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

Doderlein
Albert, S.G., German obstetrician, 1860-1941. ... See: Doderlein's bacillus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Doderlein's bacillus
A large, Gram-positive bacterium occurring in normal vaginal secretions; although thought by some to be identical with Lactobacillus acidophilus, the identity of Doderlein's bacillus is still doubtful. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dodine
<chemical> A pesticide used to prevent fungal infections of fruit trees. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

dodo
Origin: Said to be fr. Pg. Doudo silly, foolish (cf. Booby); this is fr. Prov. E. Dold, the same word as E. Dolt. ... <zoology> A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; called also dronte. It was related to the pig …

Doerfler
Leo, U.S. Audiologist, *1919. ... See: Doerfler-Stewart test. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Doerfler-Stewart test
Examination of the patient's ability to respond to spondee words in the presence of a masking noise of the saw-tooth type; used especially in differentiating between functional and organic hearing loss. ... Synonym: D-S test. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dog
1. <zoology> A quadruped of the genus Canis, especially. The domestic dog (C. Familiaris). ... The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred varieties, as the beagle, bloodhound, bulldog, coachdog, collie, Danish dog, foxhound, greyhound, m …

dog disease
Synonym for phlebotomus fever ... Influenza-like febrile viral disease caused by several members of the bunyaviridae family and transmitted mostly by the bloodsucking sandfly phlebotomus papatasii. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

dog diseases
Diseases of the domestic dog (canis familiaris). This term does not include diseases of wild dogs, wolves, foxes, and other canidae for which the heading carnivora is used. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

dog distemper virus
Synonym for canine distemper virus ... An RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus, a member of the family Paramyxoviridae, that causes canine distemper. ... Synonym: dog distemper virus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dog ear
Redundant corner of skin, usually the result of mismatch in a wound closure, leaving an excessive hump or triangular bit of tissue. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dog nose
Synonym for goundou ... A disease, endemic in West Africa, characterised by exostoses from the nasal processes of the maxillary bones, producing a symmetrical swelling on each side of the nose; believed to be an osteitis connected with yaws. ... Synonym: anakhre, dog nose, gorondou, henpuye. ... Origin: native name ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dog unit
The amount of adrenal cortical extract per kilogram of body weight which, given daily, will maintain an adrenalectomised dog in good condition for 7 to 10 days. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dogday
One of the dog days. ... <zoology> Dogday cicada, a large American cicada (C. Pruinosa), which trills loudly in midsummer. ... A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; so called in reference to the rising in ancient times …

dogfish
<zoology> ... 1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc. ... The European spotted dogfishes (Scyllium catudus, and S. Canicula) are very abundant; the American smooth, or blue dogfish is Mustelus canis; the common picked, or horned dogfish (Squalus acanthias) abundant on both sides of the Atlantic. ... 2. T …

Dogiel, Alexander
<person> Russian histologist, 1852-1922. ... See: Dogiel's corpuscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dogiel, Jan von
<person> Russian anatomist and physiologist, 1830-1905. ... See: Dogiel's cells. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dogiel's cells
The different cell types in cerebrospinal ganglia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dogiel's corpuscle
An encapsulated sensory nerve ending. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dogma
A theory or belief that is formally stated, defined, and thought to be true. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dogmatic school
Ancient Greek school or tradition in medicine whose members were the successors to or followers of Hippocrates; they based their conceptions of disease upon the humoral theory and their practice upon experience and sound reasoning, and were comparatively free from fads, speculative theories, and dogma, which the term dogmatic falsely implies. ... (0 …

dogmatical
1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorised doctrine or tenet. ... 2. Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing. 'Critics write in a positive, dogmatic way.' (Spectator) '[They] are as assertive and dogmatical as if they were omniscient.' (Glanvill) Dogmati …

dogmatist
A follower of the dogmatic school. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dogs
The domestic dog, canis familiaris, comprising about 400 breeds, of the carnivore family canidae. They are worldwide in distribution and live in association with people. (walker's mammals of the world, 5th ed, p1065) ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

dogtooth
1. See Canine tooth, under Canine. ... 2. An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; also called tooth ornament. ... <chemical> Dogtooth spar, a variety of calcite, in acute crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See Calcite. ... <botany> Dogtooth violet, a small, bulbous herb of the Li …

dogwood
<botany> The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes. ... There are several species, one of which, Cornus mascula, called also cornelian cherry, bears a red acid berry. C. Florida is the flowering dogwood, a small American tree with very showy blossoms. Dogwood tr …

