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

aeroemphysema
An obsolete term for decompression sickness. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aerogastralgia
<gastroenterology> Excess air in the stomach. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

aerogastria
Distention of the stomach with gas. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aerogen
A gas-forming microorganism. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aerogenesis
Production of gas, as by a microorganism. ... Origin: aero-+ G. Genesis, origin ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aerogenic
<microbiology> Gas-producing, for example, aerogenic fermentation. ... Origin: Gr. Gennan = to produce ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

aerogenic tuberculosis
Infection with the Mycobacterium tuberculosis spread by inhalation of infected droplets. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aerohydrotherapy
An obsolete term for the treatment of disease by application, at different temperatures and by different methods, of both air and water. ... Origin: aero-+ G. Hydor, water, + therapeia, healing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aerolithology
<study> The science of aerolites. ... (04 Mar 1998) ...

aerology
<study> That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere. ... Origin: F. Aerologie. ... (04 Mar 1998) ...

aeromedicine
Synonym for aviation medicine ... The study and practice of medicine as it applies to physiologic problems peculiar to aviation. ... Synonym: aeromedicine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aeromonad
A vernacular term used to refer to any member of the genus Aeromonas. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aeromonas
A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that occurs singly, in pairs, or in short chains. Its organisms are found in fresh water and sewage and are pathogenic to humans, frogs, and fish. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aeromonas hydrophila
A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that may be pathogenic for frogs, fish, and mammals, including man. In humans, cellulitis and diarrhoea can result from infection with this organism. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aeropathy
An obsolete term for any morbid state induced by a pronounced change in atmospheric pressure; e.g., altitude sickness, decompression sickness. ... Origin: aero-+ G. Pathos, suffering ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aeropause
An upper region of the atmosphere, between the stratosphere and outer space, in which gas particles are so sparse as to provide almost no support for man's physiologic requirements or for vehicles that require air for burning fuel. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aerophagia
The word phage in Greek means to eat. Aerophagia is literally to eat air. Aerophagia is a common cause of gas in the stomach. Everyone swallows small amounts of air when eating or drinking. However, rapid eating or drinking, chewing gum, smoking, or ill-fitting dentures may cause a significant increase in swallowed air. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aerophagy
<clinical sign> The excessive swallowing of air, usually an unconscious process associated with anxiety, resulting in abdominal distention or belching, often interpreted by the patient as signs of a physical disorder. ... Origin: Gr. Phagein = to eat ... (06 Oct 1997) ...

aerophile
1. Air-loving. ... 2. An aerobic organism (aerobe), especially an obligate aerobe. ... Origin: aero-+ G. Philos, fond ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aerophilic
Synonym for aerobic ... 1. <chemistry> Having molecular oxygen present. ... 2. <microbiology> Growing, living or occurring in the presence of molecular oxygen. Bacteria that require oxygen to survive (aerobic bacteria). The used of aerobic microbes to break down raw sewage (aerobic waste treatment). ... 3. <physiology> Requiring oxyg …

aeropiesotherapy
Treatment of disease by compressed (or rarified) air. ... Origin: aero-+ G. Piesis, pressure, + therapeia, medical treatment ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aeroplankton
An organism or a substance carried by air, e.g., bacterium, pollen grain. ... Origin: aero-+ G. Planktos, ntr. -on, wandering ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aeroplethysmograph
An obsolete term for body plethysmograph. ... Origin: aero-+ G. Plethysmos, enlargement, + grapho, to write ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aerosialophagy
Synonym for sialoaerophagy ... A habit of frequent swallowing whereby quantities of saliva and air are taken into the stomach. ... Synonym: aerosialophagy. ... Origin: sialo-+ G. Aer, air, + phago, to eat ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aerosinusitis
Sinus troubles, particulaqrly with pain, due to changing atmospheric pressures, as when going up or down in a plane. Also called barosinusitis or sinus barotrauma. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aerosis
Generation of gas in the tissues. ... Origin: aero-+ G. -osis, condition ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aerosol
<pharmacology> A suspension or dispersion of fine particles of a solid or liquid in a gas which can be atomised into a fine mist for inhalation therapy. ... Often colloids with a gaseous dispersing phase and either liquid (fog) or solid (smoke) dispersed phase; used in fumigation or in inhalation therapy; may contain propellent agents. ... (25 …

aerosol generator
A device for producing airborne suspensions of small particles for inhalation therapy or experimental work; e.g., a La Mer generator, spinning disk, or vibrating reed, each of which produces a monodisperse aerosol. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aerosol propellant
<chemistry> Compressed gases or vapors in a container which, upon release of pressure and expansion through a valve, carry another substance from the container. ... They are used for cosmetics, household cleaners, and so on. Examples are butanes, carbon dioxide, fluorocarbons, nitrogen, and propane. ... (25 Jun 1999) ...

