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


alumina
<chemistry> One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3. ... It is the oxide of the metal aluminium, the base of aluminous salts, a constituent of a large part of the earthy siliceous minerals, as the feldspars, micas, scapolites, etc, and the characterising ingredient of common clay, in which it exists a …

aluminated
Containing alum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminium
<chemistry, element> The metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, pertaining a specific gravity of about 2.6. ... Aluminium bronze or gold, a pale gold-coloured alloy of aluminium and copper, used for journal bearings, etc. ... Atomic weight …

aluminon
The ammonium salt of aurintricarboxylic acid, so-called because of its usefulness in the detection of aluminum in biologic material, foods, etc. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminosis
A pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of aluminum particles into the lungs. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum
<chemical> Aluminum. An extremely light, whitish, lustrous metallic element, atomic number 13, and atomic weight 26.982. Aluminum compounds are used chiefly for their antacid and astringent properties. ... Chemical name: Aluminum ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aluminum acetate
Used as a disinfectant by embalmers; proposed as desiccant and deodorant powder for eczema and chronic skin ulcers. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum acetotartrate
Basic aluminum acetate (70%) and tartaric acid (30%); antiseptic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum acetylsalicylate
Synonym for aluminum aspirin ... An analgesic and antipyretic. ... Synonym: aluminum acetylsalicylate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum ammonium sulfate
AlNH4(SO4)2;an astringent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum aspirin
An analgesic and antipyretic. ... Synonym: aluminum acetylsalicylate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum bismuth oxide
Synonym for bismuth aluminate ... A gastric antacid. ... Synonym: aluminum bismuth oxide. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum breakthrough
<radiology> 10 ug Al / ml, colourimetric indicator paper, need not test every elution, why? Al can screw up radioTreatment preparation, ** Tc-SC will clump to sticks in lungs ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aluminum carbonate
Basic, Al2O3CO2;an aluminum hydroxide-carbonate complex consisting of white lumps, insoluble in water; aqueous suspensions bind phosphorus in the intestine and lower serum inorganic phosphorus resulting in an increase in reabsorption of phosphorus by renal tubules and reduction of urinary excretion of phosphorus; it reduces formation of phosphatic …

aluminum chlorate nonahydrate
Al(ClO3)3-9H2O;an antiseptic. ... Synonym: mallebrin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum chloride hexahydrate
AlCl3-6H2O;used as an astringent or antiseptic in solution. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum compounds
Inorganic compounds that contain aluminum as an integral part of the molecule. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aluminum diacetate
Synonym for aluminum subacetate ... Al(CH3CO2)2OH;used in solution (as in Burow's solution) as an astringent, as an ingredient in mouthwashes, and in embalming fluids. ... Synonym: aluminum diacetate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum group
Aluminum, boron, gallium, indium, and thallium. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum hydrate
Synonym for aluminum hydroxide ... <chemical> Hydrated aluminum. A compound with many biomedical applications: as a gastric antacid, an antiperspirant, in dentifrices, as an emulsifier, as an adjuvant in bacterins and vaccines, in water purification, etc. ... Pharmacological action: antacids, pharmaceutic aid. ... Chemical name: Aluminum hydroxi …

aluminum hydroxide
<chemical> Hydrated aluminum. A compound with many biomedical applications: as a gastric antacid, an antiperspirant, in dentifrices, as an emulsifier, as an adjuvant in bacterins and vaccines, in water purification, etc. ... Pharmacological action: antacids, pharmaceutic aid. ... Chemical name: Aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH)3) ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aluminum hydroxide gel
A suspension containing Al2O3, mainly in the form of aluminum hydroxide, used as an antacid; a dried form, with the same use, is obtained by drying the product of interaction in aqueous solution of an aluminum salt with ammonium or sodium carbonate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum magnesium silicate
Synonym for magnesium aluminum silicate ... An antacid. ... Synonym: aluminum magnesium silicate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum monostearate
A compound of aluminum with a mixture of solid organic acids obtained from fats, and consisting chiefly of aluminum monostearate and aluminum monopalmitate; used as a suspending medium in pharmaceutical preparations. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum nicotinate
Tris(nicotinato)aluminum;a lipopenic agent with peripheral vasodilator action. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum oleate
Al(C18H33O2)3;used as an ointment in certain cutaneous affections and in burns. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum oxide
<chemical> Aluminum oxide (al2o3). An oxide of aluminum, occurring in nature as various minerals such as bauxite, corundum, etc. It is used as an adsorbent, desiccating agent, and catalyst, and in the manufacture of dental cements and refractories. ... Chemical name: Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aluminum penicillin
The trivalent aluminum salt of an antibiotic substance or substances produced by the growth of the molds Penicillium notatum or P. Chrysogenum; used for oral or sublingual administration. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum phenolsulfonate
Al(C6H4(OH)SO3)3;antiseptic and astringent for local application, usually for cutaneous ulcers. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum phosphate
AlPO4;an infusible powder, insoluble in water but soluble in alkali hydroxides, used for dental cements with calcium sulfate and sodium silicate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum phosphate gel
An aqueous suspension of between 4.0 and 5.0% of aluminum phosphate; used as an antacid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum potassium sulfate
AlK(SO4)2;an astringent and styptic; also used in veterinary medicine for ulcerative stomatitis, leukorrhoea, and conjunctivitis. ... Synonym: potassium alum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum salicylate
Basic, soluble, used in solution as a spray for diseases of the upper air passages in the treatment of ozena and pharyngitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum silicate
Synonym for kaolin ... <chemical> The most common mineral of a group of hydrated aluminum silicates, approximately h2al2si2o8-h2o. It is prepared for pharmaceutical and medicinal purposes by levigating with water to remove sand, etc. The name is derived from kao-ling (chinese: 'high ridge'), the original site. ... Pharmacological action: antidi …

