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

calcium lactophosphate
A mixture of calcium lactate, calcium acid lactate, and calcium acid phosphate; used as a calcium and phosphorus dietary supplement. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcium leucovorin
Synonym for leucovorin calcium ... <drug> The calcium salt of leucovorin (folinic acid); used to counteract toxic effects of folic acid antagonists, for the treatment of megaloblastic anaemias, and as an adjunct to cyanocobalamin in pernicious anaemia. ... Synonym: calcium folinate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcium levulinate
A hydrated calcium salt of levulinic acid; it has the usual effects of calcium administered orally or intravenously. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcium magnesium-atpase
<enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of ATP and is activated by millimolar concentrations of either calcium or magnesium. Unlike calcium-transporting atpase it does not require the second divalent cation for its activity, and is not sensitive to orthovanadate. ... Registry number: EC 3.6.1.- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calcium mandelate
Calcium salt of mandelic acid; a urinary anti-infective agent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcium metabolism
A set of biochemical processes which act to keep the level of calcium in the blood at a constant level, with enough around to build bones and teeth. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

calcium metabolism disorders
Disorders in the processing of calcium in the body: its absorption, transport, storage, and utilization. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calcium monohydrogen phosphate
Synonym for dibasic calcium phosphate ... CaHPO4-2H2O;used as a calcium and phosphorus dietary supplement. ... Synonym: calcium monohydrogen phosphate, secondary calcium phosphate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcium oxalate
<chemical> Ethanedioic acid calcium salt. The calcium salt of oxalic acid, occurring in the urine as crystals and in certain calculi. ... Chemical name: Ethanedioic acid, calcium salt ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calcium oxide
<chemical> A chemical compound with the formula CaO which is a whitish, odourless solid that does not dissolve well in water. It will, however, react with water (H20) to form calcium hydroxide (CaOH, a base). It has a melting point of 2614 degrees Celsius and a boiling point of 2850 degrees Celsius. It can be made by heating calcium carbonate …

calcium pantothenate
The calcium salt of pantothenic acid; a vitamin B filtrate factor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcium phosphates
Calcium salts of phosphoric acid. These compounds are frequently used as calcium supplements. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calcium propionate
The calcium salt of propionic acid; an antifungal agent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcium pump
A transport protein responsible for moving calcium out of the cytoplasm. ... See: calcium ATPase. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

calcium pyrophosphate
<chemical> Diphosphoric acid, calcium salt. An inorganic pyrophosphate which affects calcium metabolism in mammals. Abnormalities in its metabolism occur in some human diseases, notably hypophosphatasia and pseudogout. ... Chemical name: Diphosphoric acid, calcium salt ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calcium radioisotopes
Unstable isotopes of calcium that decay or disintegrate emitting radiation. Ca atoms with atomic weights 39, 41, 45, 47, 49, and 50 are radioactive calcium isotopes. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calcium rigor
Arrest of the heart in the fully contracted state as a result of poisoning with calcium. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcium saccharate
Calcium d-saccharate;used as an antacid in dyspepsia and flatulence, as an antidote in carbolic acid poisoning, and as a stabiliser for calcium gluconate solution for parenteral administration. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcium sign
In chest radiography, displacement of the line of the calcified intima of the aorta away from its outer wall, a finding in a small percentage of cases of dissection of blood in the aortic media; the expression 'displaced intimal calcification' is preferred to the listed term. ... See: aortic dissection. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcium stearate
Used in the preparation of tablets as a lubricant for tablet machinery and to keep powder mixtures flowing. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcium sulfate
<chemical> It exists in an anhydrous form and in various states of hydration: the hemihydrate is plaster of paris, the dihydrate is gypsum. It is used in building materials, as a desiccant, in dentistry as an impression material, cast, or die, and in medicine for immobilizing casts and as a tablet excipient. ... Pharmacological action: dental …

calcium sulfite
Used as an intestinal antiseptic, and locally in the treatment of parasitic skin diseases. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcium trisodium pentetate
Synonym for pentetate trisodium calcium ... The calcium trisodium salt of pentetic acid. ... Synonym: calcium trisodium pentetate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcium tungstate
A phosphor with a high stopping power for X-rays that was formerly used widely in fluoroscopic screens and intensifying screens for radiography. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcium-45
<radiobiology> Most easily available of the radioactive calcium-45 isotopes; beta-emitter with a half-life of 162.7 days; used as a tracer. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcium-47
<radiobiology> A radioisotope of calcium with a half-life of 4.54 days, used in the diagnosis of disorders of calcium metabolism. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcium-binding protein
<biochemistry> There are two main groups of calcium binding proteins, those that are similar to calmodulin and are called EF hand proteins and those that bind calcium and phospholipid (e.g. Lipocortin) and that have been grouped under the generic name of annexins. ... Many other proteins will bind calcium, although the binding site usually has …

