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

blennorrhoeal
Rarely used term relating to blennorrhoea. ... Synonym: blennorrhagic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blennorrhoeal conjunctivitis
An obsolete term for hyperacute purulent conjunctivitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blennostasis
Rarely used term for diminution or suppression of secretion from the mucous membranes. ... Origin: blenno-+ G. Stasis, standing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blennostatic
Rarely used term for diminishing mucous secretion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blennuria
The excretion of an excess of mucus in the urine. ... Origin: blenno-+ G. Ouron, urine ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bleomycin
An antibiotic which came from the bacteria Streptomyces verticellus and is used to treat a variety of cancers, including Hodgkin's disease and cancers of the testicles. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

bleomycin hydrolase
<enzyme> Blh1 gene of saccharomyces cerevisiae codes for a peptide with significant homology to bleomycin hydrolase; blh1 gene has been sequenced ... Registry number: EC 3.4.22.- ... Synonym: blh1 gene product, gal6 gene product ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

bleomycin sulfate
An antineoplastic antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces verticillus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blephar-
See: blepharo-. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharadenitis
Inflammation of the meibomian glands or the marginal glands of Moll or Zeis. ... Synonym: blepharoadenitis. ... Origin: blephar-+ G. Aden, gland, + -itis, inflammation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharal
Referring to the eyelids. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharectomy
<procedure> Excision of all or part of an eyelid. ... Origin: blepharo-+ G. Ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharedema
Oedema of the eyelids, causing swelling and often a baggy appearance. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharitis
<pathology> Inflammation of the eyelids. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

blepharitis acarica
Synonym for demodectic blepharitis ... Inflammation of the eyelid associated with Demodex folliculorum. ... Synonym: blepharitis acarica. ... Blepharitis follicularis, a deep-seated suppurative inflammation of ciliary follicles and the glands of Zeis and Moll of the eyelid. ... Synonym: pustular blepharitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharitis angularis
Inflammation of the lid margins at the angles of the commissure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharitis marginalis
Inflammation of the margins of the eyelids. ... Synonym: ciliary blepharitis, marginal blepharitis. ... Meibomian blepharitis, inflammation of the eyelid margin and the meibomian glands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharitis oleosa
seborrheic blepharitis ...

blepharitis parasitica
Marginal blepharitis due to the presence of lice. ... Synonym: blepharitis phthiriatica, pediculous blepharitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharitis phthiriatica
Synonym for blepharitis parasitica ... Marginal blepharitis due to the presence of lice. ... Synonym: blepharitis phthiriatica, pediculous blepharitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharitis rosacea
Inflammation of the margins of the eyelids in association with acne rosacea. ... Seborrheic blepharitis, a common type of chronic inflammation of the margins of the eyelids with erythema and white scales; often with an associated seborrheic dermatitis of scalp and face. ... Synonym: blepharitis oleosa, blepharitis squamosa. ... Blepharitis sicca, infl …

blepharitis squamosa
seborrheic blepharitis ...

blepharitis ulcerosa
Marginal blepharitis with ulceration. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharo-
Blephar- ... Eyelid. ... Origin: G. Blepharon, an eyelid ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharoadenitis
Synonym for blepharadenitis ... Inflammation of the meibomian glands or the marginal glands of Moll or Zeis. ... Synonym: blepharoadenitis. ... Origin: blephar-+ G. Aden, gland, + -itis, inflammation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharoadenoma
<tumour> A tumour or adenoma of a gland of the eyelid. ... Origin: blepharo-+ G. Aden, gland, + -oma, tumour ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharochalasis
A condition in which there is a redundancy of the skin of the upper eyelids so that a fold of skin hangs down, often concealing the tarsal margin when the eye is open. ... Synonym: ptosis adiposa. ... Origin: blepharo-+ G. Chalasis, a slackening ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharochromidrosis
Chromidrosis of the eyelids. ... Origin: blepharo-+ G. Chroma, colour, + hidrosis, sweat ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharoclonus
Clonic spasm of the eyelids. ... Origin: blepharo-+ G. Klonos, a tumult ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharocoloboma
A defect of the eyelid; may be congenital or acquired. ... Synonym: ankyloblepharon. ... Origin: blepharo-+ coloboma ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharoconjunctivitis
Inflammation of the palpebral conjunctiva. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharodiastasis
Abnormal separation or inability to completely close the eyelids. ... Origin: blepharo-+ G. Diastasis, separation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharokeratoconjunctivitis
An inflammation involving the eyelids, cornea, and conjunctiva. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharon
Synonym: eyelid. ... Origin: G. Blepharon, eyelid ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharophimosis
The abnormal narrowness of the palpebral fissure in the horizontal direction caused by the lateral displacement of the medial canthi of the eyelids. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