aerosolization
Dispersion in air of a liquid material or a solution in the form of a fine mist, usually for therapeutic purposes, especially to the respiratory passages. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aerospace medicine
<study> A field of medicine which specialises in the effects of atmospheric and space flight on human physical and psychological well-being. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

aerotaxis
An organisms movement toward or away from oxygen as a reaction to its presence. The term is most often used when discussing aerobes (oxygen-using) versus anaerobes (which don't use oxygen). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

aerotherapeutics
Treatment of disease by fresh air, by air of different degrees of pressure or rarity, or by air medicated in various ways. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aerotherapy
Synonym for aerotherapeutics ... Treatment of disease by fresh air, by air of different degrees of pressure or rarity, or by air medicated in various ways. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aerotitis
Middle ear problems due to changing atmospheric pressures, as when a plane descends to land. The problems include ear pain, ringing, diminished hearing and, sometimes, dizziness. The word aerotitis (pronounced aer-o-tit-is) is compounded from aer- + otitis meaning inflammation of the ear. Alternate terms for aerotitis: aerotitis media, barotitis, b …

aerotitis media
See Aerotitis. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aerotolerant
Able to survive in the presence of oxygen. This term especially applies to facultative anaerobes, which don't actually require oxygen to live but are not harmed by its presence. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

aerotonometer
1. An instrument for estimating the tension or pressure of a gas. ... Synonym: tonometer. ... Origin: aero-+ G. Tonos, tension, + metron, measure ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aerotropism
An organisms growth or movement in the direction of oxygen. In botany: a plant root's growth away from the natural direction due to the action of oxygen or other gases. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

aesculapian
Relating to Aesculapius, the art of medicine, or a medical practitioner. ... Synonym: esculapian. ... Origin: L. Aesculapius, G. Asklepios, the god of medicine ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aestho-physiology
<study> The science of sensation in relation to nervous action. ... Origin: Gr. To perceive + E. Physiology. ... (04 Mar 1998) ...

aestivoautumnal fever
Synonym for falciparum malaria ... <infectious disease> A tropical parasitic disease caused by one of the genus Plasmodium and carried by infected mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. This parasite uses red blood cells to complete its reproductive cycle. ... Common symptoms of an attack include high fever, chills, sweats and body aches. ... (27 Se …

aet
<chemical> Carbamimidothioic acid 2-aminoethyl ester dihydrobromide. A radiation-protective agent that can inhibit DNA damage by binding to the DNA. It also increases the susceptibility of blood cells to complement-mediated lysis. ... Pharmacological action: radiation-protective agents. ... Chemical name: Carbamimidothioic acid, 2-aminoethyl es …

aetiolated
Subjected to, or characterised by, aetiolation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aetiolation
1. Paleness or pallor resulting from absence of light, as in persons confined because of illness or imprisonment, or in plants bleached by being deprived of light. ... 2. The process of blanching, bleaching, or making pale by withholding light. ... Origin: Fr. Aetioler, to blanch ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aetiologic
Relating to aetiology. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aetiological fraction
<epidemiology> The reduction in disease when a risk factor is removed. If I* is the number of people that a risk factor is responsible for and I is the total number of cases over the same period, then the aetiological fraction is I*/I. Equivalently, the aetiological fraction is (I-Io)/I. Where Io is the number of cases in the absence of the r …

aetiology
<study> A branch of knowledge concerned with the causes of particular phenomena, specifically a branch of medical science concerned with the causes and origins of diseases. ... The study of factors of causation or those associated with the causation of disease or abnormal body states. ... Origin: L. Aetiologia, Gr. Aitiologia. ... (09 Feb 1998)< …

AF
Synonym for atrial fibrillation ... <cardiology> A condition where there is disorganised electrical conduction in the atria, resulting in ineffective pumping of blood into the ventricle. ... Acronym: AF ... (02 Jan 1998) ...

