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

crufomate
4-tert-Butyl-2-chlorophenyl methyl methylphosphoramide;a veterinary anthelmintic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crumbs
Drosophila gene involved in epithelial development. Gene product contains 26 repeats of the EGF like domain. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

cruor
Coagulated blood. ... Origin: L. Blood (that flows from a wound) ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crura
The plural of crus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crura of bony semicircular canals
The extremities of the bony semicircular canals in which the corresponding membranous limbs of the semicircular ducts are located; they are the common bony crus, simple bony crus, and ampullary bony crus. ... Synonym: crura ossea canalium semicircularium, limbs of bony semicircular canals. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crural
Relating to the leg or thigh, or to any crus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crural arch
Synonym for inguinal ligament ... <anatomy> A fibrous band formed by the thickened inferior border of the aponeurosis of the external oblique that extends from the anterior superior spine of the ilium to the pubic tubercle bridging, muscular and vascular lacunae;forms the floor of the inguinal canal; gives origin to the lowermost fibres of int …

crural fascia
Fascia of the leg; it is continuous with the fascia lata and is attached proximally to the patella, ligamentum patellae, the tubercle and condyles of the tibia, and the head of the fibula; distally it is thickened to form the flexor and extensor retinacula. ... Synonym: fascia cruris, deep fascia of leg, fascia of leg. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crural fossa
Synonym for femoral fossa ... A depression on the peritoneal surface of the abdominal wall, inferior to the inguinal ligament, corresponding to the situation of the femoral ring. ... Synonym: crural fossa, fovea femoralis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crural hernia
Synonym for femoral hernia ... <surgery> A common type of groin hernia which occurs most often in obese females. A groin mass (due to a loop of bowel) may be noted with coughing or straining. ... If the hernia becomes incarcerated (trapped) it may strangulate (cut off the blood supply) and become a life threatening surgical emergency. ... (27 Se …

crural interosseous nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A nerve given off from one of the muscular branches of the tibial nerve which passes down over the posterior surface of the interosseous membrane supplying it and the two bones of the leg. ... Synonym: nervus interosseus cruris, interosseous nerve of leg. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crural ring
Synonym for femoral ring ... The superior opening of the femoral canal, bounded anteriorly by the inguinal ligament, posteriorly by the pectineus muscle, medially by the lacunar ligament, and laterally by the femoral vein. Passageway by which many lymphatics from lower limb pass to abdomen. Accommodates enlargement of femoral vein in Valsalva manoeu …

crural septum
Synonym for femoral septum ... The delicate fibrous membrane that closes the femoral ring at the base of the femoral canal. ... Synonym: septum femorale, Cloquet's septum, crural septum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crural sheath
Synonym for femoral sheath ... The fascia enclosing the femoral vessels, formed by the transversalis fascia anteriorly and the iliac fascia posteriorly; two septa divide the sheath into three compartments, the lateral of which contains the femoral artery and the femoral branch of the genitofemoral nerve, the middle the femoral vein, and the medial i …

crural triangle
An area of predilection for the petechial initial rash of smallpox; it occupies the lower abdominal, inguinal, and genital regions and the inner aspects of the thighs, the base of the triangle traversing the umbilicus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cruralis posterior
Synonym for posterior surface of leg ... posterior region of leg ...

crureus
Synonym: vastus intermedius muscle. ... Origin: Mod. L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus
Synonym: leg. ... 2. Any anatomical structure resembling a leg; usually (in the plural) a pair of diverging bands or elongated masses. ... See: limb. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus anterius capsulae internae
Synonym for anterior limb of internal capsule ... The portion of the internal capsule between the head of the caudate nucleus and the putamen; it lies anterior to the genu of the internal capsule. ... Synonym: crus anterius capsulae internae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus anterius stapedis
Synonym for anterior crus of stapes ... The anterior of the two delicate curving limbs of the stapes that pass from the head of the bone to the base or footplate. ... Synonym: crus anterius stapedis, anterior limb of stapes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus anthelicis
Synonym for crus of antihelix ... One of two ridges, inferior and superior, bounding the fossa triangularis, by which the antihelix begins at the upper part of the auricle. ... Synonym: crus anthelicis, leg of antihelix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus breve incudis
Synonym for short crus of incus ... <anatomy> The short crus of incus; the process of the incus that fits into a depression (fossa incudis) in the epitympanic recess. ... Synonym: crus breve incudis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus cerebri
Specifically, the massive bundle of corticofugal nerve fibres passing longitudinally on the ventral surface of the midbrain on each side of the midline; it consists of fibres descending from the cortex to the tegmentum of the brainstem, pontine gray matter, and spinal cord. ... See: cerebral peduncle, basis pedunculi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus clitoridis
Synonym for crus of clitoris ... The continuation on each side of the corpus cavernosum of the clitoris which diverges from the body posteriorly and is attached to the pubic arch. ... Synonym: crus clitoridis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus corporis cavernosi penis
Synonym for crus of penis ... The posterior, tapering portion of the corpus cavernosum penis which diverges from its contralateral partner to be attached to the ischiopubic ramus. ... Synonym: crus penis, crus corporis cavernosi penis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus dextrum diaphragmatis
Synonym for right crus of diaphragm ... The muscular origin of the diaphragm from the bodies of the upper three or four lumbar vertebrae that passes upward to the right of the aorta toward the central tendon; the oesophageal hiatus is a parting of the fibres of the right crus to allow passage of the oesophagus. ... Synonym: crus dextrum diaphragmatis …