blepharoplast
Alternative name for a basal body. An organelle derived from the centriole and giving rise to the flagella. Found chiefly in Protozoa and Algae. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

blepharoplastic
Relating to blepharoplasty. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharoplasty
Surgical repair of an eyelid. Often performed for ptosis of the eyelid. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

blepharoplegia
Paralysis of an eyelid. ... Origin: blepharo-+ G. Plege, stroke ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharoptosis
Drooping of the upper eyelid. Causes include aging, diabetes, stroke, Horner's syndrome, myasthenia gravis, brain tumour or cancer. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

blepharospasm
Twitching of an eyelid. Often benign and related to emotional stress, sleep deprivation or the use of stimulants (for example amphetamines, caffeine, nicotine, decongestants). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

blepharostat
Synonym: eye speculum. ... Origin: blepharo-+ G. Statos, fixed ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharostenosis
Synonym: blepharophimosis. ... Origin: blepharo-+ G. Stenosis, a narrowing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharosynechia
Adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball. ... Origin: blepharo-+ G. Synecheia, continuity, fr. Syn-echo, to hold together ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blepharotomy
<procedure> A cutting operation on an eyelid. ... Origin: blepharo-+ G. Tome, incision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bless
1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate 'And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.' (Gen. Ii. 3) ... 2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to. 'The quality of mercy is . . . Twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.' (Shak) 'It hath pleased thee to bless …

blessed
1. Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy. 'O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet.' (Milton) ... 2. Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored. 'All generations shall call me blessed.' (Luke i. 48) 'Towards England's blessed shore.' (Shak) ... 3. …

blight
1. To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of. '[This vapor] blasts vegetables, blights corn and fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to man.' (Woodward) ... 2. Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects. 'Seared in heart and lone and blighted.' (Byron)< …

blighted ovum
A fertilized ovum whose development has ceased at an early stage. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

blind
1. To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment. 'To blind the truth and me.' 'A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is . . . A much greater.' (South) ... 2. To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle. 'Her beauty all the rest did blind.' (P. Fl …

blind boil
A furuncle that does not have a fluctuant central point; it appears as a dull red painful papule. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blind enema
The introduction into the rectum of a rubber tube to facilitate the expulsion of flatus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blind fistula
A fistula that ends in a cul-de-sac, being open at one extremity only. ... Synonym: incomplete fistula. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blind foramen of frontal bone
Synonym for foramen caecum of frontal bone ... <anatomy> Blind or caecal foramen of the frontal bone; the blind foramen formed immediately anterior to the crista galli by a notch at the lower end of the frontal crest and its articulation with the ethmoid bone. It is insignificant postnatally, but gives passage to vessels during development. …

blind foramen of the tongue
Synonym for foramen caecum of tongue ... <anatomy> A median pit on the dorsum of the posterior part of the tongue, from which the limbs of a V-shaped furrow run forward and outward; it is the site of origin of the thyroid gland and subsequent thyroglossal duct in the embryo. ... Synonym: foramen caecum linguae, blind foramen of the tongue, caec …

blind gut
Synonym for caecum ... <anatomy> A blind pouch-like commencement of the colon in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen at the end of the small intestine. The appendix is a diverticulum that extends off the caecum. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