AF1 deamidase
<enzyme> Deamidates af1 neuropeptide; isolated from ascaris suum ... Registry number: EC 3.5.1.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

AFB
acid-fast bacillus ...

AFC
Synonym for antibody-forming cell ... <immunology> B-cells (plasma cells) that are dedicated to producing secreted antibodies. ... (09 Feb 1998) ...

afebrile
Without a fever ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

afetal
Without relation to a foetus or intrauterine life. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

affect
The feeling-tone accompaniment of an idea or mental representation. It is the most direct psychic derivative of instinct and the psychic representative of the various bodily changes by means of which instincts manifest themselves. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

affect displacement
A shift of feeling from the object originally arousing it to some associated object. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

affect display
Facial expressions, postures, and gestures indicating emotional states. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

affect hunger
Emotional hunger for maternal love and feelings of protection and care implied in the mother-child relationship. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

affect memory
The emotional element recurring whenever a significant experience is recalled. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

affect spasms
Rarely used term for spasmodic attacks of laughing, weeping, and screaming, accompanied by marked tachypnea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

affected
1. Regarded with affection; beloved. 'His affected Hercules.' (Chapman) ... 2. Inclined; disposed; attached. 'How stand you affected his wish?' (Shak) ... 3. Given to false show; assuming or pretending to posses what is not natural or real. 'He is . . . Too spruce, too affected, too odd.' (Shak) ... 4. Assumed artificially; not natural. 'Affected cold …

affection
1. The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected. ... 2. An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc, are affections of bodies. 'The affections of quantity.' 'And, truly, waking dreams were, more or less, An old and strange affection of the house.' (Tennyson) ... 3. Bent of mind; a feel …

affective
Pertaining to mood, emotion, feeling, sensibility, or a mental state. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

affective disorders
A class of mental disorder's characterised by a disturbance in mood. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

affective disorders, psychotic
Disorders in which the essential feature is a severe disturbance in mood (depression, anxiety, elation, and excitement) accompanied by psychotic symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, gross impairment in reality testing, etc. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

affective personality disorder
A disturbance of feelings or mood expressed as a milder form of depression and related emotional features that colour the whole psychic life and for which psychosocial stressors are believed to play the major role. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

affective psychosis
Psychosis with predominant affective features. ... Synonym: manic psychosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

affective symptoms
Mood or emotional responses dissonant with or inappropriate to the behaviour and/or stimulus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

affective tone
Synonym for feeling tone ... The mental state (pleasure, repugnance, etc.) that accompanies every act or thought. ... Synonym: affective tone, emotional tone, affectivity. ... Fundamental tone, the component of lowest frequency in a complex tone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

affectivity
Synonym for feeling tone ... The mental state (pleasure, repugnance, etc.) that accompanies every act or thought. ... Synonym: affective tone, emotional tone, affectivity. ... Fundamental tone, the component of lowest frequency in a complex tone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

affectomotor
Pertaining to muscular manifestations associated with affective tone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

afferent
<anatomy> Moving or carrying inward or toward a central part. Refers to vessels, nerves, etc. For example: blood vessels carrying blood toward the heart, or nerves conducting signals to the brain. ... Compare: efferent. ... (09 Feb 1998) ...

afferent fibres
Those that convey impulses to a ganglion or to a nerve centre in the brain or spinal cord. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

afferent glomerular arteriole
A branch of an interlobular artery of the kidney that conveys blood to the glomerulus. ... Synonym: arteriola glomerularis afferens, vas afferens, afferent vessel. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

afferent loop syndrome
<syndrome> A complication of gastrojejunostomy, caused by acute or chronic obstruction of the afferent loop due to hernia, intussusception, kinking, volvulus, etc. It is characterised by pain and vomiting of bile-stained fluid and includes acute afferent loop obstruction and bilious vomiting. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

afferent lymphatic
A lymphatic vessel entering, or bringing lymph to, a node. ... Synonym: vas lymphaticum afferens, afferent vessel. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