crus fornicis
That part of the fornix that rises in a forward curve behind the thalamus to continue forward as the body for fornix ventral to the corpus callosum. ... Synonym: crus of fornix, posterior pillar of fornix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus helicis
Synonym for crus of helix ... A transverse ridge continuing backward from the helix of the auricle, dividing the concha into an upper portion (cymba) and a lower portion (cavity of concha). ... Synonym: crus helicis, crista helicis, limb of helix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus I
Synonym for superior semilunar lobule ... The part of the superior surface of the cerebellar hemisphere lying rostral to the horizontal fissure, and adjoining the folium of the vermis. ... Synonym: lobulus semilunaris superior, anterior lunate lobule, crus I. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus II
Synonym for inferior semilunar lobule ... The part of the superior surface of the cerebellar hemisphere lying behind the horizontal fissure. ... Synonym: lobulus semilunaris inferior, crus II, posterior lunate lobule. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus laterale
Synonym for lateral crus ... Limb or leg-like portion of a structure, farthest from midline. ... Synonym: crus laterale, lateral limb. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus longum incudis
Synonym for long crus of incus ... The process of the incus that articulates with the stapes. ... Synonym: crus longum incudis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus mediale
Synonym for medial crus ... Limb or leg-like portion of a structure closest to the midline. ... Synonym: crus mediale, medial limb. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus of antihelix
One of two ridges, inferior and superior, bounding the fossa triangularis, by which the antihelix begins at the upper part of the auricle. ... Synonym: crus anthelicis, leg of antihelix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus of clitoris
The continuation on each side of the corpus cavernosum of the clitoris which diverges from the body posteriorly and is attached to the pubic arch. ... Synonym: crus clitoridis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus of fornix
Synonym for crus fornicis ... That part of the fornix that rises in a forward curve behind the thalamus to continue forward as the body for fornix ventral to the corpus callosum. ... Synonym: crus of fornix, posterior pillar of fornix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus of helix
A transverse ridge continuing backward from the helix of the auricle, dividing the concha into an upper portion (cymba) and a lower portion (cavity of concha). ... Synonym: crus helicis, crista helicis, limb of helix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus of penis
The posterior, tapering portion of the corpus cavernosum penis which diverges from its contralateral partner to be attached to the ischiopubic ramus. ... Synonym: crus penis, crus corporis cavernosi penis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus penis
Synonym for crus of penis ... The posterior, tapering portion of the corpus cavernosum penis which diverges from its contralateral partner to be attached to the ischiopubic ramus. ... Synonym: crus penis, crus corporis cavernosi penis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus posterius capsulae internae
Synonym for posterior limb of internal capsule ... That subdivision of the internal capsule caudal to the genu between the thalamus and lentiform nucleus. ... Synonym: crus posterius capsulae internae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus posterius stapedis
Synonym for posterior crus of stapes ... The posterior of the two delicate limbs of the stapes that connect the head and base or footplate of the bone. ... Synonym: crus posterius stapedis, posterior limb of stapes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crus sinistrum diaphragmatis
Synonym for left crus of diaphragm ... The muscular origin of the diaphragm from the upper two or three lumbar vertebrae that ascends to the left of the aorta to reach the central tendon. ... Synonym: crus sinistrum diaphragmatis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crush
1. To squeeze injuriously between two hard bodies. ... 2. A bruise or contusion from pressure between two solid bodies. ... Origin: O. Fr. Cruisir ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crush kidney
Acute oliguric renal failure following crushing injuries of muscle; kidney's show the changes of hypoxic tubular damage, plus pigment casts in renal tubules that contain myoglobin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crush syndrome
Trauma and ischemia of soft tissues, principally skeletal muscle, due to prolonged severe crushing of the tissues, leading to increased permeability of the cell membrane and to the release of potassium, enzymes, and myoglobin from within cells. Ischemic renal dysfunction secondary to hypotension and diminished renal perfusion results in acute tubul …

