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

coccidiostats
Agents useful in the treatment or prevention of coccidiosis in man or animals. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

coccidium
Common name given to protozoan parasites (order Eucoccidiida) in which schizogony occurs within epithelial cells, generally in the intestine, but in some species in the bile ducts and kidney; the final product of sexual fusion and differentiation that occurs within the host, the oocyst, generally passes to the soil in the faeces, undergoes sporulat …

coccinella
Synonym for cochineal ... The dried female insects, Coccus cacti, enclosing the young larvae, or the dried female insect, Dactylopius coccus, containing eggs and larvae, from which coccinellin is obtained; used as a red colouring agent and a stain. ... See: carmine. ... Synonym: coccinella, coccus. ... Origin: O.Sp. Cochinilla, wood louse, fr. G. Kokki …

coccinellin
The colouring principle derived from cochineal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccobacillary
Relating to a coccobacillus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccobacillus
<microbiology> A bacterium with a shape intermediate between coccus and bacillus. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

coccoid
<microbiology> Sphere-shaped. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

coccus
<microbiology> A bacterium with a rounded or spherical shape. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

coccyalgia
Synonym: coccygodynia. ... Origin: coccyx + G. Algos, pain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccycephaly
A malformation in which the cephalic profile suggests a beak. ... Origin: G. Kokkyx, cuckoo, + kephale, head ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccydynia
<symptom> Pain in the coccyx (tailbone). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

coccygalgia
Synonym: coccygodynia. ... Origin: coccyx + G. Algos, pain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeal
Relating to the coccyx. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeal body
An arteriovenous (arteriolovenular) anastomosis supplied by the middle sacral artery and located on the pelvic surface of the coccyx. It was formerly called a gland (of Luschka) or a glomus and included with the paraganglia. ... Synonym: corpus coccygeum, arteriococcygeal gland, coccygeal gland, glomus coccygeum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeal bone
Synonym for coccyx ... <anatomy> The last bone of the spinal column, sometimes referred to as man's vestigial tail. The last portion of the vertebral column just below the sacrum. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

coccygeal cornua
Two processes that project upward from the dorsum of the base of the coccyx to articulate with the sacral cornua. ... Synonym: cornua coccygealia, coccygeal horn. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeal dimple
Synonym for coccygeal foveola ... A depression in the skin over the coccyx caused by the caudal retinaculum. ... Synonym: foveola coccygea, coccygeal dimple. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeal fistula
A fistulous opening of a dermoid cyst in the coccygeal region. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeal foveola
A depression in the skin over the coccyx caused by the caudal retinaculum. ... Synonym: foveola coccygea, coccygeal dimple. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeal ganglion
Synonym for ganglion impar ... The most inferior, unpaired ganglion of the sympathetic trunk; inconstant. ... Synonym: coccygeal ganglion, Walther's ganglion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeal gland
Synonym for coccygeal body ... An arteriovenous (arteriolovenular) anastomosis supplied by the middle sacral artery and located on the pelvic surface of the coccyx. It was formerly called a gland (of Luschka) or a glomus and included with the paraganglia. ... Synonym: corpus coccygeum, arteriococcygeal gland, coccygeal gland, glomus coccygeum. ... (05 …

coccygeal horn
Synonym for coccygeal cornua ... Two processes that project upward from the dorsum of the base of the coccyx to articulate with the sacral cornua. ... Synonym: cornua coccygealia, coccygeal horn. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeal joint
Synonym for sacrococcygeal joint ... The cartilaginous articulation of the coccyx with the sacrum. ... Synonym: articulatio sacrococcygea, coccygeal joint, junctura sacrococcygea, sacrococcygeal junction, symphysis sacrococcygea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeal muscle
Synonym for coccygeus ... <anatomy, muscle> Origin, spine of ischium and sacrospinous ligament; insertion, sides of lower part of sacrum and upper part of coccyx; action, assists in support of pelvic floor, especially when intra-abdominal pressures increase; nerve supply, third and fourth sacral. ... Synonym: musculus coccygeus, coccygeal muscl …

