%), two large more than 75% of a se …

Bielschowsky, Alfred
<person> German ophthalmologist, 1871-1940. ... See: Bielschowsky's sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bielschowsky, Max
<person> German neuropathologist, 1869-1940. ... See: Bielschowsky's disease, Bielschowsky's stain, Jansky-Bielschowsky disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bielschowsky's disease
Early childhood type of lipofuscinosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bielschowsky's sign
<clinical sign> In paralysis of a superior oblique muscle, tilting the head to the side of the involved eye causes that eye to rotate upward. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bielschowsky's stain
<technique> A method of treating tissues with silver nitrate to demonstrate reticular fibres, neurofibrils, axons, and dendrites. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Biemond syndrome
<syndrome> Iris coloboma, mental retardation, obesity, hypogenitalism, and postaxial polydactyly; a recessive inheritance disorder resembling Laurence-Moon and Bardet-Biedel syndrome's. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Biemond, A
<person> 20th century French neurologist. ... See: Biemond syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

biennial
A plant whose life cycle extends for more than one but less than two years after germination. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

Bier, August
<person> German surgeon, 1861-1949. ... See: Bier's amputation, Bier's hyperaemia, Bier's method. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bier's amputation
Osteoplastic amputation of tibia and fibula. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bier's hyperaemia
An obsolete term for hyperaemia produced by Bier's method. ... Collateral hyperaemia, increased blood flow through abundant collateral channels when the circulation through the main artery to a part is arrested, as when the blood supply to one lung or to a portion of it is occluded the blood flow to the other lung or portion of a lung is increased.< …

Bier's method
Treatment of various surgical conditions by reactive hyperaemia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Biermer, Anton
<person> German physician, 1827-1892. ... See: Biermer's anaemia, Biermer's disease, Biermer's sign, Addison-Biermer disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Biermer's sign
Synonym for Gerhardt's sign ... <clinical sign> Complete bilateral paralysis of the adductor muscles of the larynx with severe inspiratory dyspnea. ... Synonym: Biermer's sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Biernacki, Edmund
<person> Polish pathologist, 1866-1912. ... See: Biernacki's sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Biernacki's sign
<clinical sign> Analgesia to percussion of the ulnar nerve in tabes dorsalis and dementia paralytica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Biesiadecki, Alfred von
<person> Polish physician, 1839-1888. ... See: Biesiadecki's fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Biesiadecki's fossa
Synonym for iliacosubfascial fossa ... A peritoneal recess between the psoas muscle and the crest of the ilium. ... Synonym: Biesiadecki's fossa, fossa iliacosubfascialis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifacial
Of leaves, flat or channelled with distinct adaxial and abaxial surfaces. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

bifascicular
Involving two of the presumed three major fascicles of the ventricular conduction system of the heart. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifid
Divided, for about half the length, into two parts. ... Compare: bipartite. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

bifid penis
Synonym for diphallus ... A rare congenital anomaly in which the penis is partly or completely duplicated; may be symmetrical, or placed one above the other; often there are associated urogenital or other anomalies; occurs when two genital tubercles develop. May also be associated with exstrophy of the urinary bladder. ... Synonym: bifid penis. ... Or …

bifid rib
One in which the body bifurcates. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifid thumb
A congenital malformed thumb where the distal phalanx is divided. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifid tongue
A structural defect of the tongue in which the extremity is divided longitudinally for a greater or lesser distance. ... See: diglossia. ... Synonym: cleft tongue. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifid uterus
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 …

bifid uvula
The uvula, the little V-shaped fleshy mass hanging from the back of the soft palate, is cleft or split. Cleft uvula is a common minor anomaly occurring in about 1% of whites and 10% of Native Americans. Persons with a cleft uvula should not have their adenoids removed because, without the adenoids, they cannot achieve proper closure between the sof …

bifidobacterium
A rod-shaped, gram-positive, non-acid-fast, non-spore-forming, non-motile bacterium that is a genus of the family actinomycetaceae. It inhabits the intestines and feces of humans as well as the human vagina. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bifidus factor
An unidentified substance associated with Lactobacillus bifidus subsp. Pennsylvanicus, present in mammalian milk. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifilar
Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance. Bifilar micrometer (often called a bifilar), an instrument form measuring minute distances or angles by means of two very minute threads (usually spider lines), one of which, at least, is movable; more commonly called a filar micrometer. ... Source: Websters D …

bifocal
Having two foci. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifocal lens
A lens used in cases of presbyopia, in which one portion is suited for distant vision, the other for reading and close work in general; the reading addition may be cemented to the lens, fused to the front surface, or ground in one-piece form; other bifocal lens's are the flat-top Franklin type, or blended invisible. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifocal spectacles
Spectacles with bifocal lenses. ... See: lens. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifoliate
Of plants: having two leaves. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

bifoliolate
Refers to leaves that have two leaflets. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

