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

Casselberry position
A prone position assumed when drinking, after intubation, in order to prevent the entrance of fluid into the tube. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Casser
(Casserio) ... Giulio, Italian anatomist, 1556-1616. ... See: Casser's fontanel, Casser's perforated muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Casser's fontanel
Synonym for mastoid fontanel ... The membranous interval on either side between the mastoid angle of the parietal bone, the petrous portion of the temporal bone, and the occipital bone. ... Synonym: fonticulus mastoideus, fonticulus posterolateralis, Casser's fontanel, posterolateral fontanel. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Casser's perforated muscle
Synonym for coracobrachialis ... <anatomy> Relating to the coracoid process of the scapula and the arm. ... <muscle> Origin, coracoid process of scapula; insertion, middle of medial border of humerus; action, adducts and flexes the arm; resists downward dislocation of shoulder joint; nerve supply, musculocutaneous. ... See: coracobrachial …

casserian
Relating to or described by Casser. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cassette
<molecular biology> A pre existing structure into which an insert can be moved. Fashionably used to refer to certain vectors. ... See: cassette mechanism. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

cassette mechanism
<molecular biology> Term used for genes such as the a and _ genes that determine mating type in yeast, either one or the other is active. ... In this gene conversion process, a double stranded nuclease makes a cut at a specific point in the MAT locus, the old gene is replaced with a copy of a silent gene from one or other flanking region and t …

cassette mutagenesis
The production of mutants within a region (often bounded by unique restriction sites) by the use of synthetic oligonucleotides that fill the gap with mutants designed into the synthetic genetic material. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cassia
Leguminous plants cassia senna l. (or c. Acutifolia) and c. Angustifolia that contain anthraquinones which are used as laxatives. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cassia bark
Synonym for cinnamon ... Cinnamomum zeylanicum, an evergreen tree of the laurel family (lauraceae), and its dried inner bark used as a spice or medicinally. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cassia cinnamon
Cinnamomum cassia Nees (family Lauraceae); the unofficial source of most of the cinnamon in the shops; the source of cinnamon oil. ... Synonym: Chinese cinnamon. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cassia fistula
The dried ripe fruit of Cassia fistula, used as a laxative. ... Synonym: purging cassia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cassia oil
Synonym for cinnamon oil ... The volatile oil distilled with steam from the leaves and twigs of Cinnamomum cassia; it contains not less than 80% by volume of the total aldehydes of cinnamon oil. ... Synonym: cassia oil. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cast
<orthopaedics> A molded orthopaedic appliance that may be composed of fibreglass or plaster useful in the immobilisation of a fracture site for the purposes of healing. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

cast brace
A specially designed plaster or plastic cast incorporating hinges and other brace components; used in the treatment of fractures to promote early activity and early joint motion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

castanea
<botany> A genus of trees typified by the common chestnut. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

castaneous
Relating to or having the colour of a chestnut. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

castanospermine
Alkaloid inhibitor of _ glucosidase I of which the effect is to leave N linked oligosaccharides in their high mannose, unmodified state. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

Castellani
Sir Aldo, Italian physician, 1878-1971. ... See: Castellani's bronchitis, Castellani's paint, Castellani-Low sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Castellani-Low sign
<clinical sign> A fine tremor of the tongue observed in sleeping sickness. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Castellani's bronchitis
Synonym for haemorrhagic bronchitis ... Chronic bronchitis due to infection with spirochetes (though other bacteria are usually present and contribute to the infection) and characterised by cough and bloody sputum. ... Synonym: bronchopulmonary spirochetosis, bronchospirochetosis, Castellani's bronchitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Castellani's paint
Synonym for carbol-fuchsin paint ... A paint containing boric acid, phenol, resorcinol, fuchsin, acetone, and alcohol in water; used in the treatment of superficial mycotic infections. ... Synonym: Castellani's paint. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Castile soap
Synonym for hard soap ... A soap made with olive oil, or some other suitable oil or fat, and sodium hydroxide; used as a detergent, and in the form of a suppository or soapsuds enema for constipation; used also as an excipient in pills. ... Synonym: Castile soap. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

casting
1. A metallic object formed in a mold. ... 2. The act of forming a casting in a mold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

casting flask
Synonym for refractory flask ... A metal tube in which a refractory mold is made for casting metal dental restorations or appliances. ... Synonym: casting flask, casting ring. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