coccygeal nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A small nerve, the lowest of the spinal nerves, entering into the formation of the coccygeal plexus. ... Synonym: nervus coccygeus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeal part of spinal cord
The terminal part of the spinal cord consisting of the three coccygeal segments of the spinal cord from which the three pairs of coccygeal nerves originate. ... Synonym: pars coccygea medullae spinalis, segmenta medullae spinalis coccygea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeal plexus
A small plexus formed by the fifth sacral and the coccygeal nerves; it gives origin to the anococcygeal nerves. ... Synonym: plexus coccygeus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeal segments of spinal cord
The three coccygeal segments [Co1-Co3] of the spinal cord which give rise to the three pairs of coccygeal spinal nerves and constitute the coccygeal part of the spinal cord. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeal sinus
A fistula opening in the region of the coccyx, being the result of incomplete closure of the caudal end of the neurenteric canal. ... See: pilonidal sinus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeal vertebrae
The four terminal segments of the vertebral column, usually fused to form the coccyx. ... Synonym: vertebrae coccygeae, tail vertebrae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeal whorl
Synonym for vortex coccygeus ... A spiral arrangement of coarse hairs sometimes present over the region of the coccyx. ... Synonym: coccygeal whorl. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygectomy
<procedure> Removal of the coccyx. ... Origin: coccyx + G. Ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygeus
<anatomy, muscle> Origin, spine of ischium and sacrospinous ligament; insertion, sides of lower part of sacrum and upper part of coccyx; action, assists in support of pelvic floor, especially when intra-abdominal pressures increase; nerve supply, third and fourth sacral. ... Synonym: musculus coccygeus, coccygeal muscle, musculus ischiococcyge …

coccygodynia
Coccyodynia pain in the coccygeal region. ... Synonym: coccyalgia, coccydynia, coccygalgia, coccyodynia. ... Origin: coccyx + G. Odyne, pain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccygotomy
<procedure> Operation for freeing the coccyx from its attachments. ... Origin: coccyx + G. Tome, a cutting ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccyodynia
Synonym for coccygodynia ... Coccyodynia pain in the coccygeal region. ... Synonym: coccyalgia, coccydynia, coccygalgia, coccyodynia. ... Origin: coccyx + G. Odyne, pain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coccyx
<anatomy> The last bone of the spinal column, sometimes referred to as man's vestigial tail. The last portion of the vertebral column just below the sacrum. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

Cochin China diarrhoea
An obsolete term for tropical sprue. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochineal
The dried female insects, Coccus cacti, enclosing the young larvae, or the dried female insect, Dactylopius coccus, containing eggs and larvae, from which coccinellin is obtained; used as a red colouring agent and a stain. ... See: carmine. ... Synonym: coccinella, coccus. ... Origin: O.Sp. Cochinilla, wood louse, fr. G. Kokkinos, berry ... (05 Mar 200 …

cochlea
The part of the internal ear that is concerned with hearing. It forms the anterior part of the labyrinth, is conical, and is placed almost horizontally anterior to the vestibule. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cochlear
<anatomy> Of or pertaining to the cochlea. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

cochlear aqueduct
A channel containing perilymph passing through the temporal bone, connecting the scala tympani of the cochlea to the subarachnoid space. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cochlear area
The area inferior to the transverse crest of the fundus of the internal acoustic meatus through which the filaments of the cochlear nerve pass to enter the cochlea; forms the base of the cone-shaped modiolus about which the cochlear canal spirals. ... See: base of modiolus. ... Synonym: area cochleae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochlear canal
The winding tube of the bony labyrinth which makes two and a half turns about the modiolus of the cochlea; it is divided incompletely into two compartments by a winding shelf of bone, the bony spiral lamina. ... Synonym: canalis spiralis cochleae, Rosenthal's canal, spiral canal of cochlea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochlear canaliculus
A minute canal in the temporal bone that passes from the cochlea inferiorly to open in front of the medial side of the jugular fossa. It contains the perilymphatic duct. ... Synonym: canaliculus cochleae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochlear diseases
Diseases of the cochlea, the part of the inner ear that is concerned with hearing. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cochlear duct
Spiral tube in the bony canal of the cochlea, lying on its outer wall between the scala vestibuli and scala tympani. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cochlear ganglion
Synonym for spiral ganglion of cochlea ... An elongated ganglion of bipolar sensory nerve cell bodies on the cochlear part of the vestibulocochlear nerve in the spiral canal of the modiolus; each ganglion cell gives rise to a peripheral process that passes between the layers of the bony spiral lamina to the organ of Corti, and a central axon that en …

cochlear hair cell
<anatomy> The sound sensing cell of the inner ear. ... The cells have modified ciliary structures (hairs), that enable them to produce an electrical (neural) response to mechanical motion caused by the effect of sound waves on the cochlea. Frequency is detected by the position of the cell in the cochlea and amplitude by the magnitude of the di …

cochlear hair cells
Sensory cell's in the organ of Corti in synaptic contact with sensory as well as efferent fibres of the cochlear (auditory) nerve; from the apical end of each cell about 100 stereocilia extend from the surface and make contact with the tectorial membrane. ... Synonym: Corti's cells. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochlear implant
An electronic device implanted under the skin with electrodes in the middle ear on the promontory or cochlear window or in the inner ear in the cochlea to create sound sensation in total sensory deafness. ... A microphone behind the ear feeds sound waves into a microprocessor carried on the body, which analyzes the data and sends information back to …