blind headache
Synonym for migraine ... <disease> An often familial symptom complex of periodic attacks of vascular headache, usually temporal and unilateral in onset, commonly associated with irritability, nausea, vomiting, constipation or diarrhoea and often photophobia, attacks are preceded by constriction of the cranial arteries, usually with resultant p …

blind loop syndrome
<syndrome> Malabsorption, especially of vitamin b12 or folic acid, due to metabolic competition by bacteria proliferating in a segment of small intestine excluded from normal peristaltic movement; it may occur as a postoperative complication of side-to-side anastomosis of intestine, as a result of intestinal diverticula, fistula, etc. ... (12 …

blind nasotracheal intubation
Passage of a tracheal tube through the nose and into the trachea without using a laryngoscope. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blind passage
Successive transfer of an agent through cultures or animals without incidence of either replication or disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blind spot
Synonym for physiologic scotoma ... The negative scotoma in the visual field, corresponding to the optic disk. ... Synonym: blind spot. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blind staggers
Subacute selenium poisoning in animals. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blind study
A study in which the experimenter is unaware of which group is subject to which procedure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blind test
A method of testing in which an independent observer records the results of any test, drug, placebo, or procedure without knowing the identity of the samples or what result might be expected. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blinded study
Clinical trials of drugs are often done blinded so that the patient does not know (is blinded as to) whether they are receiving the product being tested or the control/placebo to ensure that the results of a study are not affected by a possible placebo effect (by the power of suggestion). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

blinding disease
Synonym for onchocerciasis ... Infection with nematodes of the genus onchocerca. Characteristics include the presence of firm subcutaneous nodules filled with adult worms, pruritus, and ocular lesions. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

blinding glare
Glare resulting from excessive illumination. ... Synonym: veiling glare. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blindness
The inability to see or the loss or absence of perception of visual stimuli. This condition may be the result of disorders in the organs of sight or of damage or injury to certain areas of the brain. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

blindness, cortical
Total loss of vision in all or part of the visual field due to a lesion in the striate area, characterised by the patient's subjective unawareness of his disability and the absence of cortical functions of vision, with the subcortical functions intact. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

blinking
Brief closing of the eyelids by involuntary normal periodic closing, as a protective measure, or by voluntary action. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

blister
1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle. 'And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.' (Grainger) ... 2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the …

blister agent
Synonym for vesicant ... <chemistry, pharmacology> Refers to a chemical or agent that causes blisters. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

blister beetle poisoning
Poisoning, most often of horses, by ingestion of blister beetles (Epicauta spp.) in hay; the causative toxin is cantharidin, which produces salivation, shock, pollakiuria, and colic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blister pack
A package consisting of a clear plastic overlay affixed to a cardboard backing for protecting and displaying a product. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

blistering collodion
Synonym for cantharidal collodion ... A powdered chloroform extract of cantharides in flexible collodion; a vesicant. ... Synonym: blistering collodion, collodion vesicans. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bloat
1. Abdominal distention from swallowed air or intestinal gas from fermentation. ... 2. Distention of the rumen of cattle, caused by the accumulation of gases of fermentation, particularly likely to occur when the animals are pastured on rich legume grasses; if unrelieved, the condition may quickly lead to death. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bloch-Sulzberger disease
Synonym for incontinentia pigmenti ... A genetic disease with blisters that develop soon after birth on the trunk and limbs, then heal, but leave dark (hyperpigmented) streaks and marble-like whorls on the skin. (the name came from the erroneous idea that the skin cells were incontinent of pigment and could not contain it normally.) other key featur …

Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome
Synonym for incontinentia pigmenti ... A genetic disease with blisters that develop soon after birth on the trunk and limbs, then heal, but leave dark (hyperpigmented) streaks and marble-like whorls on the skin. (the name came from the erroneous idea that the skin cells were incontinent of pigment and could not contain it normally.) other key featur …

