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

dumb
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. 'To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.' (Hooker) ... 2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show. 'This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him.' (Shak) 'To pierce into the dumb past.' (J. C. Shai …

dumb rabies
Synonym for paralytic rabies ... A form or stage of rabies marked by paralytic symptoms. ... Synonym: dumb rabies. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dumbbell ganglioneuroma
<tumour> A ganglioneuroma in which the gross configuration resembles a dumbbell, e.g., two spheroidal masses connected by a narrow portion, usually the result of the neoplasm being somewhat molded by a resistant structure such as two ribs. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dumdum fever
Synonym for visceral leishmaniasis ... A chronic disease, occurring in India, Assam, China, the area formerly known as the Mediterranean littoral areas, the Middle East, India, Pakistan, China, South and Central America, Asia, Africa caused by Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the bite of an appropriate species of sandfly of the genus Phlebotom …

dummy
Synonym for pontic ... An artificial tooth on a fixed partial denture; it replaces the lost natural tooth, restores its functions, and usually occupies the space previously occupied by the natural crown. ... Synonym: dummy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dummy consultand
A person in the line of descent from the leading ancestor to the consultand proper; for logical simplicity, the dummy consultand is analyzed as if the consultand proper. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dumontpallier, Alphonse
<person> French physician, 1827-1899. ... See: Dumontpallier's pessary. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dumontpallier's pessary
An elastic ring pessary. ... Synonym: Mayer's pessary. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

dump
1. A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor; now used only in the plural. 'March slowly on in solemn dump.' (Hudibras) 'Doleful dumps the mind oppress.' (Shak) 'I was musing in the midst of my dumps.' (Bunyan) ... The ludicrous associations now attached to this word did not originally belong to it. ' …

dumping syndrome
<syndrome> A group of symptoms that occur when food or liquid enters the small intestine too rapidly. These symptoms include cramps, nausea, diarrhoea, and dizziness. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

dumposome
<cell biology> A protein, possibly even a new organelle, found in the one-celled ciliated protozoan tetrahymena, an organism which contains two nuclei (unlike most other organisms which only contain one) - the macronucleus and the micronucleus. During sexual reproduction, in which two tetrahymena fuse and produce four offspring, this protein …

dun
To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance. ... Of a dark colour; of a colour partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown colour; swarthy. 'Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up.' (Pierpont) 'Chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief Novem …

Duncan
Surname of boys afflicted with what is now known as Duncan's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Duncan, James
<person> Scottish gynecologist, 1826-1890. ... See: Duncan's folds, Duncan's mechanism, Duncan's ventricle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Duncan's disease
An X-linked recessive immunodeficiency and lymphoproliferative disease occurring in boys. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Duncan's folds
The fold's on the peritoneal surface of the uterus immediately after delivery. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Duncan's mechanism
Passage of the placenta from the uterus with the rough side foremost. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Duncan's ventricle
Synonym for cavity of septum pellucidum ... A slitlike, fluid-filled space of variable width between the left and right transparent septum, which occurs in less than 10% of human brains and may communicate with the third ventricle. ... Synonym: cavum septi pellucidi, Duncan's ventricle, fifth ventricle, pseudocele, pseudoventricle, sylvian ventricle, …

dungeon
A close, dark prison, common, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons. 'Down with him even into the deep dungeon.' (Tyndale) 'Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon.' (Macaulay) ... Origin: OE. Donjoun highest tower of a castle, tower, prison, F. Donjon tower or platform in the m …

dunnock
<zoology> The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor. ... Origin: Cf. Dun. ... (01 Mar 1998) ...

duocrinin
A postulated gastrointestinal hormone that is liberated by the contact of gastric contents with the intestine and that stimulates the secretory activity of the duodenal glands (Brunner's glands). ... Origin: duodenum + G. Krino, to secrete, + -in ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenal
Relating to the duodenum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenal ampulla
The dilated portion of the superior part of the duodenum. ... Synonym: ampulla duodeni. ... See: duodenal cap. ... Synonym: hepatopancreatic ampulla. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenal atresia
<radiology> Double bubble sign, polyhydramnios, associated with, Down syndrome, VATER syndrome NB: annular pancreas also may cause duodenal obstruction, and is associated with VATER syndrome ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

