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

brocresine
<chemical> Alpha-(aminooxy)-6-bromo-m-cresol. A histidine decarboxylase inhibitor. ... Pharmacological action: enzyme inhibitors. ... Chemical name: Phenol, 5-((aminooxy)methyl)-2-bromo- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Brodel
Max, German medical artist in the U.S., 1870-1941. ... See: Brodel's bloodless line. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Brodel's bloodless line
Line running somewhat posterior to the lateral convex border of the kidney between anterior and posterior renal segments demarcating the areas of distribution of the anterior and posterior branches of the renal artery; it is in fact only relatively avascular. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

brodie abscess
<radiology> Subacute osteomyelitis, distal end of long bones, well-defined, lytic, with or without sclerotic rim, treatment: open abscess, curette, pack with bone chips, prognosis: excellent after tx Differential diagnosis: osteoid osteoma, EG ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Brodie fluid
An aqueous salt solution used in manometers designed for testing gas evolution or uptake, as in cell respiration. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Brodie, Charles Gordon
<person> Scottish anatomist and surgeon, 1860-1933. ... See: Brodie's ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Brodie, Sir Benjamin
<person> British surgeon, 1783-1862. ... See: Brodie's abscess, Brodie's bursa, Brodie's disease, Brodie's knee. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Brodie, Thomas Gregor
<person> British physiologist, 1866-1916. ... See: Brodie fluid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Brodie's abscess
A chronic abscess of bone surrounded by dense fibrous tissue and sclerotic bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Brodie's bursa
<anatomy> Medial subtendinous bursa of gastrocnemius muscle. ... Synonym: bursa of semimembranosus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Brodie's disease
Synonym for Brodie's knee ... Chronic hypertrophic synovitis of the knee. ... Synonym: Brodie's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Brodie's knee
Chronic hypertrophic synovitis of the knee. ... Synonym: Brodie's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Brodie's ligament
Synonym for transverse humeral ligament ... <anatomy> A fibrous band running more or less obliquely from the greater to the lesser tuberosity of the humerus, bridging over the bicipital groove. ... Synonym: Brodie's ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Brodmann, Korbinian
<person> German neurologist, 1868-1918. ... See: Brodmann's areas. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Brodmann's areas
Area's of the cerebral cortex mapped out on the basis of the cortical cytoarchitectural patterns. ... See: cerebral cortex. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Broesike, Gustav
<person> German anatomist, *1853. ... See: Broesike's fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Broesike's fossa
Synonym for parajejunal fossa ... A peritoneal fossa that has been seen in a few cases in which the jejunum has no mesentery but is attached to the posterior parietal peritoneum; the fossa begins at the point where the mesentery ends, and is seen on raising up the knuckle of free intestine. ... Synonym: Broesike's fossa, fossa parajejunalis, mesenter …

broil
A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state. 'I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will which will cause innumerable broils, place men in what situation you please.' (Burke) ... Synonym: Contention, fray, affray, tumult, altercation, dissens …

broken
1. Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish. ... 2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface. ... 3. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship. ... 4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardship …

bromated
Combined or saturated with bromine or any of its compounds. ... Synonym: brominated. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromates
Negative ions or salts derived from bromic acid, hbro3. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bromazepam
<chemical> 7-bromo-1,3-dihydro-5-(2-pyridyl)-2h-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one. A benzodiazepine that is used in the treatment of anxiety disorders. ... Pharmacological action: anti-anxiety agents, gaba modulators. ... Chemical name: 2H-1,4-Benzodiazepin-2-one, 7-bromo-1,3-dihydro-5-(2-pyridinyl)- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bromazine hydrochloride
Synonym for bromodiphenhydramine hydrochloride ... 2-(p-bromo-alpha-phenylbenzyloxy)-N,N-dimethylethylamine hydrochloride;an antihistamine that may cause drowsiness and xerostomia. ... Synonym: bromazine hydrochloride. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromcresol green
<chemical> An indicator and reagent. It has been used in serum albumin determinations and as a pH indicator. ... Pharmacological action: indicators and reagents. ... Chemical name: Phenol, 4,4'-(3H-2,1-benzoxathiol-3-ylidene)bis(2,6-dibromo-3-methyl-, S,S-dioxide ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bromcresol purple
<chemical> Alpha-(5-bromo-4-hydroxy-m-tolyl)-alpha-(3-bromo-5-methyl-4-oxo-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ylidine)-o-toluenesulfonic acid. An indicator and reatgent. It has been used for several purposes including the determination of serum albumin concentrations ... Pharmacological action: indicators and reagents. ... Chemical name: Phenol, 4,4'-(3H-2,1- …

