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

ciliary margin of iris
Synonym for 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 motility disorders
Disorders characterised by abnormal ciliary movement in the nose, paranasal sinuses, respiratory tract, and spermatozoa. Electron microscopy of the cilia shows that dynein arms are missing. The disorders manifest as kartagener triad (kartagener's syndrome), chronic respiratory disorders, chronic sinusitis, and/or chronic otitis. ... (12 Dec 1998) …

ciliary movement
The rhythmic, sweeping movement of epithelial cell cilia, of ciliate protozoans, or the sculling movement of flagella, effected possibly by the alternate contraction and relaxation of contractile threads (myoids) on one side of the cilium or flagellum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

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 (accommodation). ... Synonym: mu …

ciliary neurotrophic factor
<growth factor> Neurotrophic factor originally characterised as a survival factor for chick ciliary neurons in vitro. ... Subsequently shown to promote the survival of a variety of other neuronal cell types and to promote the differentiation of bipotential O2A progenitor cells to type 2 astrocytes in vitro. ... Molecular cloning and expression …

ciliary part of retina
Synonym for pars ciliaris retinae ... ciliary part of retina ...

ciliary process
One of the radiating pigmented ridges, usually seventy in number, on the inner surface of the ciliary body, increasing in thickness as they advance from the orbiculus ciliaris to the external border of the iris; these, together with the folds (plicae) in the furrows between them, constitute the corona ciliaris. ... Synonym: processus ciliaris. ... (0 …

ciliary ring
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 staphyloma
Scleral staphyloma occurring in the region of the ciliary body. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliary veins
Several small veins, anterior and posterior, coming from the ciliary body. ... Synonym: venae ciliares. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliary wreath
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 zone
The outer, wider zone of the anterior surface of the iris, separated from the pupillary zone by the collarette. ... Synonym: zona ciliaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliary zonule
A series of delicate meridional fibres arising from the inner surface of the orbiculus ciliaris that run in bundles between, and in a very thin layer over, the ciliary processes; at the inner border of the corona, the fibres diverge into two groups that are attached to the capsule on the anterior and posterior surfaces of the lens close to the equa …

ciliastatic
Denoting a drug or condition that slows or stops the beating of cilia (generally used with reference to respiratory mucosal cilia). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliata
<cell biology> With marginal hairs that form a fringe. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

ciliated
Having cilia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliated epithelium
Any epithelium having motile cilia on the free surface. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliates
Common name for members of the Ciliata. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliectomy
Synonym for cyclectomy ... <procedure> Excision of a portion of the ciliary body. ... Synonym: ciliectomy. ... Origin: cyclo-+ G. Ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cilio-
Cilia or meaning ciliary, in any sense; eyelashes. ... Origin: L. Cilium, eyelid (eyelash) ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliogenesis
The formation of cilia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliophora
A phylum of protozoa characterised by the presence of cilia at some time during the life cycle. It comprises three classes: kinetofragminophorea, oligohymenophorea, and polymenophorea. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

ciliophora infections
Infections with protozoa of the phylum ciliophora. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cilioretinal
Pertaining to the ciliary body and the retina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cilioscleral
Relating to the ciliary body and the sclera. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliospinal
Relating to the ciliary body and the spinal cord; denoting in particular the ciliospinal centre. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliospinal centre
The preganglionic motor neurons in the first thoracic segment of the spinal cord which give rise to the sympathetic innervation of the dilator muscle of the eye's pupil. ... Synonym: Budge's centre. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliospinal reflex
Synonym for pupillary-skin reflex ... Dilation of the pupil following scratching of the skin of the neck. ... Synonym: ciliospinal reflex, cutaneous pupil reflex, cutaneous-pupillary reflex, skin-pupillary reflex. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ciliotoxicity
The characteristic of a drug or condition which impairs ciliary activity (generally refers to respiratory mucosal cilia) (e.g., tobacco smoke). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cilium
<cell biology> Motile appendage of eukaryotic cells that contains an axoneme, a bundle of microtubules arranged in a characteristic fashion with nine outer doublets and a central pair (9+2 arrangement). ... Active sliding of doublets relative to one another generates curvature and the asymmetric stroke of the cilium drives fluid in one directi …

