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

Call-Exner bodies
Small fluid-filled spaces between granulosal cells in ovarian follicles and in ovarian tumours of granulosal origin; they may form a rosette-like structure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Call, Friedrich von
<person> Austrian physician, 1844-1917. ... See: Call-Exner bodies. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Callahan, John
<person> U.S. Endodontist, 1853-1918. ... See: Callahan's method. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Callahan's method
Synonym for chloropercha method ... A method of filling the root canals of teeth by dissolving gutta-percha cones in a chloroform-rosin medium within the root canal. ... Synonym: Callahan's method, Johnson's method. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Callander, Latimer
<person> San Francisco surgeon, 1892-1947. ... See: Callander's amputation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Callander's amputation
Tenontoplastic amputation through the femur at the knee. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Calleja, Camilo
<person> Spanish anatomist, +1913. ... See: islands of Calleja. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calli
<plant biology> In some plants, small outgrowths in the throat of the corolla (acting as tactile guides for pollinators). ... (07 Apr 1998) ...

callimiconinae
A subfamily of the family of new world monkeys, cebidae, inhabiting the upper amazon basin. Members of the genus callimico (goeldi's marmosets) constitute this subfamily. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Calliphora
A genus of blowflies (family Calliphoridae, order Diptera), the bluebottle flies, the larvae of which feed on dead flesh. Calliphora vomitoria and Calliphora vicina are common species in the U.S. ... Origin: G. Kalli, beauty, + phoros, bearing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Callison, James
<person> U.S. Physician, *1873. ... See: Callison's fluid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Callison's fluid
A diluting fluid for counting red blood cells, consisting of 1 ml of Loeffler's alkaline methylene blue, 1 ml of formalin, 10 ml of glycerol, 1 g of neutral ammonium oxalate, and 2.5 g of sodium chloride added to 90 ml of distilled water, mixed well, and permitted to stand until the solids are dissolved and the reagent is clear; the preparation is …

callithrix
A genus of callitrichinae occurring in forests of brazil and bolivia and containing eight species. They are c. Jacchus (common marmoset), c. Argentata (black-tailed marmoset), c. Chrysoleuca (yellow-legged or golden marmoset), c. Aurita (white-eared marmoset), c. Flaviceps (buff-headed marmoset), c. Penicillata (black-pencilled or black-eared marmo …

callitrichinae
A subfamily of the order primates that consists of four genera: callithrix (marmosets), cebuella (pygmy marmosets), leontopithecus (golden tamarins), and saguinus (tamarins). The members of this subfamily inhabit the tropical forests of south and central america. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Callitroga
Former name for Cochliomyia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

callosal
Relating to the corpus callosum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

callosal convolution
cingulate gyrus ...

callosal gyrus
cingulate gyrus ...

callosal sulcus
Synonym for sulcus of corpus callosum ... The fissure between the corpus callosum and the cingulate gyrus. ... Synonym: sulcus corporis callosi, callosal sulcus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

callose
<plant biology> A plant cell wall polysaccharide (a _ (1-3) glucan) found in phloem sieve plates, wounded tissue, pollen tubes, cotton fibres and certain other specialised cells. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

callositas
Synonym for callosity ... A circumscribed thickening of the keratin layer of the epidermis as a result of repeated friction or intermittent pressure. ... Synonym: callositas, callus, keratoma, poroma, tyle, tyloma. ... Origin: L. Fr. Callosus, thick-skinned ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

callosities
Localised hyperplasia of the horny layer of the epidermis due to pressure or friction. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

callosity
A circumscribed thickening of the keratin layer of the epidermis as a result of repeated friction or intermittent pressure. ... Synonym: callositas, callus, keratoma, poroma, tyle, tyloma. ... Origin: L. Fr. Callosus, thick-skinned ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

callosomarginal
Relating to the corpus callosum and the cingulate gyrus; denoting the sulcus between them. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

callosomarginal artery
<anatomy, artery> The second branch of the pericallosal artery running in the cingulate sulcus and sending branches to supply part of the medial and superolateral surfaces of the cerebral hemisphere. ... Synonym: arteria callosomarginalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