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

bifoveal fixation
Synonym for binocular fixation ... A condition in which both eyes are simultaneously directed to the same target. ... Synonym: bifoveal fixation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifunctional
Referring to a molecule containing two reactive functional groups; cross-linking reagents are bifunctional compounds. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifurcate
Bifurcated ... Forked; two-pronged; having two branches. ... Origin: bi-+ L. Furca, fork ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifurcate ligament
<anatomy> A strong V-shaped ligament on the dorsum of the foot that passes from the calcaneus distal to the tarsal sinus and attaches to cuboid and navicular bones; it is divided into the dorsal calcaneocuboid ligament and the calcaneonavicular ligament. ... Synonym: ligamentum bifurcatum, bifurcated ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifurcated ligament
Synonym for bifurcate ligament ... <anatomy> A strong V-shaped ligament on the dorsum of the foot that passes from the calcaneus distal to the tarsal sinus and attaches to cuboid and navicular bones; it is divided into the dorsal calcaneocuboid ligament and the calcaneonavicular ligament. ... Synonym: ligamentum bifurcatum, bifurcated ligament. …

bifurcatio
Synonym: bifurcation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifurcatio aortae
Synonym for bifurcation of aorta ... The division of the aorta into right and left common iliac arteries; it occurs at the level of the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebral body. ... Synonym: bifurcatio aortae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifurcatio tracheae
Synonym for bifurcation of trachea ... The division of the trachea into the right and left main bronchi; it occurs at the level of the fifth or sixth thoracic vertebral body and is marked internally by the presence of a carina or keel-like ridge between the diverging bronchi. ... Synonym: bifurcatio tracheae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifurcatio trunci pulmonalis
Synonym for bifurcation of pulmonary trunk ... The division of the pulmonary trunk into right and left pulmonary arteries. ... Synonym: bifurcatio trunci pulmonalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifurcation
Split into two parts. ... A change in the stability or in the types of solutions which occurs as a parameter is varied in a dissipative dynamic system. The change can be seen as a bifurcation point in a graph of the parameter being varied vs. One of the properties of the solutions. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

bifurcation lymph nodes
Synonym for inferior tracheobronchial lymph nodes ... Several large lymph nodes inferior to the tracheal bifurcation; they receive afferents from the bronchopulmonary nodes and the heart, and send efferents to the superior tracheobronchial and tracheal nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici tracheobronchiales inferiores, bifurcation lymph nodes, carinal …

bifurcation of aorta
The division of the aorta into right and left common iliac arteries; it occurs at the level of the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebral body. ... Synonym: bifurcatio aortae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifurcation of pulmonary trunk
The division of the pulmonary trunk into right and left pulmonary arteries. ... Synonym: bifurcatio trunci pulmonalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bifurcation of trachea
The division of the trachea into the right and left main bronchi; it occurs at the level of the fifth or sixth thoracic vertebral body and is marked internally by the presence of a carina or keel-like ridge between the diverging bronchi. ... Synonym: bifurcatio tracheae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

big
1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. 'He's too big to go in there.' ... 2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; often figuratively. '[Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome.' (Addison) ... 3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc, whether in a g …

big brain
<molecular biology> Neurogenic gene of Drosophila, believed to encode a product involved in cell cell communication, perhaps via gap junctions. Member of the major intrinsic protein family. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

big-head
1. In horses, usually denotes osteodystrophia fibrosa. ... 2. Gas gangrene infection of tissues of the head, caused by Clostridium novyi in sheep, usually young rams with head wounds. ... 3. Photosensitization in sheep. ... 4. An acute disease of young rams caused by the Clostridium novyi, C. Sordellii or, rarely, C. Chauvoei and characterised by a no …

Bigelow, Henry
<person> U.S. Surgeon, 1818-1890. ... See: Bigelow's ligament, Bigelow's septum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...