bromelain
<enzyme> Thiol proteasefrom pineapple. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

bromelains
<enzyme> Protein-digesting and milk-clotting enzymes found in pineapple fruit juice and stem tissue. Enzymes from the two sources are distinguished as fruit bromelain and stem bromelain. They have anti-inflammatory activity and the enzymatic activity does not disappear as the fruit ripens. ... Pharmacological action: non-steroidal anti-inflamm …

bromelin
One of a group of peptide hydrolases, all thiol proteinases, obtained from pineapple stem; used in tenderizing meats and in producing hydrolysates of proteins; orally administered in the treatment of inflammation and oedema of soft tissues associated with traumatic injury. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bromelius, C
<person> Swedish botanist, 1639-1705. ... See: bromelain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromhexine
<chemical> A mucolytic agent used in the treatment of respiratory disorders associated with viscid or excessive mucus. ... Pharmacological action: expectorants. ... Chemical name: Benzenemethanamine, 2-amino-3,5-dibromo-N-cyclohexyl-N-methyl- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bromhexine hydrochloride
3,5-Dibromo-Na-cyclohexyl-Na-methyltoluene-a,2-diamine hydrochloride;an expectorant with mucolytic, antitussive, and bronchodilator properties. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromhidrosis
Synonym for bromidrosis ... Fetid or foul smelling perspiration. ... Synonym: bromhidrosis, osmidrosis, ozochrotia. ... Origin: G. Bromos, a stench, + hidros, perspiration ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromide acne
Follicular eruption on face, trunk, and extremities, due to bromide ingestion. ... See: bromoderma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromides
Salts of hydrobromic acid, hbr, with the bromine atom in the 1- oxidation state. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bromidrosiphobia
<psychology> Morbid fear of giving forth a bad odour from the body, sometimes with the belief that such an odour is present. ... Origin: bromidrosis + G. Phobos, fear ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromidrosis
Fetid or foul smelling perspiration. ... Synonym: bromhidrosis, osmidrosis, ozochrotia. ... Origin: G. Bromos, a stench, + hidros, perspiration ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

brominated
Synonym for bromated ... Combined or saturated with bromine or any of its compounds. ... Synonym: brominated. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromindione
2-(p-Bromophenyl)-1,3-indandione;an oral anticoagulant. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromine
<chemistry, element> One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. ... It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odour, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral br …