Dohle bodies
Discrete round or oval body's ranging in diameter from just visible to 2 um, which stain sky blue to gray blue with Romanowsky stains, found in neutrophils of patients with infections, burns, trauma, pregnancy, or cancer. ... Synonym: Dohle inclusions, leukocyte inclusions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dohle inclusions
Synonym for Dohle bodies ... Discrete round or oval body's ranging in diameter from just visible to 2 um, which stain sky blue to gray blue with Romanowsky stains, found in neutrophils of patients with infections, burns, trauma, pregnancy, or cancer. ... Synonym: Dohle inclusions, leukocyte inclusions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dohle, Karl
<person> German histologist and pathologist, 1855-1928. ... See: Dohle bodies, Dohle inclusions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Doisy, Edward
<person> U.S. Biochemist and Nobel laureate, 1893-1986. ... See: Allen-Doisy test, Allen-Doisy unit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dol
A unit measure of pain. ... Origin: L. Dolor, pain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolicho-
Long. ... Origin: G. Dolichos ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolichocolon
A colon of abnormal length. ... Origin: dolicho-+ G. Kolon, colon ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolichocranial
Synonym for dolichocephalic ... dolichocephalous ...

dolichoectatic artery
<anatomy, artery> A distorted, dilated, and elongated artery commonly compressing a neural structure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolichofacial
Synonym for dolichoprosopic ... Having a disproportionately long face. ... Synonym: dolichofacial. ... Origin: dolicho-+ G. Prosopikos, facial ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolichol
<chemical> Terpenoids with 13-24 isoprene units and a terminal phosphorylated hydroxyl group. Function as transmembrane carriers for glycosyl units in the biosynthesis of glycoproteins and glycolipids. ... (15 Nov 1997) ...

dolichol kinase
<enzyme> Ctp is phosphate donor ... Registry number: EC 2.7.1.108 ... Synonym: dolichol phosphokinase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

dolichol monophosphate mannose
<chemical> A lipophilic glycosyl carrier of the monosaccharide mannose in the biosynthesis of oligosaccharide phospholipids and glycoproteins. ... Chemical name: beta-D-Mannopyranose, 1-ester with dolichol dihydrogen phosphate ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

dolichol phosphate
An intermediate in the glycosylation of proteins and lipids; contains 11 to 24 isoprene units; a product of the isoprenylation pathway; participates in the formation of glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors of proteins in biomembranes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolichol phosphates
Phosphoric acid esters of dolichol. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

dolichopellic
Having a disproportionately long pelvis; denoting a pelvis with a pelvic index above 95. ... Origin: dolicho-+ G. Pellis, bowl (pelvis) ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolichopellic pelvis
A pelvis in which the anteroposterior diameter is longer than the transverse. ... Synonym: longitudinal oval pelvis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolichoprosopic
Having a disproportionately long face. ... Synonym: dolichofacial. ... Origin: dolicho-+ G. Prosopikos, facial ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolichostenomelia
Narrow body habitus which, like arachondactyly, is a common feature of several kinds of hereditary disorders of connective tissue. ... Origin: dolicho-+ G. Stenos, narrow, + melos, limb ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolichouranic
Having a long palate, with a palatal index below 110. ... Origin: dolicho-+ G. Ouranos, vault of the palate ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolichyldiphosphatase
<enzyme> Dolichol pyrophosphate to dolichol phosphate ... Registry number: EC 3.6.1.43 ... Synonym: dolichylpyrophosphate phosphatase, dolichol diphosphate phosphatase, dolichyl-diphosphate phosphatase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

dolium
<marine biology> A genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridge shell and tun shells. ... Origin: L. Large jar. ... (19 Mar 1998) ...