duodenal bulb
Synonym for duodenal cap ... The first portion of the duodenum, as seen in a roentgenogram or by fluoroscopy. ... Synonym: duodenal bulb. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenal cap
The first portion of the duodenum, as seen in a roentgenogram or by fluoroscopy. ... Synonym: duodenal bulb. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenal digestion
That part of digestion carried on in the duodenum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenal diverticulum
A diverticulum of the duodenum, often of large size, that is occasionally found projecting from the duodenum near the duodenal papilla. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenal fistula
An opening through the duodenal wall and into the peritoneal cavity, into another organ, or through the abdominal wall. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenal fossae
See: inferior duodenal recess, superior duodenal recess. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenal glands
Small, branched, coiled tubular glands that occur mostly in the submucosa of the first third of the duodenum; they secrete an alkaline mucoid substance that serves to neutralise gastric juice. ... Synonym: glandulae duodenales, Brunner's glands, Wepfer's glands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenal impression
A hollow on the visceral surface of the right lobe of the liver alongside the gallbladder, marking the situation of the duodenum. ... Synonym: impressio duodenalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenal narrowing or obstruction
<radiology> Congenital (see double bubble sign), duodenal atresia: neonatal presentation, annular pancreas: infants or adults, duodenal web/diaphragm, Ladd's bands, duplication cyst, inflammatory, postbulbar ulcer, Crohn disease, infections: TB, Strongyloides, pancreatitis, pancreatic pseudocyst, radiation injury, malignant, duodenal adenocar …

duodenal polyp
Pedunculated growths in the lining of the duodenum (first part of the small intestine). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

duodenal smear
Synonym for alimentary tract smear ... A group of cytologic specimens containing material from the mouth (oral smear), oesophagus and stomach (gastric smear), duodenum (paraduodenal smear), and colon, obtained by specialised lavage techniques; used principally for the diagnosis of cancer of those areas. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenal sphincter
One of the physiological sphincter's described in the duodenum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenal tumours
<radiology> 90% benign, in 2nd and 3rd portion: 50% malignant, in 4th portion: most malignant, of malignancies: 80-90% leading to adenocarcinoma Differential diagnosis: benign, tubular adenoma, leiomyoma, lipoma, hamartoma (Peutz-Jeghers), prolapsed antral polyp, Brunner's gland adenoma (really hypertrophy and hyperplasia), malignant, adenoca …

duodenal ulcer
A nonmalignant ulcer that develops in the portion of the gastrointestinal tract that is exposed to gastric secretions. Peptic ulcers occur in the stomach or duodenum. ... Common symptoms include epigastric abdominal pain and anorexia. Complications include perforation, penetration (into adjacent organs) and bleeding. The microorganism Helicobacter p …

duodenase
<enzyme> Partial amino acid sequence given in first source ... Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

duodenectomy
<procedure> Excision of the duodenum. ... Origin: duodenum + G. Ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenitis
<pathology> Inflammation of the duodenum. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

duodeno-
Combining form relating to the duodenum. ... Origin: L. Duodenum, scil., digitorum breadth of 12 fingers ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenocholangitis
Inflammation of the duodenum and common bile duct. ... Origin: duodeno-+ G. Chole, bile, + angeion, vessel, + -itis, inflammation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenocholecystostomy
Synonym: cholecystoduodenostomy. ... Origin: duodeno-+ G. Chole, bile, + kystis, bladder, + stoma, mouth ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenocholedochotomy
<procedure> Incision into the common bile duct and the adjacent portion of the duodenum. ... Origin: duodeno-+ G. Choledochus, bile duct, + tome, incision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenocystostomy
Synonym: cholecystoduodenostomy. ... Synonym: cystoduodenostomy. ... Synonym: pancreatic cystoduodenostomy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenoenterostomy
<procedure> Establishment of communication between the duodenum and another part of the intestinal tract. ... Origin: duodeno-+ G. Enteron, intestine, + stoma, mouth ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenogastric reflux
<gastroenterology> Reflux of duodenal contents into the stomach. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

duodenojejunal angle
Synonym for duodenojejunal flexure ... <anatomy> An abrupt bend in the small intestine at the junction of the duodenum and jejunum. ... Synonym: flexura duodenojejunalis, duodenojejunal angle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenojejunal flexure
<anatomy> An abrupt bend in the small intestine at the junction of the duodenum and jejunum. ... Synonym: flexura duodenojejunalis, duodenojejunal angle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenojejunal fold
Synonym for superior duodenal fold ... A fold of peritoneum bounding the superior duodenal recess. ... Synonym: plica duodenalis superior, plica duodenojejunalis, duodenojejunal fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenojejunal fossa
Synonym for superior duodenal recess ... A peritoneal recess extending upward behind the superior duodenal fold. ... Synonym: recessus duodenalis superior, duodenojejunal fossa, duodenojejunal recess, Jonnesco's fossa, superior duodenal fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenojejunal hernia
A hernia in the subperitoneal tissues. ... Synonym: retroperitoneal hernia, Treitz's hernia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenojejunal junction
Point along the course of the gastrointestinal tract where the duodenum ends and the jejunum begins; occurs approximately at the level of the L2 vertebra, 2-3 cm to the left of the midline; usually takes the form of an acute angle, the duodenojejunal flexure, and is supported by the attachment of the suspensory muscle (ligament) of the duodenum. …

