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

chylaqueous
Referring to watery chyle. ... Origin: chyl-+ L. Aqua, water ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chyle
<biochemistry> A turbid, white or pale yellow fluid which contains chylomicrons that is taken up from the intestine and carried via the lymphatic system to the systemic circulation via the thoracic duct. ... (02 Jan 1998) ...

chyle cistern
Synonym for cisterna chyli ... A dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct into which the intestinal trunk and two lumbar lymphatic trunks open; it occurs inconstantly and when present is located posterior to the aorta on the anterior aspect of the bodies of the first and second lumbar vertebrae. ... Synonym: ampulla chyli, chyle cistern, chy …

chyle corpuscle
A cell of the same appearance as a leukocyte, present in chyle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chyle cyst
A circumscribed dilation of a lymphatic channel of the mesentery, containing chyle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chyle peritonitis
Peritonitis due to free chyle in the peritoneal cavity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chyle vessel
Synonym for lacteal ... 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid. ... 2. <anatomy> Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels. ... Origin: L. Lacteus milky, fr. Lac, lactis, milk. Cf. Galaxy, Lettuce. ... <anatomy> One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through t …

chylidrosis
Sweating of a milky fluid resembling chyle. ... Origin: chyl-+ G. Hidros, sweat ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylifaction
Synonym: chylopoiesis. ... Origin: chyl-+ L. Facio, to make ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylifactive
Synonym for chylopoietic ... Relating to chylopoiesis. ... Synonym: chylifactive. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chyliferous
Conveying chyle. ... Synonym: chylophoric. ... Origin: chyl-+ L. Fero, to carry ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylification
Synonym for chylopoiesis ... Formation of chyle in the intestine. ... Synonym: chylifaction, chylification. ... Origin: chylo-+ G. Poiesis, a making ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chyliform
Resembling chyle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chyliform ascites
Synonym for chylous ascites ... <gastroenterology> A large collection of lymph fluid in the abdominal cavity, sometimes secondary to blockage of the main lymph duct or injury to it. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

chylo-
Chyl- ... Chyle. ... Origin: G. Chylos, juice. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylocele
A cystlike lesion resulting from the effusion of chyle into the tunica vaginalis propria and cavity of the tunica vaginalis testis. ... Origin: chylo-+ G. Kele, tumour ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylocyst
Synonym: cisterna chyli. ... Origin: chylo-+ G. Kystis, bladder ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chyloderma
Synonym: elephantiasis scroti. ... Origin: chylo-+ G. Derma, skin ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylomediastinum
Abnormal presence of chyle in the mediastinum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylomicron
<biochemistry> Colloidal fat globule found in blood or lymph, used to transport fat from the intestine to the liver or to adipose tissue. Have a very low density, a low protein and high triacylglyceride content. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

chylomicron retention disease
An inherited disorder in which apolipoprotein B-48 is retained in intestine and absent in plasma; results in fat malabsorption. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylomicronaemia
The presence of chylomicrons, especially an increased number, in the circulating blood, as in type I familial hyperlipoproteinaemia. ... See: familial chylomicronaemia syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylomicrons
A class of lipoproteins that transport exogenous (dietary) cholesterol and triglycerides from the small intestine to tissues after meals. Synthesised in the intestinal mucosa and carried via the intestinal lacteals and lymphatic system to the blood stream, they are then degraded to chylomicron remnants in the capillaries of muscle and adipose tissu …

chylopericarditis
Synonym for chylopericardium ... A milky pericardial effusion resulting from obstruction of the thoracic duct, from trauma, or of idiopathic origin. ... Synonym: chylopericarditis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylopericardium
A milky pericardial effusion resulting from obstruction of the thoracic duct, from trauma, or of idiopathic origin. ... Synonym: chylopericarditis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chyloperitoneum
The presence of effused chyle in the peritoneal cavity. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