bromine compounds
Inorganic compounds that contain bromine as an integral part of the molecule. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bromine radioisotopes
Unstable isotopes of bromine that decay or disintegrate emitting radiation. Br atoms with atomic weights 74-78, 80, and 82-90 are radioactive bromine isotopes. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bromine water
A water containing the bromides of magnesium, potassium, or sodium in therapeutic amounts. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromisovalum
<chemical> (2-bromo-3-methylbutyryl)urea. A sedative and mild hypnotic with potentially toxic effects. ... Pharmacological action: sedatives, nonbarbiturate. ... Chemical name: Butanamide, N-(aminocarbonyl)-2-bromo-3-methyl- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bromo-
<prefix> Prefixes that most commonly indicate the presence of bromine in a compound. ... Origin: G. Bromos, a stench ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromobenzenes
Derivatives of benzene in which one or more hydrogen atoms on the benzene ring are replaced by bromine atoms. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bromobenzoates
Benzoic acid or benzoic acid esters substituted with one or more bromine atoms. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bromobenzylcyanide
A lacrimator used in tear gases in training and in riot control. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromocresol green
Tetrabromo-m-cresolsulfonphthalein;an indicator dye changing from yellow to blue at pH 4.7; used to track DNA in agarose electrophoresis, and in a dye-binding method for analysis of serum albumin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromocriptine
<chemical> A semisynthetic ergot alkaloid that is a dopamine d2 agonist. It suppresses prolactin secretion and is used to treat amenorrhoea, galactorrhoea, and female infertility, and has been proposed for parkinson disease. ... Pharmacological action: antiparkinson agents, dopamine agonists, hormone antagonists. ... Chemical name: Ergotaman-3' …

bromocryptine
<drug> A drug that reduces levels of the pituitary hormone prolactin. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

bromodeoxycytidine
<chemical> 5-bromo-2'-deoxycytidine. Can be incorporated into DNA in the presence of DNA polymerase, replacing dctp. ... Chemical name: Cytidine, 5-bromo-2'-deoxy- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bromodeoxyuridine
<chemical> A nucleoside that substitutes for thymidine in DNA and thus acts as an antimetabolite. It causes breaks in chromosomes and has been proposed as an antiviral and antineoplastic agent. It has been given orphan drug status for use in the treatment of primary brain tumours. ... Pharmacological action: antimetabolites, antimetabolites, a …

bromoderma
An acneform or granulomatous eruption due to hypersensitivity to bromide. ... Origin: bromide + G. Derma, skin ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromodiphenhydramine hydrochloride
2-(p-bromo-alpha-phenylbenzyloxy)-N,N-dimethylethylamine hydrochloride;an antihistamine that may cause drowsiness and xerostomia. ... Synonym: bromazine hydrochloride. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromoform
<chemistry> A colourless liquid, CHBr3, having an agreeable odour and sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and caustic potash upon wood spirit, alcohol, or acetone, as also by certain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform, with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat simi …

bromohyperhidrosis
Excessive secretion of sweat having a fetid odour. ... Origin: G. Bromos, a stench, + hyper, over, + hidrosis, sweating ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromomethane mono-oxygenase
<enzyme> Enzyme responsible for methane oxidation in vivo ... Registry number: EC 1.13.12.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

bromophenol blue
Synonym for bromphenol blue ... <chemical> Alpha,alpha-bis(3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxyphenyl)-alpha-hydroxy-o-toluenesulfonic acid, gamma-sultone. A dye that has been used as an industrial dye, a laboratory indicator, and a biological stain. ... Pharmacological action: dyes, indicators and reagents. ... Chemical name: Phenol, 4,4'-(3H-2,1-benzoxathiol …

bromosuccinimide
<chemical> A brominating agent that replaces hydrogen atoms in benzylic or allylic positions. It is used in the oxidation of secondary alcohols to ketones and in controlled low-energy brominations. ... Chemical name: 2,5-Pyrrolidinedione, bromo- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bromosulfophthalein
Synonym for sulfobromophthalein sodium ... A triphenylmethane derivative excreted by the liver, used in testing hepatic function, particularly of the reticuloendothelial cells. ... Synonym: bromosulfophthalein, bromsulfophthalein. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromotrichloromethane
<chemical> A potent liver poison. In rats, bromotrichloromethane produces about three times the degree of liver microsomal lipid peroxidation as does carbon tetrachloride. ... Chemical name: Methane, bromotrichloro- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bromouracil
<chemical> 5-bromo-2,4(1h,3h)-pyrimidinedione. Brominated derivative of uracil that acts as an antimetabolite, substituting for thymine in DNA. It is used mainly as an experimental mutagen, but its deoxyriboside (bromodeoxyuridine) is used to treat neoplasms. ... Pharmacological action: antimetabolites, mutagens. ... Chemical name: 2,4(1H,3H)-P …