calcium-dependent protein kinase
<enzyme> Mw 51,000; requires ca; not stimulated by calmodulin, phospholipids or diacylglycerol; phosphorylates casein and histones forming primarily phosphoserine and phosphothreonine, respectively ... Registry number: EC 2.7.1.- ... Synonym: paramecium ca-dependent protein kinase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

calcium-transporting atpase
<enzyme> An enzyme found in the sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicle membrane. During the relaxation of skeletal muscles and muscle rich in mitochondria, this enzyme catalyses the active transport of calcium into the sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles from the sarcoplasm. It requires micromolar concentrations of calcium and utilises mgatp as a substra …

calcium, dietary
Calcium compounds used as food supplements or in food to supply the body with calcium. Dietary calcium is needed during growth for bone development and for maintenance of skeletal integrity later in life to prevent osteoporosis. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calciuria
The presence of calcium in the urine. ... Origin: Gr. Ouron = urine ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

calcivirus
<virology> Genus of Picornaviridae. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

calcodynia
Synonym: painful heel. ... Origin: L. Calx, heel, + G. Odyne, pain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcophorous
Synonym: calciferous. ... Origin: L. Calx, lime, + G. Phoros, bearing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcospherite
A tiny, spheroidal, concentrically laminated body containing accretive deposits of calcium salts; found most frequently in papillary carcinoma of the thyroid and ovary, and in meningioma, probably as the result of degenerative changes in the fibrovascular stroma. ... Synonym: psammoma bodies. ... Origin: L. Calx, lime, + G. Sphaira, sphere ... (05 Mar …

calcspar
Synonym for calcite ... <microscopy> A doubly refracting mineral used in the manufacture of polarizing prisms. It is uniaxial negative and in the trigonal diversion of the hexagonal system of crystals. Its indexes are epsilon =1.486, omega =1.658, its hardness is 3 on the Mohr scale and specific gravity 2.711. ... See: balsam, Canada. ... (05 Au …

calculated mean organism
A hypothetical organism whose characters are the means of both the positive and negative characters of the organism's which belong to the same taxon as the CMO, as opposed to the hypothetical mean. Organism. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calculi
An abnormal concretion occurring within the animal body and usually composed of mineral salts. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calculosis
The tendency or disposition to form calculi or stones. ... Origin: L. Calculus, small stone, + G. -osis, condition ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calculus
A calcium salt concretion which forms on your teeth. Calculus deposits form on the teeth in areas which you do not floss or brush. If these concretions are left to build up on the tooth enamel, they will irritate the gum tissue, push it away from the tooth and promote progressive bone loss. Eventually the teeth can loosen and fall out. These deposi …

calculus I
An abnormal concretion occurring within the animal body and usually composed of mineral salts. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

calculus II
<dentistry> A hard, yellowish to brownish black deposit or teeth formed largely through the mineralisation of dead bacteria in dental plaques by the calcium salts in salivary secretions and subgingival transudates. ... Synonym: tartar. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

Calculus Surface Index
An index that measures only dental calculus, used for evaluating new calculus formation within a large group of test subjects. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calcyclin
<protein> Prolactin receptor associated protein, one of a family of small (around 10 kD) calcium-binding proteins containing the EF hand motif, originally isolated from Ehrich ascites tumour cells, but human and rat forms now identified. Regulated through the cell cycle. Binds to annexin II (p36) and to glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenas …

calcyphosin
<protein> Calcium binding protein that contains an EF hand motif. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

Caldani, Leopoldo
<person> Italian anatomist, 1725-1813. ... See: Caldani's ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Caldani's ligament
Synonym for coracoclavicular ligament ... <anatomy> The strong ligament that unites the clavicle to the coracoid process; it is subdivided into the conoid ligamentum and the trapezoid ligamentum. The free upper limb is passively suspended from the clavicular 'strut' by the coracoclavicular ligament; the ligament also plays an important role in …

caldesmon
<protein> Protein originally isolated from smooth muscle (h caldesmon, 120-150 kD on gels but 88.7 kD from sequence) also found in nonmuscle cells (l caldesmon, 70-80 kD on gels but 58.8 kD from sequence). Normally dimeric, binds to F actin blocking the myosin binding site. Calcium calmodulin binding to caldesmon causes its release from actin …

caldolase
<enzyme> A chelator-insensitive extracellular serine proteinase from thermus tok(3) ... Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