chylophoric
Synonym: chyliferous. ... Origin: chylo-+ G. Phoros, bearing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylopleura
<chest medicine> An accumulation of chyle within the pleural space in the lung. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

chylopneumothorax
Free chyle and air in the pleural space. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylopoiesis
Formation of chyle in the intestine. ... Synonym: chylifaction, chylification. ... Origin: chylo-+ G. Poiesis, a making ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylopoietic
Relating to chylopoiesis. ... Synonym: chylifactive. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylorrhoea
The flow or discharge of chyle. ... Origin: chylo-+ G. Rhoia, flow ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylosis
The formation of chyle from the food in the intestine, its digestion and absorption by the intestinal mucosa, and its mixture with the blood and conveyance to the tissues. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylothorax
<chest medicine> An accumulation of chyle within the pleural space in the lung. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

chylous
Relating to chyle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylous arthritis
Arthritis with a high lymph content in synovial fluid, usually due to filariasis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chylous ascites
<gastroenterology> A large collection of lymph fluid in the abdominal cavity, sometimes secondary to blockage of the main lymph duct or injury to it. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

chylous hydrothorax
Synonym for chylothorax ... <chest medicine> An accumulation of chyle within the pleural space in the lung. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

chylous urine
Urine of a milky appearance, containing chyle. ... Synonym: milky urine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chyluria
The passage of chyle in the urine; a form of albiduria. ... Origin: chyl-+ G. Ouron, urine ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chymase
<enzyme> Catalyses conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II; serine protease found in mucosal mast cells, globule leucocytes of human skin and lung but not in granulated lymphocytes; found in skeletal muscle of diabetic rats; chymotrypsin-like protease; see also mast cell protease type II ... Registry number: EC 3.4.21.39 ... Synonym: rat …

chyme
<gastroenterology> Food which has been acted upon by stomach juices but has not yet been passed on into the intestines. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

chymification
Synonym: chymopoiesis. ... Origin: G. Chymos, juice, + L. Facio, to make ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chymopapain
<enzyme> A peptide peptidohydrolase with cysteine at the active centre from papaya. Preferential cleavage at glutamic and aspartic acid residues. Also catalyses the synthesis of hippuryl-aniline. ... Registry number: EC 3.4.22.6 ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

chymopoiesis
The production of chyme; the physical state of food (semifluid) brought about by digestion in the stomach. ... Synonym: chymification. ... Origin: G. Chymos, juice, chyme, + poiesis, a making ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chymorrhoea
The flow of chyme. ... Origin: G. Chymos, juice, + rhoia, flow ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chymosin
<enzyme> The predominant milk-clotting enzyme from the true stomach or abomasum of the suckling calf. It is secreted as an inactive precursor called prorennin and converted in the acid environment of the stomach to the active enzyme. ... Registry number: EC 3.4.23.4 ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

chymosinogen
Synonym for prochymosin ... The precursor of chymosin. ... Synonym: chymosinogen, pexinogen, prorennin, renninogen, rennogen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chymostatin
<protein> Low molecular weight peptide fatty acid compound of microbial origin that inhibits chymotrypsins and papain. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

chymotropic pigment
A pigment dissolved in the vacuole of a plant cell. ... Origin: G. Chymos, juice, + trope, turning, inclination, + -ic ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chymotrypsin
<protein> Serine proteases from pancreas. Preferentially hydrolyse Phe, Tyr or Trp peptide and ester bonds. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

chymotrypsinogen
<chemical> Chemical name: Chymotrypsinogen ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

chymous
Relating to chyme. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

chymus
Synonym for chyme ... <gastroenterology> Food which has been acted upon by stomach juices but has not yet been passed on into the intestines. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