bromoviridae
A family of RNA plant viruses with a wide host range in crops and horticultural species. All viruses are readily transmitted by mechanical means and some by insects and pollen. There are four genera: alfamovirus, bromovirus, cucumovirus, and ilarvirus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bromovirus
A genus of tripartite plant viruses in the family bromoviridae. Transmission is by beetles. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Bromoviruses
<plant biology, virology> Plant viruses with a genome of three linear, positive sense ssRNA molecules. Named originally after brome grass. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

brompheniramine
<chemical> Histamine h1 antagonist used in allergies, rhinitis, and urticaria. ... Pharmacological action: anti-allergic agents, histamine h1 antagonists. ... Chemical name: 2-Pyridinepropanamine, gamma-(4-bromophenyl)-N,N-dimethyl- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

brompheniramine maleate
2-[p-Bromo-alpha-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)benzyl]pyridine maleate;a potent antihistaminic agent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromphenol blue
<chemical> Alpha,alpha-bis(3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxyphenyl)-alpha-hydroxy-o-toluenesulfonic acid, gamma-sultone. A dye that has been used as an industrial dye, a laboratory indicator, and a biological stain. ... Pharmacological action: dyes, indicators and reagents. ... Chemical name: Phenol, 4,4'-(3H-2,1-benzoxathiol-3-ylidene)bis(2,6-dibromo-, S, …

bromphenol test
A colourimetric test for measurement of protein, albumin, and globulin in the urine by use of reagent strips. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromsulfophthalein
Synonym for sulfobromophthalein sodium ... A triphenylmethane derivative excreted by the liver, used in testing hepatic function, particularly of the reticuloendothelial cells. ... Synonym: bromosulfophthalein, bromsulfophthalein. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bromsulphalein test
An obsolete test for liver function (hepatic excretory capacity) in which a known amount of dye, usually 5 mg/kg of body weight, is injected intravenously; subsequently (usually after 45 minutes elapsed time), the amount of dye remaining in the serum is measured; a concentration of 0.4 mg or less of bromsulphalein per 100 ml of serum or less than 4 …

bromthymol blue
<chemical> A pH sensitive dye that has been used as an indicator in many laboratory reactions. ... Pharmacological action: dyes, indicators and reagents. ... Chemical name: Phenol, 4,4'-(3H-2,1-benzoxathiol-3-ylidene)bis(2-bromo-3-methyl-6-(1-methylethyl)-, S,S-dioxide ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

broncatar
Camphoric acid compound (neutralised) with 2-amino-2-thiazoline (1:2); an antitussive and respiratory stimulant. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bronchi lobares
Synonym for lobar bronchi ... The divisions of the main bronchi that supply the lobes of the lungs; superior lobar bronchi, bronchus lobaris superior; middle lobar bronchi, bronchus lobaris medius; and inferior lobar bronchi, bronchus lobaris inferior are the three lobar bronchi on the right; superior lobar bronchi, bronchus lobaris superior, and in …

bronchial
<anatomy> Pertaining to one or more bronchi. ... Origin: L. Bronchialis ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

bronchial adenoma
<radiology> Most common benign lung tumour (but only 1/50 as common as carcinoma), malignant potential, 75% resemble carcinoid tumour or cylindroma, possibly benign form of oaT-cell tumour, haemoptysis, bronchial obstruction most likely to be air-trapping ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bronchial anatomy
<radiology> Normal anatomy: right bronchus: eparterial, left bronchus: hyparterial, may help determine situs ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bronchial arteries
Left bronchial arteries arise from the thoracic aorta, the right from the first aortic intercostal or the upper left bronchial artery; they supply the bronchi and the lower trachea. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bronchial asthma
A condition of the lungs in which there is widespread narrowing of airways, varying over short periods of time either spontaneously or as a result of treatment, due in varying degrees to contraction (spasm) of smooth muscle, oedema of the mucosa, and mucus in the lumen of the bronchi and bronchioles; these changes are caused by the local release of …