casting ring
Synonym for refractory flask ... A metal tube in which a refractory mold is made for casting metal dental restorations or appliances. ... Synonym: casting flask, casting ring. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

casting wax
Any soft solid wax used in dentistry for patterns of all types and for many other purposes; most are basically paraffin but are modified by addition of gum dammar, carnauba wax, or other ingredients, to meet various requirements. ... Synonym: inlay wax. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Castle, William
<person> U.S. Physician, *1897. ... See: Castle's intrinsic factor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Castle's intrinsic factor
Synonym for intrinsic factor ... A mucoprotein normally secreted by the epithelium of the stomach and that binds vitamin B12, the intrinsic factor/B12 complex is selectively absorbed by the distal ileum, though only the vitamin is taken into the cell. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

castleman disease
<radiology> Angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia, benign lymphoid hyperplasia, massively enlarged lymph nodes, mediastinum most common; rarely in mesentery, age less than 30 yrs, types: hyaline vascular (90%), asymptomatic, vascular proliferation and hyalinization, plasma cell (10%), fever, anaemia, increased sed rate, increased IgG ... (12 …

Castleman, Benjamin
<person> U.S. Pathologist, 1906-1982. ... See: Castleman's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Castleman's disease
Synonym for benign giant lymph node hyperplasia ... Solitary masses of lymphoid tissue containing concentric perivascular aggregates of lymphocytes, occurring usually in the mediastinum or hilar region of young adults; similar changes have been reported outside the mediastinum and, if associated with interfollicular sheets of plasma cells, may progr …

castor bean
The seed of the castor bean or castor oil plant, ricinus communis, which yields castor oil. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

castor oil
<chemical> An oil obtained from the seed of ricinus communis. It is used as a cathartic and as a plasticiser for pharmaceutical preparations, and has been used as a bland emollient to the skin in certain dermatoses. ... Pharmacological action: cathartic, emollients, pharmaceutic aid. ... Chemical name: Castor oil ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

castrate
To remove the testicles or the ovaries. ... Origin: L. Castro, pp. -atus, to deprive of generative power (male or female) ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

castration
The removal of the gonads or their destruction as by radiation or parasites. ... Origin: L. Castratio ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

castration anxiety
Synonym for castration complex ... A child's fear of injury to the genitals by the parent of the same sex as punishment for unconcious guilt over oedipal feelings, fantasied loss of the penis by a female or fear of its actual loss by a male, unconscious fear of injury from those in authority. ... Synonym: castration anxiety. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

castration cells
Altered basophilic cells of the anterior lobe of the pituitary that develop following castration; the body of the cell is occupied by a large vacuole that displaces the nucleus to the periphery, giving the cell a resemblance to a signet ring. ... Synonym: signet ring cells. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

castration complex
A child's fear of injury to the genitals by the parent of the same sex as punishment for unconcious guilt over oedipal feelings, fantasied loss of the penis by a female or fear of its actual loss by a male, unconscious fear of injury from those in authority. ... Synonym: castration anxiety. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

casts, surgical
Dressings made of fibreglass, plastic, or bandage impregnated with plaster of paris used for immobilization of various parts of the body in cases of fractures, dislocations, and infected wounds. In comparison with plaster casts, casts made of fibreglass or plastic are lightweight, radiolucent, able to withstand moisture, and less rigid. ... (12 Dec …

casualty
An injury, or the victim of an accident. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

CAT
<abbreviation> Computerised axial tomography; chloramphenicol acetyltransferase. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cat diseases
Diseases of the domestic cat (felis catus or f. Domesticus). This term does not include diseases of the so-called big cats such as cheetahs, lions, tigers, cougars, panthers, leopards, and other felidae for which the heading carnivora is used. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cat distemper virus
Synonym for feline panleukopenia virus ... A virus of the genus Parvovirus that causes panleukopenia; the virus infects all Felidae, raccoons and mink, but not dogs or other Canidae. ... Synonym: cat distemper virus, panleukopenia virus of cats. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cat scan
Synonym for computed tomography ... <investigation, procedure, radiology> A special radiographic technique that uses a computer to assimilate multiple X-ray images into a 2 dimentional cross-sectional image. ... This can reveal many soft tissue structures not shown by conventional radiography. Scans may also be dynamic in which a movement of a …