duodenojejunal recess
Synonym for superior duodenal recess ... A peritoneal recess extending upward behind the superior duodenal fold. ... Synonym: recessus duodenalis superior, duodenojejunal fossa, duodenojejunal recess, Jonnesco's fossa, superior duodenal fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenojejunal sphincter
The sphincter supposedly present at the duodenojejunal flexure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenojejunostomy
<procedure> Operative formation of an artificial communication between the duodenum and the jejunum. ... Origin: duodeno-+ jejunum, + G. Stoma, mouth ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenolysis
Incision of adhesions to the duodenum. ... Origin: duodeno-+ G. Lysis, a freeing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenomesocolic fold
Synonym for inferior duodenal fold ... A fold of peritoneum bounding the inferior duodenal recess. ... Synonym: plica duodenalis inferior, plica duodenomesocolica, duodenomesocolic fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenorenal ligament
<anatomy> A fold of peritoneum occasionally passing from the termination of the hepatoduodenal ligament to the front of the right kidney. ... Synonym: ligamentum duodenorenale. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenorrhaphy
Suture of a tear or incision in the duodenum. ... Origin: duodeno-+ G. Rhaphe, a seam ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenoscopy
Examination of the luminal surface of the duodenum with an endoscope. It is used to localise, identify, and photograph pathologic alterations, to obtain biopsy material and perform other surgical interventions, and for delivery of medication. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

duodenostomy
<procedure, surgery> A surgical procedure where a opening is created in the duodenum. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

duodenotomy
<procedure> Incision of the duodenum. ... Origin: duodeno-+ G. Tome, incision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duodenum
<anatomy> The first or proximal portion of the small intestine, extending from the pylorus to the jejunum, so called because it is about 12 fingerbreadths in length. ... Origin: L. Duodeni = twelve at a time ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

duovirus
Synonym for Rotavirus ... <virology> Genus of the Reoviridae having a double layered capsid and 11 double stranded RNA molecules in the genome. They have a wheel like appearance in the electron microscope and cause acute diarrhoeal disease in their mammalian and avian hosts. ... Probably the most important cause of severe dehydrating diarrhoea …

Duplay
Emanuel Simon, French surgeon, 1836-1924. ... See: Duplay's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Duplay's disease
Synonym for subacromial bursitis ... May be coalesced with subdeltoid bursitis. ... Synonym: Duplay's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duplex
Duplex escapement, a peculiar kind of watch escapement, in which the scape-wheel has two sets of teeth. ... Duplex lathe, one for turning off, screwing, and surfacing, by means of two cutting tools, on opposite sides of the piece operated upon. ... Duplex pumping engine, a steam pump in which two steam cylinders are placed side by side, one operating …

duplex Doppler scan
A method of visualizing and selectively assessing the flow patterns of peripheral arteries and veins using ultrasound imaging and pulsed Doppler. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duplex echocardiography
Synonym for Doppler echocardiography ... Use of Doppler ultrasonography techniques to augment two-dimensional echocardiography by allowing velocities to be registered within the echocardiographic image. ... See: duplex ultrasonography, Doppler ultrasonography. ... Synonym: duplex echocardiography. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duplex kidney
A kidney in which two pelviocaliceal systems are present. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duplex transmission
The passage of impulses in both directions through a nerve trunk. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duplex ultrasonography
The combination of real-time and Doppler ultrasonography. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duplex uterus
Any uterus with double lumen (u. Didelphys, uterus bicornis bicollis, or septate uterus). ... Synonym: uterus duplex. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duplicate
Double; twofold. ... <mathematics> Duplicate proportion or ratio, the proportion or ratio of squares. Thus, in geometrical proportion, the first term to the third is said to be in a duplicate ratio of the first to the second, or as its square is to the square of the second. Thus, in 2, 4, 8, 16, the ratio of 2 to 8 is a duplicate of that of 2 …

duplicate publication
Simultaneous or successive publishing of identical or near- identical material in two or more different sources without acknowledgment. It differs from reprinted publication in that a reprint cites sources. It differs from plagiarism in that duplicate publication is the product of the same authorship while plagiarism publishes a work or parts of a …