cillo
Synonym for cillosis ... An obsolete term for spasmodic twitching of an eyelid. ... Synonym: cillo. ... Origin: Mod. L., spelling influenced by Fr. Ciller, to wink ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Cillobacterium
An obsolete genus of motile, anaerobic bacteria containing Gram-positive, straight or curved rods. Motile cells are peritrichous. These organisms may be pathogenic. The type species is Cillobacterium moniliforme. This genus is no longer recognised, and most of its species have been transferred to Eubacterium: Cillobacterium combesi is now Eubacteri …

cillosis
An obsolete term for spasmodic twitching of an eyelid. ... Synonym: cillo. ... Origin: Mod. L., spelling influenced by Fr. Ciller, to wink ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cimetidine
<drug> An anti-ulcer medication which work through the inhibition of basal and nocturnal gastric acid secretion by competitive inhibition of the action of histamine at histamine H2 receptor sites on the parietal cells. ... Examples include cimetidine (Tagamet), famotidine (Pepcid), nizatidine (Axid) and ranitidine (Zantac). ... (27 Sep 1997) …

Cimex lectularius
Member of the family Cimicidae, with a flat, reddish-brown wingless body, prominent lateral eyes, and a three-jointed beak; it produces a characteristic pungent odour from thoracic stink glands and is an abundant pest in human abodes, especially in the tropics under poor sanitary conditions. Although the bedbug's bite produces characteristic linear …

cimicosis
Lesions produced by bedbug bites of Cimex lectularius. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Cimino
James E., U.S. Nephrologist, *1928. ... See: Brescia-Cimino fistula. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cIMP
<abbreviation> Cyclic inosine 3,5-monophosphate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cin recombinase
<enzyme> Involved in inversion of DNA segments ... Registry number: EC 2.7.7.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

cin-
See: cine-. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinanesthesia
Synonym for kinanesthesia ... A disturbance of deep sensibility in which there is inability to perceive either direction or extent of movement, the result being ataxia. ... Synonym: cinanesthesia. ... Origin: G. Kinesis, motion, + an-priv. + aisthesis, sensation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinanserin
<chemical> A serotonin antagonist with limited antihistaminic, anticholinergic, and immunosuppressive activity. ... Pharmacological action: serotonin antagonists. ... Chemical name: 2-Propenamide, N-(2-((3-(dimethylamino)propyl)thio)phenyl)-3-phenyl- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cinanserin hydrochloride
2'-[[3-(Dimethylamino)propyl]thio]cinnamanilide monohydrochloride;a serotonin inhibitor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinchol
Synonym for beta-sitosterol ... Stigmast-5-en-3b-ol; (24R)-24-ethyl-5-cholesten-3b-ol;a phytosterol and anticholesteraemic. ... Synonym: cinchol. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinchona
A genus of rubiaceous south american trees that yields the toxic cinchona alkaloids from their bark; quinine, quinidine, chinconine, cinchonidine and others are used to treat malaria and cardiac arrhythmias. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cinchona alkaloids
Alkaloids extracted from various species of cinchona. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cinchona bark
Synonym for cinchona ... A genus of rubiaceous south american trees that yields the toxic cinchona alkaloids from their bark; quinine, quinidine, chinconine, cinchonidine and others are used to treat malaria and cardiac arrhythmias. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cinchonic
Relating to cinchona. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinchonine
A quinoline alkaloid prepared from the bark of several species of Cinchona; a tonic and antimalarial agent. Several cinchonine salts are available. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinchonism
Poisoning by cinchona, quinine, or quinidine; characterised by tinnitus, headache, deafness, and occasionally, anaphylactoid shock. ... Synonym: quininism. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinchophen
C6H5-(C9H5N)-COOH; 2-Phenylquinoline-4-carboxylic acid; 2-phenylcinchoninic acid;an analgesic, antipyretic, and uricosuric agent that may produce liver damage and gastric lesions; used in experimental animals to produce gastric ulcer. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cincinnus
A spirally curled cymose inflorescence. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