callosomarginal fissure
Synonym for cingulate sulcus ... A fissure on the mesial surface of the cerebral hemisphere, bounding the upper surface of the cingulate gyrus (callosal convolution); the anterior portion is called the pars subfrontalis; the posterior portion which curves up to the superomedial margin of the hemisphere and borders the paracentral lobule posteriorly, …

callosomarginal sulcus
Synonym for cingulate sulcus ... A fissure on the mesial surface of the cerebral hemisphere, bounding the upper surface of the cingulate gyrus (callosal convolution); the anterior portion is called the pars subfrontalis; the posterior portion which curves up to the superomedial margin of the hemisphere and borders the paracentral lobule posteriorly, …

callous
Relating to a callus or callosity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

callus
1. <botany> Undifferentiated plant tissue produced at wound edge callus tissue can be grown in vitro and induced to differentiate by varying the ratio of the hormones auxin and cytokinin in the medium. ... 2. <pathology> Mass of new bony trabeculae and cartilaginous tissue formed by osteoblasts early in the healing of a bone fracture. …

calmative
Calming, quieting; allaying excitement; denoting such an agent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Calmette test
Conjunctival reaction to tuberculin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Calmette-Guerin bacillus
Synonym for Bacille Calmette-Guerin ... An attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used in the preparation of BCG vaccine that is used for immunization against tuberculosis and in cancer chemotherapy. Extracts of the bacterium have remarkable powers in stimulation of lymphocytes and leucocytes and are used in adjuvants. ... Synonym: Calmette-Guerin …

Calmette-Guerin vaccine
Synonym for BCG vaccine ... <drug> Live attenuated vaccine for tuberculosis. For groups and health care workers in high endemic areas. Not to be given to individuals with HIV infection. ... (15 Nov 1997) ...

Calmette, Leon
<person> French bacteriologist, 1863-1933. ... See: Bacille bilie de Calmette-Guerin, bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine, Calmette test, Calmette-Guerin bacillus, Calmette-Guerin vaccine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calmodulin
<protein> Ubiquitous and highly conserved calcium binding protein (17 kD) with four EF hand binding sites for calcium (3 in yeast). Ancestor of troponin C, leiotonin C and parvalbumin. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

calmodulin-binding proteins
Proteins which bind calmodulin. They are found in many tissues and have a variety of functions including f-actin cross-linking properties, inhibition of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase and calcium and magnesium atpases. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calomel
HgCl;mild mercury chloride; mercury monochloride, protochloride, or subchloride; has been used as an intestinal antiseptic and laxative; replaced by safer agents. ... Synonym: mercurous chloride, sweet precipitate. ... Origin: Mediev. L., fr. G. Kalos, beutiful, + melas, black ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calomel electrode
An electrode in which the wire is connected through a pool of mercury to a paste of mercurous chloride (Hg2Cl2, calomel) in a potassium chloride solution covered by more potassium chloride solution; commonly used as a reference electrode. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calor
Heat, as one of the four signs of inflammation (c., rubor, tumour, dolor) enunciated by Celsus. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Calori
Luigi, Italian anatomist, 1807-1896. ... See: Calori's bursa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Calori's bursa
<anatomy> A bursa between the arch of the aorta and the trachea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

caloric
1. Relating to a calorie. ... 2. Relating to heat. ... Origin: L. Calor, heat ... Caloric intake, the total number of calories in a daily diet allocation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

caloric nystagmus
Jerky nystagmus induced by labyrinthine stimulation with warm or cold water injected into the ear canal. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

caloric test
Synonym for Barany's caloric test ... A test for vestibular function, made by irrigating the external auditory meatus with either hot or cold water; this normally causes stimulation of the vestibular apparatus, resulting in nystagmus and past-pointing; in vestibular disease, the response may be reduced or absent. ... Synonym: caloric test, nystagmus …