cochlear implantation
Surgical insertion of an electronic device implanted beneath the skin with electrodes to the cochlear nerve to create sound sensation in persons with sensorineural deafness. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cochlear implants
Electronic devices implanted beneath the skin with electrodes to the cochlear nerve to create sound sensation in persons with sensorineural deafness. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cochlear joint
A variety of hinge joint in which the elevation and depression, respectively, on the opposing articular surfaces form part of a spiral, flexion being then accompanied by a certain amount of lateral deviation. ... Synonym: screw joint, spiral joint. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochlear labyrinth
The content of the cochlea including the portion of the membranous labyrinth containing the spiral organ (cochlear duct) and the perilymphatic channels (scalae) which lie on either side. ... Synonym: labyrinthus cochlearis, organ of hearing. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochlear microphonic potentials
The electric response of the cochlear hair cells to acoustic stimulation. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cochlear nerve
<anatomy, nerve> The cochlear part of the acoustic (8th cranial) nerve. The cochlear nerve fibres originate from neurons of the spiral ganglion and project peripherally to cochlear hair cells and centrally to the cochlear nuclei of the brainstem. They mediate the sense of hearing. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cochlear nuclei
Synonym for nuclei cochleares ... The nucleus cochlearis dorsalis and nucleus cochlearis ventralis, located on the dorsal and lateral surface of the inferior cerebellar peduncle, in the floor of the lateral recess of the rhomboid fossa. They receive the incoming fibres of the cochlear part of the vestibulocochlear nerve and are the major source of o …

cochlear nucleus
The brainstem nucleus that receives the central input from the cochlear nerve. The cochlear nucleus is located lateral and dorsolateral to the inferior cerebellar peduncles and is functionally divided into dorsal and ventral parts. It is tonotopically organised, performs the first stage of central auditory processing, and projects (directly or indi …

cochlear prosthesis
Synonym for cochlear implant ... An electronic device implanted under the skin with electrodes in the middle ear on the promontory or cochlear window or in the inner ear in the cochlea to create sound sensation in total sensory deafness. ... A microphone behind the ear feeds sound waves into a microprocessor carried on the body, which analyzes the da …

cochlear recess
A small depression on the inner wall of the vestibule of the labyrinth at the portion of the pyramid of vestibule, between the two limbs into which the vestibular crest divides posteriorly; it is perforated by foramina giving passage to fibres which the cochlear branch of the vestibulocochlear nerve sends to the posterior extremity of the cochlear …

cochlear root of VIII nerve
<anatomy, nerve> One of the components of the vestibulocochlear nerve; it is made up of the central processes of the bipolar neurons which compose the spiral (cochlear) ganglion in the spiral canal of the modiolus of the bony cochlea; the cochlear root enters the cranial cavity by passing in fascicles through the spiral foraminous tract at th …

cochlear window
Synonym for fenestra cochleae ... An opening on the medial wall of the middle ear leading into the cochlea, closed in life by the secondary tympanic membrane. ... Synonym: cochlear window, fenestra of the cochlea, fenestra rotunda, round window. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochleare
A spoon. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochleare amplum
A tablespoonful. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochleare magnum
A tablespoonful. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochleare medium
A dessertspoonful. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochleare modicum
A dessertspoonful. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochleare parvum
A teaspoonful. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochleariform
Spoon-shaped. ... Origin: L. Cochleare, spoon, + forma, form ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochleariform process
Synonym for processus cochleariformis ... A bony angular process (the termination of the septum of the auditory tube) above the anterior end of the vestibular window, forming a pulley over which the tendon of the tensor tympani muscle plays. ... Synonym: cochleariform process, processus trochleariformis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochleate
Coiled like a snail-shell. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

cochleo-orbicular reflex
Synonym for cochleopalpebral reflex ... A form of the wink reflex in which there is a contraction, sometimes very slight, of the orbicularis palpebrarum muscle when a sudden noise is made close to the ear; it is absent in labyrinthine disease with total deafness. ... Synonym: acousticopalpebral reflex, auropalpebral reflex, cochleo-orbicular reflex, …