Caldwell projection
Inclined PA radiographic projection devised to permit visualization of orbital structures unobstructed by the petrous ridges. ... Synonym: Caldwell view. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Caldwell view
Synonym for Caldwell projection ... Inclined PA radiographic projection devised to permit visualization of orbital structures unobstructed by the petrous ridges. ... Synonym: Caldwell view. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Caldwell-Luc operation
An intraoral procedure for opening into the maxillary antrum through the supradental (canine) fossa above the maxillary premolar teeth. ... Synonym: intraoral antrostomy, Luc's operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Caldwell-Moloy classification
A classification of the variations in the female pelvis; namely gynecoid, android, anthropoid, and platypelloid pelvis, based on the type of the posterior and anterior segments of the inlet. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Caldwell, Eugene
<person> U.S. Radiologist, 1870-1918. ... See: Caldwell projection, Caldwell view. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Caldwell, George
<person> U.S. Physician, 1834-1918. ... See: Caldwell-Luc operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Caldwell, William
<person> U.S. Obstetrician, 1880-1943. ... See: Caldwell-Moloy classification. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calefacient
1. Making warm or hot. ... 2. An agent causing a sense of warmth in the part to which it is applied. ... Origin: L. Calefacio, fr. Caleo, to be warm, + facio, to make ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calelectrins
Membrane associated proteins (70 kD and 32 kD) of the annexin family. Originally from Torpedo, but subsequently found in bovine liver. May regulate exocytosis. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

calf
Synonym: sural region. ... 2. A young bovine animal, male or female. ... Origin: Gael. Kalpa ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calf diphtheria
A necrotic oropharyngolaryngitis of calves associated with Fusobacterium necrophorum infection that may spread to the lungs. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calf pump
Muscular activity of calf that promotes venous flow towards the heart. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calf-bone
Synonym: fibula. ... 2. Bone from a calf (young cow) used in orthopaedic reconstruction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calgranulins
Calcium binding myeloid associated proteins (8 kD and 14 kD, also called p8, 14 and as MRP 8, MRP 14) expressed at high levels in neutrophils and monocytes but lost during differentiation to macrophages. Related to migration-inhibitory factor (MIF). Associated with keratinocyte cytoskeleton. Part of the S100 family. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

caliber
Synonym for calibre ... The diameter of a hollow tubular structure. ... (07 Apr 1998) ...

calibrate
1. To graduate or standardise any measuring instrument. ... 2. To measure the diameter of a tubular structure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calibration
Determination, by measurement or comparison with a standard, of the correct value of each scale reading on a meter or other measuring instrument; or determination of the settings of a control device that correspond to particular values of voltage, current, frequency or other output. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calibrator
A standard or reference material or substance used to standardise or calibrate an instrument or laboratory procedure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calibre
The diameter of a hollow tubular structure. ... (07 Apr 1998) ...

caliceal
Relating to the calix. ... Synonym: calyceal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calicectasis
Synonym: caliectasis. ... Origin: calix + G. Ektasis, dilation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calicectomy
Synonym: calicotomy. ... Origin: calix, + G. Ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calices
Plural of calix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calices renales majores
Synonym for major calices ... The primary subdivisions of the renal pelvis, usually two or three in number. ... Synonym: calices renales majores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calices renales minores
Synonym for minor calices ... The subdivisions of the major calices, varying in number from 7 to 13, which receive the renal papillae. ... Synonym: calices renales minores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

caliciform
Shaped like a cup or goblet. ... Synonym: calyciform. ... Origin: L. Calix + forma, form ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

caliciform cell
Synonym for goblet cell ... 1. <pathology> Cell of the epithelial lining of small intestine that secretes mucus and has a very well developed Golgi apparatus. ... 2. <zoology> Cell type characteristic of larval lepidopteran midgut, containing a potent H ATPase and thought to be involved in maintenance of ion and pH gradients. ... (10 Oct 1 …

calicine
Of the nature of, or resembling a calix. ... Synonym: calycine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