cat unit
The dose of a drug (per kilogram of body weight of cat) which is just large enough to kill a cat when administered intravenously; was applied in the standardization of digitalis materials. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cat-bite disease
Rat-bite fever, presumably spread from rats to cats and thus to humans. ... Synonym: cat-bite fever. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cat-bite fever
Synonym for cat-bite disease ... Rat-bite fever, presumably spread from rats to cats and thus to humans. ... Synonym: cat-bite fever. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cat-scratch disease
<disease> A self-limiting bacterial infection of the regional lymph nodes (lymphadenitis) caused by afipia felis, a gram-negative bacterium recently identified as bartonella henselae. ... It usually arises one or more weeks following a feline scratch, with raised inflammatory nodules at the site of the scratch being the primary symptom. It res …

cat-scratch fever
Synonym for cat-scratch disease ... <disease> A self-limiting bacterial infection of the regional lymph nodes (lymphadenitis) caused by afipia felis, a gram-negative bacterium recently identified as bartonella henselae. ... It usually arises one or more weeks following a feline scratch, with raised inflammatory nodules at the site of the scratc …

cat's cry syndrome
Synonym for cri-du-chat syndrome ... <paediatrics, syndrome> A congenital human syndrome caused by the loss of part of the short arm of Chromosome 5. ... The syndrome gets its name from the peculiar cry of afflicted infants, which sounds like the meowing of a cat. The syndrome causes severe retardation and various congenital malformations. ... ( …

cat's-eye pupil
A distorted, elongated pupil; usually due to anterior segment anomaly. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cat's-eye syndrome
<syndrome> Iris colobomas (resembling the vertical pupils of a cat) and anal atresia, associated with an additional acrocentric chromosome; other malformations and mental retardation may be present. ... Synonym: Schmid-Fraccaro syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cata-
Down; opposite of ana-. ... See: kata-. ... Compare: de-. ... Origin: G. Kata, down ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catabasial
Denoting a skull in which the basion is lower than the opisthion. ... Origin: cata-+ Mod. L. Basion ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catabiosis
Cell aging. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

catabiotic
Used up in the carrying on of the vital processes other than growth, or in the performance of function, referring to the energy derived from food. ... Origin: cata-+ G. Biotikos, relating to life ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catabolic
<biochemistry> Of or pertaining to catabolism; as, catabolic processes, which give rise to substances (catastates) of decreasing complexity and increasing stability. ... (16 Mar 1998) ...

catabolic pathway
<biochemistry> A series of reactions in a metabolic pathway that break down complex compounds into simpler ones, usually releasing energy in the process. ... Compare: anabolic pathway. ... (16 Mar 1998) ...

catabolin
<protein> Protein, later shown to be interleukin-1 IL-1, that stimulates the breakdown of connective tissue extracellular matrix. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

catabolism
<biochemistry> Any destructive metabolic process by which organisms convert substances into excreted compounds. ... Origin: Gr. Katabol = a throwing down ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

catabolite
<biochemistry> Product of catabolism, the breakdown of complex molecules into simpler ones. ... (16 Mar 1998) ...

catabolite (gene) activator protein
A protein that can be activated by cAMP, whereupon it affects the action of RNA polymerase by binding it with it or near it on the DNA to be transcribed. ... Synonym: cAMP receptor protein, catabolite gene activator. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catabolite gene activator
catabolite (gene) activator protein ...

catabolite gene activator protein
<molecular biology, protein> A regulatory protein that triggers the transcription of genes that generate the enzymes bacteria need to usenutrients when glucose isabsent. ... (16 Mar 1998) ...