caloric tests
Elicitation of a rotatory nystagmus by stimulating the semicircular canals with water or air which is above or below body temperature. In warm caloric stimulation a rotatory nystagmus is developed toward the side of the stimulated ear; in cold, away from the stimulated side. Absence of nystagmus indicates the labyrinth is not functioning. ... (12 De …

caloric value
The heat evolved by a food when burnt or metabolised. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calorie
<chemistry> A unit of measurement defined as 4.184 absolute joules or the amount of energy it takes to raise the temperature of one gram of water from 15 to 16 degrees Celsius (or1/100th the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water at one atmosphere pressure from 0 degrees C to 100 degrees C), food calories are ac …

calorific
Producing heat. ... Origin: L. Calor, heat ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calorigenic
1. Capable of generating heat. ... 2. Stimulating metabolic production of heat. ... Synonym: thermogenetic, thermogenic. ... Origin: L. Calor, heat, + G. Genesis, production ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calorigenic action
Increase of heat production of the body, as by the thyroid hormone. ... Synonym: thermogenic action. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calorimeter
<radiobiology> In conventional fusion research, this name refers to any device used to measure power or energy in a laser or particle beam. (for example, for ICF or neutral beam heating or a magnetically-confined plasma.) ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

calorimetric
Relating to calorimetry. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calorimetry
<chemistry> The science of measuring heat flow. ... (09 Jan 1998) ...

calorimetry, differential scanning
Differential thermal analysis in which the sample compartment of the apparatus is a differential calorimeter, allowing an exact measure of the heat of transition independent of the specific heat, thermal conductivity, and other variables of the sample. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calorimetry, indirect
Calculation of the energy expenditure in the form of heat production of the whole body or individual organs based on respiratory gas exchange. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

caloritropic
Relating to thermotropism. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calory
Synonym for calorie ... <chemistry> A unit of measurement defined as 4.184 absolute joules or the amount of energy it takes to raise the temperature of one gram of water from 15 to 16 degrees Celsius (or1/100th the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water at one atmosphere pressure from 0 degrees C to 100 degrees C …

Calot
Jean-Francois, French surgeon, 1861-1944. ... See: Calot's triangle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Calot's triangle
Triangle bounded by the cystic artery, cystic duct, and hepatic duct; its dissection early in cholecystectomy safeguards essential structures, should there be anatomic variations from the norm. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calpactin
<protein> Calcium-binding proteins from cytoplasm. Calpactin II is identical to lipocortin and is one of the major targets for phosphorylation by pp60src. ... See: annexin ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

calpain
<enzyme> Calcium activated cytoplasmic proteases containing the EF hand motif. Calpain I is activated by micromolar calcium, Calpain II by millimolar calcium. ... Calpain has two subunits, the larger (80 kD) has 4 domains one homologous with papain, one with calmodulin, the smaller (30 kD) has one domain homologous with calmodulin. First isola …

calpains
Calcium-dependent proteinases. ... Origin: calcium + suffix -pain, protease, fr. Papain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calpastatin
<protein> Cytoplasmic inhibitor of calcium activated protease, calpain. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

Calpha-dehydrogenase
<enzyme> Isolated from pseudomonas paucimobilus; catalyses the oxidation of aryl-glycerol-beta-aryl ethers at the c(alpha)-alcohol to a carbonyl group ... Registry number: EC 1.1.1.- ... Synonym: ligd protein, ligd gene product, c(alpha)-dehydrogenase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

calphobindins
Annexins V & VI (35 kD) found in placenta. Have substantial homology with lipocortin and may function like calelectrin. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

calponin
<protein> Calcium and calmodulin binding troponin T like protein (34 kD) isolated from chicken gizzard and bovine aortic smooth muscle. Interacts with F actin and tropomyosin in a calcium sensitive manner and acts as a regulator of smooth muscle contraction (inhibits when not phosphorylated). Distinct from caldesmon and myosin light chain kin …

calregulin
<protein> See calreticulin ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

calreticulin
<protein> Calcium binding protein of the endoplasmic reticulum. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