Ci
<abbreviation> Curie. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Ciaccio, Carmelo
<person> Italian pathologist, 1877-1956. ... See: Ciaccio's stain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Ciaccio, Giuseppe
<person> Italian anatomist, 1824-1901. ... See: Ciaccio's glands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Ciaccio's stain
<technique> A method for demonstrating complex insoluble intra-cellular lipids using fixation in a formalin-dichromate solution, embedding in paraffin, staining with Sudan III or IV, and examination in aqueous mountant. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cialit
<chemical> Ethylmercury(2-mercapto-5-benzoxazolecarboxylic acid)sodium salt. Tissue preservative. ... Chemical name: Mercurate(1-), (2,3-dihydro-2-thioxo-5-benzoxazolecarboxylato(2-)-S)ethyl-, sodium ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cibophobia
<psychology> Fear of eating, or loathing for, food. ... Origin: L. Cibus, food, + G. Phobos, fear ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cicatrectomy
<procedure> Excision of a scar. ... Origin: L. Cicatrix, scar, + G. Ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cicatrices
The pleural of cicatrix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cicatricial
Relating to a scar. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cicatricial conjunctivitis
A chronic progressive ocular affection that produces scarring of the conjunctiva primarily and of the cornea sequentially. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cicatricial ectropion
Ectropion of the eyelids after burns, lacerations, or skin infection. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cicatricial entropion
Entropion that follows scarring of the palpebral conjunctiva. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cicatricial horn
A keratinous horn projecting outward from a scar. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cicatricial pemphigoid
A chronic disease that produces adhesions and progressive cicatrization and shrinkage of the conjunctival, oral, and vaginal mucous membranes. ... Synonym: benign mucosal pemphigoid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cicatricotomy
<procedure> Cutting a scar. ... Origin: L. Cicatrix, scar, + G. Tome, cutting ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cicatrisation
<pathology> Contraction of fibrous tissue, formed at a wound site by fibroblasts, reducing the size of the wound but causing tissue distortion and disfigurement. Once thought to be due to contraction of collagen but now known to be due to cellular activity. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

cicatrix
The formation of new tissue in the process of wound healing. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cicatrix, hypertrophic
An elevated scar, resembling a keloid, but which does not spread into surrounding tissues. It is formed by enlargement and overgrowth of cicatricial tissue and regresses spontaneously. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cicatrizant
1. Causing or favouring cicatrization. ... 2. An agent with such action. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cicatrization
1. The process of scar formation. ... 2. The healing of a wound otherwise than by first intention. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cicatrization atelectasis
The decrease in air per unit lung volume due to fibrosis, causing decreased lung compliance, and increased tissue. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciclopirox olamine
C14H24N2O3;a broad spectrum antifungal agent used to treat a variety of fungus and yeast skin infections. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cicutoxin
(-)-Heptadeca-trans-8,10,12-triene-4,6-diyne-1,4-diol;a toxic principle present in water hemlock, Cicuta virosa (family Umbelliferae); pharmacologic action is similar to that of picrotoxin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cidofovir
<drug> A nucleotide analogue under evaluation as a treatment for CMV retinitis and genital warts. Side effects include kidney damage. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

cigarette drain
A wick of gauze wrapped in rubber tissue, providing capillary drainage. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cigarette-paper scars
Atrophic scar's in the skin at sites of minor lacerations over the knees, shins, and elbows of persons with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. ... Synonym: papyraceous scars. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciguatera
<microbiology> A form of fish poisoning that results from eating reef fish which are normally nontoxic. Thought to be secondary to a toxic substances which accumulates in the tissues of certain fish at a particularly time of the year. ... Symptoms include: tingling around the lips, nausea, vomiting, weakness and numbness. Occurs shortly after …

ciguatoxin
<chemical> A toxin found in flesh of marine animals, especially some fishes, at some times, in some localities. It is probably of algal origin, causes paresthesia, gastrointestinal symptoms, neuromuscular blockade, and respiratory paralysis due to interference with membrane function. The poisoning is also called ciguatera. ... Chemical name: C …

cilastatin
<chemical> A renal dehydropeptidase-I and leukotriene d4 dipeptidase inhibitor. Since the antibiotic, imipenem, is hydrolyzed by dehydropeptidase-I, which resides in the brush border of the renal tubule, cilastatin is administered with imipenem to increase its effectiveness. The drug also inhibits the metabolism of leukotriene d4 to leukeotri …