afferent nerve
<anatomy, physiology> A nerve which transmits impulses from the tissues to the brain and spinal cord (for example sensory nerve). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

afferent pathways
Nerve structures through which impulses are conducted from a peripheral part toward a nerve centre. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

afferent vessel
A vessel carrying blood toward the heart. A vein or venule. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

affinity
1. An inherent likeness or relationship. ... 2. A special attraction for a specific element, organ or structure. ... 3. <chemistry> The force that binds atoms in molecules, the tendency of substances to combine by chemical reaction. ... 4. The strength of noncovalent chemical binding between two substances as measured by the dissociation constan …

affinity adsorbent
<immunology> A support matrix coated with an affinity antibodies. ... (06 May 1997) ...

affinity antibody
The measure of the interaction between molecules such as a receptor and its ligand. This interaction is reversible. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

affinity chromatography
<investigation> A technique of analytical chemistry used to separate and purify a biological molecule from a mixture, based on the attraction of the molecule of interest to a particular ligand which has been previously attached to a solid, inert substance. ... The mixture is passed through a column containing the ligand attached to the station …

affinity column
Synonym for affinity chromatography ... <investigation> A technique of analytical chemistry used to separate and purify a biological molecule from a mixture, based on the attraction of the molecule of interest to a particular ligand which has been previously attached to a solid, inert substance. ... The mixture is passed through a column contai …

affinity labeling
<technique> A method for tagging molecules, such as enzymes, so that they can be more easily detected and studied. The method works by substituting a synthetic substance which is similar to the substance that the enzyme normally bonds with. ... (09 Feb 1998) ...

affinity labels
Analogs of those substrates or compounds which bind naturally at the active sites of proteins, enzymes, antibodies, steroids, or physiological receptors. These analogs form a stable covalent bond at the binding site, thereby acting as inhibitors of the proteins or steroids. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

affinity tag
<biochemistry, molecular biology> A short amino acid sequence, usually engineered onto the N- or C-terminus of a protein, to make its purification easier. ... (14 Nov 1997) ...

affinous
Pertaining to a marriage in which the partners are related, not by consanguinity, but through another marriage. ... Origin: L. Affinis, related by marriage, fr. Ad, to + finis, limit ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

affirmation
1. Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law. ... 2. The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; opposed to negation or denial. ... 3. That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive tatement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality. ... 4. A solemn …

affirmative
1. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law. ... 2. That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering 'yes' to a question; opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote. ... 3. Positive; dogmatic. 'Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of Crito.' (Berkeley) ... 4. <l …

affix
1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing. ... 2. To fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically. 'Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food.' (Ray) ... 3. T …

affluent
1. Flowing to; flowing abundantly. 'Affluent blood.' ... 2. Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches. 'Language . . . Affluent in expression.' (H. Reed) 'Loaded and blest with all the affluent store, Which human vows at smoking shrines implore.' (Prior) ... Origin: Cf. F. Affluent, L. Affluens, -entis, p. Pr. See Aff …

afford
1. To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish. ... 2. To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish; as, a good life affords consolation …

afibrillar
Denoting a biological structure that does not contain fibrils. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

afibrillar cementum
Cementum which, with the electron microscope, appears as laminated, electron-dense reticular material that sometimes overlies the enamel of the tooth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

afibrinogenaemia
<biochemistry> A rare blood disease where the blood has difficulty clotting due to the lack of fibrinogen, or clotting factor I, in the blood. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

Afipia felis
A cause of cat-scratch disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aflatoxicosis
A disease caused by ingestion of aflatoxin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aflatoxin
<chemical, microbiology, oncology> A fungal toxin which is a powerful liver carcinogen, found particularly in undeveloped and developing countries. ... A group of closely related toxic metabolites that are designated mycotoxins. They are produced by aspergillus flavus and a. Parasiticus. Members of the group include aflatoxin b1, aflatoxin b2, …

aflatoxin b1
<chemical> A potent hepatotoxic and hepatocarcinogenic mycotoxin produced by the aspergillus flavus group of fungi. It is also mutagenic, teratogenic, and causes immunosuppression in animals. ... It is found as a contaminant in peanuts, cotton seed meal, corn, and other grains. The mycotoxin requires epoxidation to aflatoxin b1 2,3-oxide for a …