doll's eye sign
<clinical sign> Reflex movement of the eyes in the opposite direction to that which the head is moved, e.g., the eyes being lowered as the head is raised, and the reverse (Cantelli's sign); an indication of functional integrity of the brainstem tegmental pathways and cranial nerves involved in eye movement. ... Synonym: vestibular ocular refle …

dollar
1. A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains. A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined. ... Previous to 1837 th …

dolly
1. <chemical> A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer. ... 2. <machinery> A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet. ... 3. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver. ... 4. A small tru …

dolly varden
1. A character in Dickens's novel 'Barnaby Rudge,' a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-coloured mantle and cherry-coloured ribbons. ... 2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress. ... <zoology> Dolly Varden trout, a trout of northwest America. ... Synonym: bull trout, malma, and red-s …

dolomite
<geology> A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar. ... Origin: After the French geologist Dolomieu. …

dolor
Pain, as one of the four signs of inflammation (d., calor, rubor, tumour) enunciated by Celsus. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolor capitis
Headache, especially due to changes in the scalp or bones rather than in the intracranial structures. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolorific
Pain-producing. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolorimetry
The measurement of pain. ... Origin: L. Dolor, pain, + G. Metron, measure ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolorogenic zone
Synonym for trigger point ... A specific point or area where, if stimulated by touch, pain, or pressure, a painful response will be induced. ... Synonym: dolorogenic zone, trigger area, trigger zone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolorology
The study and treatment of pain. ... Origin: L. Dolor, pain, + G. Logos, study ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dolphin
1. <zoology> A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (especially. D. Delphis); the true dolphin. The Coryphaena hippuris, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of colour when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. See Coryphaenoid. ... The dolphin of the ancients (D. Delphis) is co …

dolphins
Mammals of the families delphinidae (ocean dolphins), iniidae, lipotidae, pontoporiidae, and platanistidae (all river dolphins). The common name dolphin is applied to small cetaceans having a beaklike snout and a slender, streamlined body, whereas porpoises are small cetaceans with a blunt snout and rather stocky body. Dolphins are the most agile o …

dom
<chemical> 2,5-dimethoxy-alpha,4-dimethylbenzeneethanamine. A psychedelic phenylisopropylamine derivative whose mood-altering effects and mechanism of action may be similar to those of lsd. ... Pharmacological action: hallucinogens, serotonin agonists. ... Chemical name: Benzeneethanamine, 2,5-dimethoxy-alpha,4-dimethyl- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

domain
<molecular biology> Used to describe a part of a molecule or structure that shares common physico chemical features, for example hydrophobic, polar, globular, helical domains or properties for example DNA binding domain, ATP binding domain. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

domains
1. Homologous units of approximately 110 to 120 amino acids each which comprise the light and heavy chains of the immunoglobulin molecule and which serve specific functions. The light chain has two domains's, one in the variable region and one in the constant region of the chain; the heavy chain has four to five domains's, depending upon the class …

Dombrock blood group
See Blood Groups appendix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dome
1. A building; a house; an edifice; used chiefly in poetry. 'Approach the dome, the social banquet share.' (Pope) ... 2. A cupola formed on a large scale. ... 'The Italians apply the term il duomo to the principal church of a city, and the Germans call every cathedral church Dom; and it is supposed that the word in its present English sense has crept …

dome cell
One of the rounded surface cell's of the periderm layer of the foetal epidermis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

domesday
A day of judgment. See Doomsday. Domesday Book, the ancient record of the survey of most of the lands of England, made by order of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. ... Alternative forms: Doomsday Book. ... Source: Websters Diction …

domestic
1. Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants. 'His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong.' (Macaulay) ... 4. Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to …

domestic soap
Synonym for animal soap ... Soap made with sodium hydroxide and a purified animal fat consisting chiefly of stearin; used in pharmacy in the preparation of certain liniments. ... Synonym: curd soap, domestic soap, tallow soap. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

domestic violence
Deliberate, often repetitive, physical abuse by one family member against another: marital partners, parents, children, siblings, or any other member of a household. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

domesticate
1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self. ... 2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word. ... 3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant. ... Origin: LL. Domesticatus, p. P. Of domesticare to reside in, …

domiciliated
A state of close association of an organism within human abodes or activities, such that partial domestication results, leading to the organism's dependence on continued association with the human environment; this frequently results in the domiciliated organism becoming a noxious pest, a vector, or an intermediate host of human disease. ... Origin: …

dominance
<genetics> The full phenotypic expression of a gene in both heterozygotes and homozygotes. ... Origin: L. Dominari = to govern ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