cinclisis
Rapid repetition of a movement, e.g., rapidly repeated winking. ... Origin: G. Kingklizo, to wag the tail, change constantly ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cincture sensation
Synonym for zonesthesia ... A sensation as if a cord were drawn around the body, constricting it. ... Synonym: cincture sensation, girdle sensation, strangalesthesia. ... Origin: G. Zone, girdle, + aisthesis, sensation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cine-
Cin- ... Movement, usually relating to motion pictures. ... See: kin-. ... Origin: G. Kineo, to move ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cineangiocardiography
Motion pictures of the passage of a contrast medium through chambers of the heart and great vessels. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cineangiography
Motion pictures of the passage of contrast medium through blood vessels. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cinefluorography
Synonym for cineradiography ... Motion picture study of successive images appearing on a fluoroscopic screen. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cinefluoroscopy
Synonym for cineradiography ... Motion picture study of successive images appearing on a fluoroscopic screen. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cinegastroscopy
Motion pictures of gastroscopic observations. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinematic amputation
Synonym for cineplastic amputation ... A method of amputation of an extremity whereby the muscles and tendons are so arranged in the stump that they are able to execute independent movements and to communicate motion to a specially constructed prosthetic apparatus. ... Synonym: cinematic amputation, cineplastics, kineplastic amputation, kineplastics. …

cinematics
Synonym for kinematics ... <physics> The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions. ... Kinematics forms properly an introduction to mechanics, as involving the mathematical principles which are to be applied to its data of forces. ... Origin: Gr., motion, fr. To …

cineole
Cineol ... 1,8-epoxy-p-menthane;a stimulant expectorant obtained from the volatile oil of Eucalyptus globulus and other species of Eucalyptus. ... Synonym: cajeputol, cajuputol, eucalyptol. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinephotomicrography
The making of a motion picture of microscopic objects; time lapse photography is often used. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cineplastic amputation
A method of amputation of an extremity whereby the muscles and tendons are so arranged in the stump that they are able to execute independent movements and to communicate motion to a specially constructed prosthetic apparatus. ... Synonym: cinematic amputation, cineplastics, kineplastic amputation, kineplastics. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cineplastics
Synonym for cineplastic amputation ... A method of amputation of an extremity whereby the muscles and tendons are so arranged in the stump that they are able to execute independent movements and to communicate motion to a specially constructed prosthetic apparatus. ... Synonym: cinematic amputation, cineplastics, kineplastic amputation, kineplastics. …

cineradiography
Motion picture study of successive images appearing on a fluoroscopic screen. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cinerea
1. The gray matter of the brain and other parts of the nervous system. ... 2. Obsolete term for mantle layer. ... Origin: L. Fem. Of cinereus, ashy, fr. Cinis, ashes ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinereal
Relating to the gray matter of the nervous system. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cineritious
Ashen; denoting the gray matter of the brain, spinal cord, and ganglia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cineroentgenography
Synonym for cineradiography ... Motion picture study of successive images appearing on a fluoroscopic screen. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cinerulose reductase
<enzyme> Reduces the keto group of the carbohydrate moiety cinerulose of aclacinomycin a to rhodinose in the presence of NADH; reaction mechanism given ... Registry number: EC 1.1.1.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

cineseismography
A technique for measuring movements of the body by continuous photographic recording of shaking or vibration. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinetoplasm
Synonym for kinetoplasm ... <cell biology> The highly contractile part of a cells cytoplasm. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

cingulate
Relating to a cingulum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cingulate convolution
cingulate gyrus ...

cingulate herniation
Displacement of the cingulate gyrus beneath the falx. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