bronchial atresia
Severe focal narrowing or obliteration of a segmental or lobar bronchus, usually associated with distal air trapping. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bronchial breathing
Breath sounds of a harsh or blowing quality, heard on auscultation of the chest, made by air moving in the large bronchi and barely, if at all, modified by the intervening lung; duration of the expiratory sound is as long as or longer than that of the inspiratory sound, and its pitch as high as or higher than that of the inspiratory sound; may be h …

bronchial bud
One of the outgrowths from the primordial endodermal laryngotracheal tube giving rise to the primary bronchi. ... See: laryngotracheal diverticulum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bronchial calculus
Synonym for broncholith ... A hard concretion in a bronchus or bronchial tube. ... Synonym: bronchial calculus. ... Origin: broncho-+ G. Lithos, stone ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bronchial fistula
An abnormal passage or communication between a bronchus and another part of the body. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bronchial fremitus
Adventitious pulmonary sounds or voice sounds perceptible to the hand resting on the chest, as well as by the ear. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bronchial glands
Mucous and seromucous glands whose secretory units lie outside the muscle of the bronchi. ... See: bronchopulmonary lymph nodes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bronchial hyperreactivity
Tendency of the smooth muscle of the tracheobronchial tree to contract more intensely in response to a given stimulus than it does in the response seen in normal individuals. This condition is present in virtually all symptomatic patients with asthma. The most prominent manifestation of this smooth muscle contraction is a decrease in airway caliber …

bronchial pneumonia
Synonym for bronchopneumonia ... <chest medicine> A name given to an inflammation of the lungs which usually begins in the terminal bronchioles. ... These become clogged with a mucopurulent exudate forming consolidated patches in adjacent lobules. The disease is frequently secondary in character, following infections of the upper respiratory tr …

bronchial polyp
A polyp growing from the bronchial mucosa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bronchial provocation tests
Tests involving inhalation of allergens (nebulised or in dust form), nebulised pharmacologically active solutions (e.g., histamine, methacholine), or control solutions, followed by assessment of respiratory function. These tests are used in the diagnosis of asthma. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bronchial respiration
A tubular blowing sound caused by the passage of air through a bronchus in an area of consolidated lung tissue. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bronchial spasm
Spasmodic contraction of the smooth muscle of the bronchi. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bronchial veins
Many veins running in front of and behind the bronchi and uniting into two main trunks which empty on the right side into the azygos vein, on the left into the accessory hemiazygos or the left superior intercostal vein. ... Synonym: venae bronchiales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bronchic cells
Synonym for pulmonary alveolus ... One of the thin-walled saclike terminal dilations of the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveolar sacs across which gas exchange occurs between alveolar air and the pulmonary capillaries. ... Synonym: alveoli pulmonis, alveolus, air cells, air vesicles, bronchic cells. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bronchiectasia
Synonym: bronchiectasis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bronchiectasia sicca
Synonym for dry bronchiectasis ... Bronchiectasis characterised by lack of productive cough and by occasional haemoptysis. ... Synonym: bronchiectasia sicca. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bronchiectasis
<chest medicine> Persistent and progressive dilation of bronchi or bronchioles as a consequence of inflammatory disease (lung infections), obstruction (tumour) or congenital abnormality (for example cystic fibrosis). ... Symptoms include fetid breath and paroxysmal coughing, with the expectoration of mucopurulent matter. ... It may affect the b …

bronchiectatic
Relating to bronchiectasis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bronchiloquy
Rarely used term for bronchophony [bronchi-+ L. Loquor, to speak ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bronchiogenic
Synonym for bronchogenic ... <anatomy> Originating from the bronchi. ... Examples include bronchogenic carcinoma (cancer). ... Origin: Gr. Gennan = to produce ... (27 Sep 1997) ...