crusotomy
<procedure> A mesencephalic pyramidal tractotomy. ... Origin: L. Crus, leg, + G. Tome, incision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crust
1. A hard outer layer or covering; cutaneous crusts are often formed by dried serum or pus on the surface of a ruptured blister or pustule. ... 2. A scab. ... Synonym: crusta. ... Origin: L. Crusta ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crusta
Synonym: crust. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crusta inflammatoria
Synonym for buffy coat ... <haematology> Thin yellow white layer of leucocytes on top of the mass of red cells when whole blood is centrifuged. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

crusta lactea
Seborrhoea of the scalp in an infant. ... Synonym: milk crust, milk scall. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crusta phlogistica
Synonym for buffy coat ... <haematology> Thin yellow white layer of leucocytes on top of the mass of red cells when whole blood is centrifuged. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

crustacea
A large class of arthropods including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, wood lice, water fleas, and barnacles. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

crustacean
A shell-covered sea creature - for example crabs and lobsters. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...

crustaceous
Brittle, of marine algae, encrusted with calcium carbonate. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

crustecdysone
<endocrinology> A hormone, or biochemical substance produced by one part of the body to trigger an event elsewhere in the body, which causes molting (shedding of the exoskeleton) in crustaceans (such as crabs, lobster, shrimp, etc.), so that the crustacean can undergo a growth spurt before a new exoskeleton hardens. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

crusted tetter
Synonym for impetigo ... <dermatology, microbiology> A contagious pyoderma caused by direct inoculation of group A streptococci or Staphylococcus aureus into superficial cutaneous abrasions or compromised skin. ... It is most commonly seen in children, usually located on the face, especially about the nose and mouth. ... The characteristic featu …

crutch
A device used singly or in pairs to assist in walking when the act is impaired by a lower extremity (or trunk) disability; it transfers all or part of weight-bearing to the upper extremity. ... Origin: A. S. Cryce ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crutch palsy
Synonym for crutch paralysis ... A form of pressure paralysis affecting the arm, and caused by compression of the brachial plexus or radial nerve by the crosspiece of a crutch. ... Synonym: crutch palsy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crutch paralysis
A form of pressure paralysis affecting the arm, and caused by compression of the brachial plexus or radial nerve by the crosspiece of a crutch. ... Synonym: crutch palsy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crutches
Devices of wood or metal, ordinarily long enough to reach from the armpit to the ground, with a concave surface fitting under the arm and a cross bar for the hand, used for supporting the weight of the body. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease
Synonym for Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome ... <syndrome> Cirrhosis of the liver with patent umbilical or paraumbilical veins and varicose periumbilical veins (caput medusae). ... Synonym: Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Cruveilhier-Baumgarten murmur
A venous murmur heard over collateral veins, connecting portal and caval venous systems, on the abdominal wall. ... See: Cruveilhier-Baumgarten sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Cruveilhier-Baumgarten sign
<clinical sign> A murmur over the umbilicus often in the presence of caput medusae, resulting from portal hypertension, usually with hepatic cirrhosis; recanalization of the umbilical vein with reverse blood flow from the liver into the abdominal wall veins creates the murmur. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome
<syndrome> Cirrhosis of the liver with patent umbilical or paraumbilical veins and varicose periumbilical veins (caput medusae). ... Synonym: Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Cruveilhier, Jean
<person> French pathologist and anatomist, 1791-1874. ... See: Cruveilhier's disease, Cruveilhier's fascia, Cruveilhier's fossa, fossa navicularis Cruveilhier, Cruveilhier's joint, Cruveilhier's ligaments, Cruveilhier's plexus, Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease, Cruveilhier-Baumgarten murmur, Cruveilhier-Baumgarten sign, Cruveilhier-Baumgarten sy …

Cruveilhier's disease
Synonym for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ... A serious neurologic disease that results from the progressive degeneration of the motor neurons. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

Cruveilhier's fascia
Synonym for superficial fascia of perineum ... The membranous layer of the subcutaneous tissue in the urogenital region attaching posteriorly to the border of the urogenital diaphragm, at the sides to the ischiopubic rami, and continuing anteriorly onto the abdominal wall. ... Synonym: fascia perinei superficialis, Colles' fascia, Cruveilhier's fasci …

Cruveilhier's fossa
Synonym for scaphoid fossa ... A boat-shaped hollow. ... A longitudinal hollow on the posterior surface of the superior portion (root) of the medial pterygoid plate; it gives origin to the tensor veli palati muscle. ... Synonym: fossa scaphoidea ossis sphenoidalis, Cruveilhier's fossa, fossa navicularis Cruveilhier, scaphoid fossa of sphenoid bone. …