caliciviridae
A family of RNA viruses. They possess a characteristic six-pointed starlike shape whose surfaces have cup-shaped (chalice) indentions. They differ from picornaviruses in size and shape, and most importantly, in genomic expression during replication cycles. Caliciviruses include the hepatitis e virus, vesicular exanthema of swine virus, san miguel s …

caliciviridae infections
Virus diseases caused by caliciviridae. They include hepatitis e, vesicular exanthema of swine, acute respiratory infections in felines, rabbit haemorrhagic disease, and some cases of gastroenteritis in humans. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calicivirus
A genus in the family caliciviridae containing many species including feline calicivirus (calicivirus, feline), vesicular exanthema of swine virus, and san miguel sea lion viruses. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calicivirus, feline
A species of the genus calicivirus, an RNA virus infecting cats. Transmission occurs via air and mechanical contact. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calicoplasty
Synonym: calioplasty. ... Origin: calix, + G. Plastos, formed ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calicotomy
<procedure> Incision into a calix, usually for removal of a calculus. ... Synonym: calicectomy, caliotomy. ... Origin: calix, + G. Tome, a cutting ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

caliculus
A bud-shaped or cup-shaped structure, resembling the closed calyx of a flower. ... Synonym: calycle, calyculus. ... Origin: L. Dim. From G. Kalyx, the cup of a flower ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

caliculus ophthalmicus
Synonym for optic cup ... The double-walled cup formed by the invagination of the embryonic optic vesicle; its inner component becomes the sensory layer of the retina, its outer layer, the pigment layer. ... Synonym: caliculus ophthalmicus, ocular cup. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

caliectasis
Dilation of the calices, usually due to obstruction or infection. ... Synonym: calicectasis, pyelocaliectasis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

California encephalitis
Synonym for bunyavirus encephalitis ... Encephalitis of abrupt onset, with severe frontal headache and low-grade to moderate fever, caused by members of the genus Bunyavirus (Bunyaviridae family); infections also occur in rodents, lagomorphs, and domestic animals. ... Synonym: California encephalitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

california group viruses
A group of viruses in the bunyavirus genus of the bunyaviridae family. They are found in temperate and arctic regions and each is closely associated with a single species of vector mosquito. The vertebrate hosts are usually small mammals but several virus species infect humans. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

California virus
A serologic group of the genus Bunyavirus, comprising over 14 strains including La Crosse and Tahyna virus, and the type strain, California virus, which causes encephalitis, chiefly in the age group 4 to 14 years. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

californium
<chemical> Californium. A man-made radioactive actinide with atomic symbol cf, atomic number 98, and atomic weight 251. Its valence can be +2 or +3. Californium has medical use as a radiation source for radiotherapy. ... Chemical name: Californium ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calioplasty
Surgical reconstruction of a calix, usually designed to increase its lumen at the infundibulum. ... Synonym: calicoplasty. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

caliorrhaphy
1. Suturing of a calix. ... 2. Plastic surgery of a dilated or obstructed calix to improve urinary drainage, often requiring combination of two or more calices or the massive movement of pelvic mucosa to rebuild the caliceal drainage system. ... Origin: calix, + G. Rhaphe, suture, seam ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

caliotomy
Synonym for calicotomy ... <procedure> Incision into a calix, usually for removal of a calculus. ... Synonym: calicectomy, caliotomy. ... Origin: calix, + G. Tome, a cutting ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

caliper micrometer
A gauge with a calibrated micrometer screw for the measurement of thin objects such as microscope cover glasses and slides. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calipers
An instrument used for measuring diameters. ... Origin: a corruption of caliber ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calipers, skin
Calipers are instruments used to measure the diameter of an object. (The word calipers is a corruption of caliber ). The skin fold thickness in several parts of the body can be measured with calipers, a metal or plastic tool similar to a compass. This is done in medicine and physical anthropology. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calisthenics
Systematic practice of various exercises with the object of preserving health and increasing physical strength. ... Origin: G. Kalos, beautiful, + sthenos, strength ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calix
A flower-shaped or funnel-shaped structure; specifically one of the branches or recesses of the pelvis of the kidney into which the orifices of the malpighian renal pyramids project. ... Synonym: calyx. ... Origin: L. Fr. G. Kalyx, the cup of a flower ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Calkins, Leroy Adelbert
<person> U.S. Obstetrician-gynecologist, 1894-1960. ... See: Calkins' sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Calkins' sign
<clinical sign> The change of shape of the uterus from discoid to ovoid, indicating placental separation from the uterine wall. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...