duplication
1. The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold. ... 2. <biology> The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells. ... <mathematics> Duplication of the cube, the operation of finding a cube having a volume which is double that of …

duplication cyst
A congenital cystic malformation attached to or originating from any part of the alimentary canal, from the base of the tongue to the anus, which reproduces the structure of the adjacent alimentary tract. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duplication of chromosomes
A chromosome aberration resulting from unequal crossing over or exchange of segments between two homologous chromosomes; one chromosome of the pair loses a small segment, while the other gains this segment; the chromosome gaining the segment has undergone duplication while its homologue has undergone deletion. ... See: haemoglobin Lepore. ... (05 Mar …

duplicitas
Doubling of a part. ... Origin: L. A doubling, fr. Duplex (duplic-), two-fold ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duplicitas anterior
Conjoined twins in which fusion has united the pelvis and lower extremities, leaving the thoraces and heads separate. ... See: conjoined twins. ... See: cephalodidymus, ileadelphus, iliadelphus. ... Synonym: catadidymus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duplicitas posterior
Conjoined twins in which the heads and upper parts of the bodies have become fused, leaving the buttocks and legs separate. ... See: conjoined twins. ... See: dipygus. ... Synonym: anadidymus, ileadelphus, iliadelphus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

duplicity
Origin: F. Duplicite, L. Duplicitas, fr. Duplex double. See Duplex. ... 1. Doubleness; a twofold state. 'Do not affect duplicities nor triplicities, nor any certain number of parts in your division of things.' (I. Watts) ... 2. Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to en …

duplicity theory of vision
That the cones of the retina function in bright light and the rods function in dim light. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dupre
<person> 17th Century Paris surgeon and anatomist. ... See: Dupre's muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dupre's muscle
Synonym for articularis genu ... <anatomy, muscle> Origin, lower fourth of anterior surface of shaft of femur; insertion, suprapatellar bursa of knee joint; action, retracts suprapatellar bursa, during extension of knee; nerve supply, femoral. ... Synonym: musculus articularis genus, articular muscle of knee, Dupre's muscle, subcrural muscle, s …

Dupuy-Dutemps operation
A modified dacryocystorhinostomy for stenosis of the lacrimal duct. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dupuy-Dutemps, Louis
<person> French ophthalmologist, 1871-1946. ... See: Dupuy-Dutemps operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dupuytren, Baron Guillaume
<person> French surgeon and surgical pathologist, 1777-1835. ... See: Dupuytren's amputation, Dupuytren's canal, Dupuytren's contracture, Dupuytren's disease of the foot, Dupuytren's fascia, Dupuytren's fracture, Dupuytren's hydrocele, Dupuytren's sign, Dupuytren's suture, Dupuytren's tourniquet. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dupuytren's amputation
Amputation of the arm at the shoulder joint. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dupuytren's canal
Synonym for diploic vein ... <anatomy, vein> One of the veins in the diploe of the cranial bones, connected with the cerebral sinuses by emissary veins; the main diploic veins are the frontal, anterior temporal, posterior temporal, and occipital. ... Synonym: vena diploica, Breschet's vein, Dupuytren's canal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dupuytren's contracture
<orthopaedics> A painless thickening of the connective tissue in the palmar hand that can lead to difficulty extending the digits. ... Causes include hand trauma and genetic predisposition. Features include a painless nodule on the palm, cord-like bands across the palm, thickening of the lines of the palm and curling (contracture) of the 4th a …

Dupuytren's disease of the foot
Synonym for plantar fibromatosis ... Nodular fibroblastic proliferation in plantar fascia of one or both feet; rarely associated with contracture. ... Synonym: Dupuytren's disease of the foot. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dupuytren's fascia
Synonym for palmar aponeurosis ... The thickened, central portion of the fascia ensheathing the hand; it radiates toward the bases of the fingers from the tendon of the palmaris longus muscle. ... Synonym: aponeurosis palmaris, Dupuytren's fascia, palmar fascia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dupuytren's fracture
Fracture of lower part of fibula, with dislocation of ankle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dupuytren's hydrocele
Bilocular hydrocele in which the sac fills the scrotum and also extends into the abdominal cavity beneath the peritoneum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dupuytren's sign
<clinical sign> In congenital dislocation, free up and down movement of the head of the femur occurs upon intermittent traction, a crackling sensation on pressure over the bone in certain cases of sarcoma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dupuytren's suture
A continuous Lembert suture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Dupuytren's tourniquet
An instrument for compression on the abdominal aorta. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...