Cruveilhier's joint
Synonym for median atlantoaxial joint ... A pivot synovial joint between the dens of the axis and the ring formed by the anterior arch and the transverse ligament of the atlas. ... Synonym: articulatio atlantoaxialis mediana, Cruveilhier's joint, middle atlantoepistrophic joint. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Cruveilhier's ligaments
Synonym for plantar ligaments ... The counterparts in the foot of the palmar ligaments in the hand. ... Synonym: ligamenta plantaria, accessory plantar ligaments, Cruveilhier's ligaments, glenoid ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Cruveilhier's plexus
A nerve plexus formed by communications between the dorsal primary rami of the first three cervical nerves; it lies deep to the semispinalis capitis muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crux
A junction or crossing. ... Synonym: cross. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crux of heart
The zone of junction of the septa and walls of the four chambers of the heart. ... Synonym: cross. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Cruz trypanosomiasis
Synonym for South American trypanosomiasis ... Trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma (or Schizotrypanum) cruzi and transmitted by certain species of reduviid (triatomine) bugs. In its acute form, it is seen most frequently in young children, with swelling of the skin at the site of entry, most often the face, and regional lymph node enlargement; in …

Cruz, Oswaldo
<person> Brazilian physician, 1872-1917. ... See: Chagas-Cruz disease, Cruz trypanosomiasis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cry for help
Telephone calls, notes left in conspicuous places, and other behaviours which communicate extreme distress and potential suicide. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cry reflex
A sudden unconscious cry, during sleep, in a child with hip disease, long bone fractures, or other painful conditions of the extremities, elicited by movement of muscles that have relaxed after prolonged muscle spasms. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cryalgesia
Pain caused by exposure to cold. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

cryanesthesia
Inability to perceive cold. ... Origin: G. Kryos, cold, + an-priv. + aisthesis, sensation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cryesthesia
Abnormal sensitivity to cold. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

crying
To utter an inarticulate, characteristic sound in order to communicate or express a feeling, or desire for attention. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

crymo-
Cold. ... See: cryo-, psychro-. ... Origin: G. Krymos ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crymodynia
Synonym: cryalgesia. ... Origin: crymo-+ G. Odyne, pain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crymophilic
Preferring cold; denoting microorganisms which thrive best at low temperatures. ... Synonym: cryophilic. ... Origin: crymo-+ G. Philos, fond ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

crymophylactic
Resistant to cold, said of certain microorganisms which are not destroyed even by freezing temperatures. ... Synonym: cryophylactic. ... Origin: crymo-+ G. Phylaxis, a guarding against ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cryo-
Cold. ... See: crymo-, psychro-. ... Origin: G. Kryos ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cryoablation
The removal of a body part, such as a wart, by freezing. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

cryoanesthesia
Localised application of cold as a means of producing regional anaesthesia. ... Synonym: refrigeration anaesthesia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cryobiology
<study> The study of the effects of low temperatures on living organisms. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

cryocautery
The surgical destruction of tissue via the application of extreme cold, aswith liquid nitrogen. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

cryoconization
Freezing of a cone of endocervical tissue in vivo with a cryoprobe. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cryoextraction
Removal of cataracts by the adhesion of a freezing probe to the lens; now rarely done. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cryoextractor
An instrument, artificially cooled, for extraction of the lens by freezing contact. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cryofibrinogen
An abnormal type of fibrinogen very rarely found in human plasma; it is precipitated upon cooling, but redissolves when warmed to room temperature. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cryofibrinogenaemia
The presence in the blood of cryofibrinogens. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cryofixation
<procedure> Fixation processes for microscopy carried out at low temperature to improve the quality of fixation. Often very low temperatures and fast cooling are used to prevent formation of ice crystals. Cooling rates of 10,000 degrees per minute may be used and liquid nitrogen or even liquid helium temperatures used. Especially for preparin …

cryofluorane
1,2-Dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane;used as a refrigerant and aerosol propellant; may be irritating to the respiratory tract and mildly narcotic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cryogen
A freezing substance used to produce very low temperatures. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

cryogenic
<radiobiology> Loosely, very cold. Used to describe systems at very low temperatures. ... Superconducting magnetic field coils currently need to operate at cryogenic temperatures (for example, liquid helium at 4 Kelvin). ... Origin: Gr. Gennan = to produce ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

cryogenics
The science concerned with the production and effects of very low temperatures, particularly temperatures in the range of liquid helium (&lt;4.25 K). ... Origin: cryo-+ G. -gen, producing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...