cochleopalpebral reflex
A form of the wink reflex in which there is a contraction, sometimes very slight, of the orbicularis palpebrarum muscle when a sudden noise is made close to the ear; it is absent in labyrinthine disease with total deafness. ... Synonym: acousticopalpebral reflex, auropalpebral reflex, cochleo-orbicular reflex, startle reflex. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochleopupillary reflex
Constriction of the pupil in response to a sudden loud sound. The normal response to such a stimulus is pupil dilation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochleosacculotomy
<procedure> An operation for Meniere's disease performed through the round window to create a shunt between the cochlear duct and the saccule. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochleostapedial reflex
Contraction of the stapedius muscle in response to a loud sound; this is a protective reflex which with the reflex contraction of the tensor tympani reduces the amplitude of the vibrations of the tympanic membrane and ossicles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cochleovestibular
Relating to the cochlea and the vestibule of the ear. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Cochliomyia
A genus of fleshflies (family Calliphoridae) whose larvae develop in decaying flesh or carrion or in wounds or sores. ... Cochliomyia americana, incorrect name for Cochliomyia hominivorax. ... Cochliomyia hominivorax, the screw-worm fly, a species that is a serious pest of livestock from Mexico to Argentina and is the primary cause of myiasis in the …

cocillana
The dried bark of Guarea rusbyi, a Bolivia tree, used as an expectorant in bronchitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cock's comb test
Synonym for comb-growth test ... A test for androgenic activity, based upon the stimulation of comb growth in capons (castrated cockerels) or immature roosters. ... Synonym: capon-comb-growth test, cock's comb test. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cockade reaction
Synonym for Romer's test ... A test of historical interest: tuberculin, either pure or diluted, is injected intracutaneously into a guinea pig; if the animal is tuberculous, a large papule with a necrotic haemorrhagic centre appears in about 24 hours (cocarde or cockade reaction). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Cockayne
Edward A., British physician, 1880-1956. ... See: Cockayne's disease, Cockayne's syndrome, Weber-Cockayne syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cockayne syndrome
<radiology> Type of dysmyelinating disease, autosomal recessive, onset usually within 2nd year, (?) variant of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, distinguish from Kearns-Sayre syndrome CT findings: microcephaly, basal ganglion calcification, cerebral atrophy ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Cockayne's disease
Synonym for Cockayne's syndrome ... <syndrome> Dwarfism, precociously senile appearance, pigmentary degeneration of the retina, optic atrophy, deafness, sensitivity to sunlight, and mental retardation; autosomal recessive inheritance. There is a variant with early onset. ... Synonym: Cockayne's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Cockayne's syndrome
<syndrome> Dwarfism, precociously senile appearance, pigmentary degeneration of the retina, optic atrophy, deafness, sensitivity to sunlight, and mental retardation; autosomal recessive inheritance. There is a variant with early onset. ... Synonym: Cockayne's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cockroaches
Insects of the family blattidae, order orthoptera. The most common cockroaches are periplaneta americana, the american cockroach; blatta orientalis, the oriental cockroach; and blattella germanica, the european cockroach. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

cockscomb ulcer
An ulcer that may occur in association with condylomata acuminata. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cocktail
A mixture that includes several ingredients or drugs. ... Brompton cocktail, a cocktail of morphine and cocaine usually used for analgesia in terminal cancer patients; the formulations vary, but typically it contains 15 mg of morphine hydrochoride and 10 mg of cocaine hydrochloride per 10 ml of the cocktail. ... Origin: Brompton Chest Hospital, Londo …

COCl
<abbreviation> Cathodal opening clonus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cocoa
A powder prepared from the roasted kernels of the ripe seed of Theobroma cacao (family Sterculiaceae); used in the preparation of cocoa syrup, a flavoring agent. ... See: cacao. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cocoa butter
Synonym for theobroma oil ... The fat obtained from the wasted seed of Theobroma cacao (family Sterculiaceae); it contains the glycerides of stearic, palmitic, oleic, arichidic, and linoleic acids; used as a base for suppositories and ointments and, in operative dentistry, as a lubricant and protective. ... Synonym: cacao butter, cocoa butter, cacao …

coconsciousness
A splitting of consciousness into two streams. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coconut
A tropical palm tree, cocos nucifera, that yields large, edible hard-shelled fruit from which oil and fibre are also obtained. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

coconut sound
A sound like that produced when a cracked coconut is tapped; it is elicited by percussing the skull of a patient with osteitis deformans. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coconversion
The simultaneous correction of two sites on DNA during gene conversion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cocto-
<prefix> Prefix indicating boiled or modified by heat. ... Origin: L. Coctus, cooked ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coctolabile
Subject to alteration or destruction when exposed to the temperature of boiling water. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coctostabile
Coctostable ... Resisting the temperature of boiling water without alteration or destruction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

coculture
<cell biology> Growth of distinct cell types in a combined culture. In order to get some cells to grow at low (clonal) density it is sometimes helpful to grow them together with a feeder layer of macrophages or irradiated cells. ... The mixing of different cell types in culture is otherwise normally avoided, although it is possible that this c …