Bloch, Bruno
<person> Swiss dermatologist, 1878-1933. ... See: Bloch-Sulzberger disease, Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bloch, Marcel
<person> French physician, 1885-1925. ... See: Bloch's reaction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bloch's reaction
Synonym for dopa reaction ... A dark staining observed in fresh tissue sections to which a solution of dopa has been applied, presumably due to the presence of dopa oxidase in the protoplasm of certain cells. ... Synonym: Bloch's reaction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

block
An obstruction or stoppage. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

block anaesthesia
Synonym for conduction anaesthesia ... Regional anaesthesia in which local anaesthetic solution is injected about nerves to inhibit nerve transmission; includes spinal, epidural, nerve block, and field block anaesthesia, but not local or topical anaesthesia. ... Synonym: block anaesthesia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

block design test
A performance test using coloured blocks which the individual must use to match pictured designs; one of the subtests of the Wechsler intelligence scales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

block vertebra
<radiology> Congenital vertebral fusion, location: lumbar or cervical, height of the fused vertebral bodies equals the sum of heights of the involved bodies and intervertebral disc, waist at level of disc space see: cervical spine fusion ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

block vertebrae
Congenitally fused and hypoplastic vertebral bodies which, on radiographs, give the appearance of a more or less solid bony mass. ... See: Klippel-Feil syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

block-out
Elimination of undercuts by filling such areas with a medium such as wax or wet pumice. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blockade
1. Intravenous injection of large amounts of colloidal dyes or other substances whereby the reaction of the reticuloendothelial cells to other influences (e.g., by phagocytosis) is temporarily prevented. ... 2. Arrest of peripheral nerve conduction or transmission at autonomic synaptic junctions, autonomic receptor sites, or myoneural junctions by a …

blocked aerogastria
The retention of gas in the stomach due to spasm of the sphincteric region of the lower oesophagus which prevents belching. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blocked reading frame
A sequence of DNA that cannot be translated into a viable protein; usually due to the interruption by one or more termination codons. ... Synonym: closed reading frame. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blocked tear duct
A blocked nasolacrimal duct which normally carries tears from the eyes to the nose. Commonly seen in infants, but usually resolves spontaneously by age 2-3. In adults blockage can occur from chronic sinusitis or trauma. A gentle massage of the lacrimal gland 2-3 times a day for several months may reopen the tear duct. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

blocker
1. An instrument used to obstruct a passage. ... See: blocking agent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blocking
1. Obstructing; arresting of passage, conduction, or transmission. ... 2. In psychoanalysis, a sudden break in free association occurring when a painful subject or repressed complex is touched. ... 3. Sudden cessation of thoughts and speech, which may indicate the presence of a severe thought disorder or a psychosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blocking activity
The repression or elimination of electrical activity in the brain by the arrival of a sensory stimulus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blocking agent
A class of drugs that inhibit (block) a biologic activity or process, such as axonal conduction or transmission, or ions across a cell membrane; frequently called 'blockers.' ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blocking antibody
An antibody used in a reaction to prevent some other reaction taking place, for example one antibody competing with another for a cell surface receptor. ... See: desensitisation. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

Blocq, Paul
<person> French physician, 1860-1896. ... See: Blocq's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Blocq's disease
Synonym for astasia-abasia ... The inability to either stand or walk in a normal manner; the gait is bizarre and is not suggestive of a specific organic lesion; often the patient sways wildly and nearly falls, but recovers at the last moment; a symptom of hysteria-conversion reaction. ... Synonym: Blocq's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

blood
<haematology> Considered a circulating tissue composed of a fluid portion (plasma) with suspended formed elements (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets). ... Arterial blood is the means by which oxygen and nutrients are transported to tissues, venous blood is the means by which carbon dioxide and metabolic by-products are transported …

blood agar
<cell culture> An agar-based medium which hasbeen enriched with sterilised, defibinated blood (sheep, rabbit or horse). It is used for primary plating andsubculturing, especially to determine bacterial haemolysis. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...