cilastatin sodium
C16H25N2NaO5S;an inhibitor of the renal dipeptidase, dehydropeptidase 1, used, in conjunction with antibiotics subject to metabolism in the kidneys, to increase therapeutic response to the antibiotic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cilazapril
<chemical> An angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor that is effective in the treatment of hypertension. Preliminary results also indicate its potential in the treatment of congestive heart failure. It is a prodrug that is hydrolyzed after absorption to its main metabolite cilazaprilat. ... Pharmacological action: angiotensin-converting enzym …

cilia
<cell biology> Microtubular, hairlike structures that some single-celled organisms use for locomotion through liquids. They also cover the cells of certain tissues, such as the epithelium lining the lungs, and help those cells sweep away fluids or particles. Cilia are smaller than flagella. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

ciliary
1. Relating to any cilia or hairlike processes, specifically, the eyelashes. ... 2. Relating to certain of the structures of the eyeball. ... Origin: Mod. L. Ciliaris, relating to or resembling an eyelid, or eyelash, fr. L. Cilium, eyelid ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliary arteries
Arteries supplying the iris, conjunctiva, choroid, and ciliary body. The anterior ciliary arteries originate in the ophthalmic and lacrimal arteries and supply the iris and conjunctiva; the short posterior ciliary arteries originate in the ophthalmic artery and supply the choroid; the long posterior ciliary arteries originate in the ophthalmic arte …

ciliary blepharitis
Synonym for 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) ...

ciliary body
<anatomy> Tissue that includes the group of muscles that act on the eye lens to produce accommodation and the arterial circle of the iris. ... The inner ciliary epithelium is continuous with the pigmented retinal epithelium, the outer ciliary epithelium secretes the aqueous humour. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

ciliary border of iris
The peripheral border of the iris attached to the ciliary body. ... Synonym: margo ciliaris iridis, ciliary margin of iris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliary canals
Synonym for spaces of iridocorneal angle ... Irregularly shaped endothelium-lined spaces within the trabecular reticulum, through which the aqueous filters to reach the sinus venosus sclerae. ... Synonym: spatia anguli iridocornealis, ciliary canals, Fontana's spaces. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliary cartilage
Incorrect term sometimes applied to the inferior tarsus and superior tarsus. ... See: tarsus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliary crown
Synonym for corona ciliaris ... The circular figure on the inner surface of the ciliary body, formed by the processes and folds (plicae) taken together. ... Synonym: ciliary crown, ciliary wreath. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliary disk
Synonym for orbiculus ciliaris ... The darkly pigmented posterior zone of the ciliary body continuous with the retina at the ora serrata. ... Synonym: ciliary disk, ciliary ring, pars plana. ... Origin: Mod. L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliary folds
A number of low ridges in the furrows between the ciliary processes; together with the processes they constitute the corona ciliaris. ... Synonym: plicae ciliares. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliary ganglion
<anatomy, neurology> Neural crest derived ganglion acting as relay between parasympathetic neurons of the oculomotor nucleus in the midbrain and the muscles regulating the diameter of the pupil of the eye. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

ciliary ganglionic plexus
An autonomic plexus lying on the ciliary muscle, derived from the oculomotor, trigeminal, and sympathetic. ... Synonym: plexus gangliosus ciliaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliary glands
A number of modified apocrine sudoriferous glands in the eyelids, with ducts that usually open into the follicles of the eyelashes. ... Synonym: glandulae ciliares, Moll's glands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliary ligament
Synonym for ciliary muscle ... <anatomy> The smooth muscle of the ciliary body; it consists of circular fibres (Muller's muscle) and radiating fibres (meridional fibres, or Brucke's muscle); action, in contracting, its diameter is reduced (like a sphincter), reducing tensile (stretching) forces on lens, allowing it to thicken for near vision ( …