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, the pars marginalis. ... Synonym …

cingulectomy
Synonym: cingulotomy. ... Origin: cingulum + G. Ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cingulin
<protein> Rod shaped dimeric protein (108 kD subunit) found in cytoplasmic domain of vertebrate tight junctions. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

cingulotomy
<procedure> Formerly, a unilateral or bilateral surgical excision of the anterior half of the cingulate gyrus, but now accomplished by electrolytic destruction of the anterior cingulate gyrus and callosum. ... Synonym: cingulectomy. ... Origin: cingulum + G. Tome, a cutting ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cingulum
Synonym: girdle. ... 2. A well-marked fibre bundle passing longitudinally in the white matter of the cingulate gyrus; the bundle extends from the region of the anterior perforated substance back over the dorsal surface of the corpus callosum; behind the latter's splenium it curves down and then forward in the white matter of the parahippocampal gyru …

cingulum dentis
Synonym for cingulum of tooth ... A U-or W-shaped ridge at the base of the lingual surface of the crown of the upper incisors and cuspid teeth, the lateral limbs running for a short distance along the linguoproximal line angles, the central portion just above the gingiva. ... Synonym: cingulum dentis, basal ridge, lingual lobe. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cingulum membri inferioris
Synonym for pelvic girdle ... The bony ring formed by the hip bones and the sacrum, to which the lower limbs are attached. ... Synonym: cingulum membri inferioris. ... Shoulder girdle, the bony ring, incomplete behind, that serves for the attachment and support of the upper limbs. It is formed by the manubrium sterni, the clavicles, and the scapulae.< …

cingulum membri superioris
shoulder girdle ...

cingulum of tooth
A U-or W-shaped ridge at the base of the lingual surface of the crown of the upper incisors and cuspid teeth, the lateral limbs running for a short distance along the linguoproximal line angles, the central portion just above the gingiva. ... Synonym: cingulum dentis, basal ridge, lingual lobe. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cingulum rest
The rigid part of a removable partial denture supported by a prepared rest area on the cingulum of an anterior tooth or crown. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinnabarinate synthase
<enzyme> Reaction catalyzed by catalase, EC 1.11.1.6 ... Registry number: EC 1.11.1.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

cinnamaldehyde
3-phenylpropenal;chief constituent of cinnamon oil. ... Synonym: cinnamic aldehyde. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinnamate
A salt or ester of cinnamic acid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinnamedrine
Alpha-[1-(Cinnamylmethylamino)ethyl]benzyl alcohol;a smooth muscle relaxant used in the treatment of menstrual cramping. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinnamein
Synonym for benzyl cinnamate ... Trans-cinnamic benzyl ester;a constituent of balsams of Peru, Tolu, and styrax. ... Synonym: cinnamein. ... Benzyl fumarate, (C6H5CH2) OOCCHCHCOO(CH2C6H5; dibenzyl fumarate;used for the same purposes as benzyl benzoate. ... Benzyl mandelate, the benzyl ester of mandelic acid, having an antispasmodic action similar to th …

cinnamene
Synonym for styrene ... C6H5CH==CH2; phenylethylene;the monomer from which polystyrenes, plastics, and synthetic rubber are made; together with divinylbenzene (for cross-linking), it is the basis of many synthetic ion exchangers. ... Synonym: cinnamene, ethenylbenzene, styrol, vinylbenzene. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinnamic
Relating to cinnamon. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinnamic acid
C6H5CH==CHCOOH; 3-phenylpropenoic acid;obtained from cinnamon oil, Peruvian and tolu balsams, or storax. It has been used in lupus as paint and in infectious diseases to promote leukocytosis. ... Synonym: cinnamylic acid, phenylacrylic acid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cinnamic aldehyde
Synonym for cinnamaldehyde ... 3-phenylpropenal;chief constituent of cinnamon oil. ... Synonym: cinnamic aldehyde. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

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) ...

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) ...

cinnamoyl ester hydrolase
<enzyme> From butyrivibrio fibrisolvens; genbank u44893 ... Registry number: EC 3.1.1.- ... Synonym: cini gene product, cinb gene product ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase
<enzyme> Nadp-dependent ... Registry number: EC 1.1.1.195 ... Synonym: cad2 protein ... (26 Jun 1999) ...