calretinin
<protein> Neuronal protein (29 kD) of the calmodulin family isolated from chick retina. Has 58% sequence homology with calbindin, the intestinal cell isoform. Contains an EF hand motif. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

calsequestrin
<protein> Protein (44 kD) found in the cisternae of sarcoplasmic reticulum: sequesters calcium. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

calspectin
<protein> Nonerythroid spectrin. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

caltractin
<protein> Calcium binding (EF hand) protein (20 kD) from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Major component of the contractile striated rootlet system that links basal bodies to the nucleus in Chlamydomonas. Part of the calmodulin / troponin C family, it has sequence homology with 20 kD calcium-binding proteins (centrins) found in other basal body as …

caltrin
<protein> Inhibitor of calcium ion transport found in bovine seminal plasma (47 amino acids, MW 5411, on gels 10 kD app.) and that resembles seminal antibacterial protein (confusingly called plasmin, though not related to the protease). ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

calumba
The dried root of Jateorrhiza palmata (family Menispermaceae), a tall climbing vine of east Africa; used as a bitter tonic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calumbin
C21H24O7;an amaroid from calumba that accounts for the bitterness of the crude drug. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calusterone
17b,17a-dimethyltestosterone;an antineoplastic agent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calvaria
<anatomy> The skull cap, roof of the skull ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

calvarial
Relating to the skullcap. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calvarial hook
An instrument used in prying off the top of the skull after it has been sawed around, at autopsies and dissections. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calvarium
<anatomy> One of the bones that makes up the vault of the skull (in humans these are the frontal, 2 parietals, occipital and 2 temporals). ... <cell culture> Calvaria are often used in organ culture to investigate bone catabolism or synthesis. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

Calve
Jacques, French orthopedic surgeon, 1875-1954. ... See: Calve-Perthes disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Calve-Perthes disease
Synonym for Legg-Calve-Perthes disease ... perthes disease ...

Calvin Benson cycle
<biochemistry, plant biology> Metabolic pathway responsible for photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation in plants and bacteria. The enzyme that fixes carbon dioxide is RuDP carboxylase. The cycle is the only photosynthetic pathway in C3 plants and the secondary pathway in C4 plants. The enzymes of the pathway are present in the stroma of the c …

calvities
Synonym: alopecia. ... Origin: L. Fr. Calvus, bald ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

calx
Synonym: lime. ... Origin: L. Limestone ... 2. The posterior rounded extremity of the foot. ... Synonym: calcar pedis, heel. ... Origin: L. Heel ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

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

calyces
Plural of calyx. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

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

calyciform ending
A synaptic ending in relation to certain neuroepithelial hair cells of the inner ear. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

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

calycle
Synonym for 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) ...

calyculin A
Toxin from marine sponge, Discodermia calyx, potent tumour promoter and an inhibitor of protein phosphatases of Types 1 and 2a. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

calymmatobacterium
A genus of bacteria causing granuloma inguinale and other granulomatous lesions. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

calyptra
In mosses, a cap-like structure covering or partly covering the capsule and derived from the neck of the archegonium, in a flower, a cap covering the stamens and carpels in the bud and formed by fusion or cohesion of perianth parts. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

calyx
The sepals of one flower collectively. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

calyx-tube
A tube formed by fusion or cohesion of sepals. ... Compare: hypanthium. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

CAM
<abbreviation> Cell adhesion molecule. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

camallanina
A suborder of nematodes characterised by larvae lacking cephalic hooks and a tail that is generally long and pointed. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cambendazole
<chemical> A nematocide effective against a variety of gastrointestinal parasites in cattle, sheep, and horses. ... Pharmacological action: antinematodal agent. ... Chemical name: Carbamic acid, (2-(4-thiazolyl)-1H-benzimidazol-5-yl)-, 1-methylethyl ester ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cambium
<plant biology> Meristematic plant tissue, commonly present as a thin layer which forms new cells on both sides. Located either in vascular tissue (vascular cambium), forming xylem on one side and phloem on the other or in cork (cork cambium or phellogen). ... <pathology> Inner region of the periosteum from which osteoblasts differentiat …