catabolite repression
<biochemistry, molecular biology> Inducible enzyme systems in some microorganisms (such as the lac operon) that are repressed when a more favoured carbon source, such as glucose, is available. ... Repression in E. Coli is partially relieved if cAMP is bound to the cAMP catabolite activator protein (cAMP receptor protein, CRP) that binds to DNA …

catachronobiology
The study of the deleterious effects of time on a living system. ... Origin: cata-+ G. Chronos, time, + biology ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catacrotic
Denoting a pulse tracing in which the downstroke is interrupted by one or more upward waves. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catacrotic pulse
A pulse in which there is an upward notch interrupting the descending limb of the sphygmogram. ... Synonym: pulsus catacrotus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catacrotism
A condition of the pulse in which there are one or more secondary expansions of the artery following the main beat, producing secondary upward waves on the downstroke of the pulse tracing. ... Origin: cata-+ G. Krotos, beat ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catadicrotic
Denoting a pulse tracing in which there are two minor elevations interrupting the downstroke. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catadicrotic pulse
A catacrotic pulse in which there are two interrupting upward notches. ... Synonym: pulsus catadicrotus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catadicrotism
A condition of the pulse marked by two minor expansions of the artery following the main beat, producing two secondary upward waves on the downstroke of the pulse tracing. ... Origin: cata + G. Di-, two, + krotos, beat ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catadidymus
Synonym: duplicitas anterior. ... Origin: cata-+ G. Didymus, twin ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catadioptric
<optics> An optical system in which both reflecting and refracting curved surfaces are used to form an image. ... Some reflecting objective lenses, as well as video projection systems, are catadioptric, the latter uses a Schmidt plate to correct the spherical aberration introduced by the spherical reflecting mirror. ... (16 Mar 1998) ...

catagen
A regressing phase of the hair growth cycle during which cell proliferation ceases, the hair follicle shortens, and an anchored club hair is produced. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catagenesis
<ecology> Evolutionary change toward simpler, more general forms, and away from complex forms which are highly-specialised for a particular set of environmental conditions. ... (16 Mar 1998) ...

catalase
<enzyme> Tetrameric haem enzyme (245 kD) that breaks down hydrogen peroxide. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

catalatic reaction
Decomposition of H2O2 to O2 and H2O, as in the action of catalase; analogous to peroxidase reaction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catalepsy
Sustained immobility of postures or physical attitude. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cataleptic
Relating to, or suffering from, catalepsy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cataleptoid
Simulating or resembling catalepsy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catalogia
Synonym for verbigeration ... Constant repetition of meaningless words or phrases; seen in schizophrenia. ... Synonym: catalogia, cataphasia, oral stereotypy. ... Origin: L. Verbum, word, + gero, to carry about ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catalogs
Ordered compilations of item descriptions and sufficient information to afford access to them. ... Files of bibliographic records, created according to specific and uniform principles of construction and under the control of an authority file, which describes the materials contained in a collection, library, or group of libraries. Catalogs include a …

catalyse
<chemistry> To speed up a chemical reaction. ... (16 Mar 1998) ...

catalysis
<chemistry> The acceleration of a chemical reaction by a catalyst. ... (16 Mar 1998) ...

catalyst
<chemistry> A substance that accelerates a chemical reaction, but is not consumed or changed in the process. ... (16 Mar 1998) ...

catalytic
Relating to or effecting catalysis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catalytic antibody
<chemistry> Antibody raised against a transition state analogue (e.g. A phosphate analogue of a carboxylic acid ester transition state) that can then catalyse the analogous chemical reaction, though not as effectively as a true enzyme. ... (16 Mar 1998) ...

catalytic centre
See: active centre. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catalytic model
<epidemiology> A (rather misleading name for a) type of compartmental model in which the force of infection is treated as a parameter to be estimated. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

catalytic site
<chemistry> The site on an enzyme where the substrate or substrates (the reactants of a chemical or biochemical reaction) attach in order to convert to the product or products of the reaction, at a much higher speed than the substrate would need to convert to the product alone. ... (16 Mar 1998) ...

catalyze
To act as a catalyst. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catalyzer
Synonym for catalyst ... <chemistry> A substance that accelerates a chemical reaction, but is not consumed or changed in the process. ... (16 Mar 1998) ...

catamenia
Synonym: menses. ... Origin: G. The menses, ntr. Pl. Of katamenios, monthly, fr. Men, month ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catamenial
Synonym for menstrual ... Relating to the menses. ... Synonym: catamenial, emmenic. ... Origin: L. Menstrualis ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catamenial pneumothorax
<radiology> FEMALE of childbearing age, (** most spont. Ptx's occur in males), onset of menses with or without 3 days, associated with intrathoracic endometriosis ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

catamenogenic
Causing menstruation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catamnesis
The medical history of a patient after an illness; the follow-up history. ... Origin: cata-+ G mneme, memory ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

catamnestic
Related to catamnesis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...