dominance hierarchy
A social situation in which one organism dominates all below it, the next all below it, and so on down to the organism dominated by all; e.g., the pecking order in apes, seals, barnyard hens, and other species. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dominance measure
The means or method by which dominance is established, including areal coverage and basal area, the total dominance measure is the sum total of the dominance measure values for all species comprising a given stratum. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

dominance threshold number
The number at which 50 percent of the total dominance measure for a given stratum is represented by one or more plant species when ranked in descending order of abundance (i.e., from most to least abundant), when this number is immediately exceeded, the dominant species for the stratum are realised. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

dominance-subordination
Relationship between individuals when one individual threatens or becomes aggressive and the other individual remains passive or attempts to escape. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

dominance, cerebral
Dominance of one cerebral hemisphere over the other in cerebral functions. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

dominant
<genetics> A gene is said to be dominant if it expresses its phenotype even in the presence of a recessive gene. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

dominant character
An inherited character determined by one kind of allele. ... See: phenotype. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dominant eye
The eye that is customarily used for monocular tasks. ... Synonym: master eye. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dominant frequency
The frequency occurring most often in an electroencephalogram. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dominant gene
dominance of traits ...

dominant hemisphere
That cerebral hemisphere containing the representation of speech and controlling the arm and leg used preferentially in skilled movements; usually the left hemisphere. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dominant idea
An idea that governs all one's actions and thoughts. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dominant inheritance
dominance of traits ...

dominant lethal trait
Trait, expressed in the phenotype if present in the genotype, that precludes having descendants. All such cases are necessarily sporadic and must represent new mutations as the usual methods of classical genetics provide no means of demonstrating any genetic component whatsoever, except for tenuous arguments such as advanced paternal age. Molecular …

dominant oncogene
<genetics, molecular biology, oncology> A gene that stimulates cell proliferation and can drastically increase the risk of cancer development when present in a single copy. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

dominant species
<biology, ecology, zoology> For each stratum, dominant species are those that, when ranked in descending rank order and cumulatively totaled, immediately exceed 50 percent of the total dominance measure, plus any additional species comprising 20 percent or more of the total dominance measure for the stratum. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

dominant trait
An outstanding mental or physical characteristic. ... See: dominance of traits. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dominantly inherited Levi's disease
Synonym for snub-nose dwarfism ... Dwarfism characterised by low birth weight, snub nose, and stocky build; autosomal dominant inheritance. There is a similar autosomal recessive phenotype. ... Synonym: dominantly inherited Levi's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

domine
1. A name given to a pastor of the Reformed Church. The word is also applied locally in the United States, in colloquial speech, to any clergyman. ... 2. [From Sp. Domine a schoolmaster. ... <zoology> A West Indian fish (Epinula magistralis), of the family Trichiuridae. It is a long-bodied, voracious fish. ... See: Dominie. ... Source: Websters D …

dominica
An island republic of the west indies. Its capital is roseau. It was discovered in 1493 by columbus and held at different times by the french and the british in the 18th century. A member of the west indies federation, it achieved internal self-government in 1967 but became independent in 1978. It was named by columbus who discovered it on sunday, …

dominical
1. Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday. ... 2. Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer. 'Some words altered in the dominical Gospels.' (Fuller) Dominical altar, the high altar. Dominical letter, the letter which, in almanacs, denotes Sunday, or the Lord's day (dies Domini). The first seven letters …

dominican republic
A republic in the greater antilles in the west indies. Its capital is santo domingo. With haiti, it forms the island of hispaniola - the dominican republic occupying the eastern two thirds, and haiti, the western third. It was created in 1844 after a revolt against the rule of president boyer over the entire island of hispaniola, itself visited by …

dominion
1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy. 'I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion.' (Dan. Iv. 34) 'To choose between dominion or slavery.' (Jowett (Thucyd)) ... 2. Superior prominence; predomin …

domino
Origin: F. Domino, or It. Domino, or Sp. Domino, fr. L. Dominus master. The domino was orig. A hood worn by the canons of a cathedral. See Don, Dame. ... 1. A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice. ... 2. A mourning veil formerly worn by women. ... 3. A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to co …

domiodol
An organic form of iodine complexed with glycerol; used as a mucolytic/expectorant. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

domiphen bromide
Dodecyldimethyl(2-phenoxyethyl)ammonium bromide;an antiseptic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...