aluminum silicates
Any of the numerous types of clay which contain varying proportions of al2o3 and sio2. They are made synthetically by heating aluminum fluoride at 1000-2000 degrees c with silica and water vapor. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aluminum subacetate
Al(CH3CO2)2OH;used in solution (as in Burow's solution) as an astringent, as an ingredient in mouthwashes, and in embalming fluids. ... Synonym: aluminum diacetate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aluminum sulfate octadecahydrate
Astringent detergent for skin ulcers. ... Synonym: cake alum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alvei
Plural of alveus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alvelous
<dentistry> A opening in your jaw-bone in which a tooth is attached. ... (08 Jan 1998) ...

alveoalgia
A postoperative complication of tooth extraction in which the blood clot in the socket disintegrates, resulting in focal osteomyelitis and severe pain. ... Synonym: alveolalgia, alveolar osteitis, dry socket. ... Origin: alveolus + G. Algos, pain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveola
A pit on the surface of an organ. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

alveolalgia
Synonym for alveoalgia ... A postoperative complication of tooth extraction in which the blood clot in the socket disintegrates, resulting in focal osteomyelitis and severe pain. ... Synonym: alveolalgia, alveolar osteitis, dry socket. ... Origin: alveolus + G. Algos, pain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar abscess
A pocket of pus adjacent to or within (apical abscess) the tooth's root caused by plaque and calculus invasion. ... Symptoms include tooth pain and tenderness that may be accompanied by facial swelling and a fever. ... Treatment includes antibiotics and a thorough cleansing of the infected site by a dentist. ... See: apical abscess. ... (27 Sep 1997)
alveolar adenocarcinoma
<tumour> Adenocarcinoma of the lung in which tumour cells form structures resembling alveoli. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar air
Synonym for alveolar gas ... The gas in the pulmonary alveoli, where O2-CO2 exchange with pulmonary capillary blood occurs. ... Synonym: alveolar air. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar angle
The angle between the horizontal plane and a line connecting the base of the nasal spine and the middle point of the projection of the alveolus of the maxilla. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar arch of mandible
The free margin of the alveolar process of the mandible. ... Synonym: arcus alveolaris mandibulae, limbus alveolaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar arch of maxilla
The free border of the alveolar process of the maxilla. ... Synonym: arcus alveolaris maxillae, limbus alveolaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar atrophy
Diminution in size of the supportive tissues of the teeth due to lack of function, reduced blood supply, or unknown causes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar body
Synonym for alveolar process ... That portion of bone in either the maxilla or the mandible which surrounds and supports the teeth. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

alveolar bone
Synonym for alveolar process ... That portion of bone in either the maxilla or the mandible which surrounds and supports the teeth. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

alveolar bone loss
The resorption of bone in the supporting structures of the maxilla or mandible as a result of periodontal disease. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

alveolar border
The most occlusal edge of the alveolar bone. ... Synonym: alveolar process. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar canals
Canals in the body of the maxilla that transmit nerves and vessels from the alveolar foramina to the maxillary teeth. ... Synonym: canales alveolares, alveolodental canals, dental canals. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar cell
Cell of the air sac of the lung. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

alveolar cell carcinoma
Synonym for bronchiolar carcinoma ... <tumour> A carcinoma, thought to be derived from epithelium of terminal bronchioles, in which the neoplastic tissue extends along the alveolar walls and grows in small masses within the alveoli; involvement may be uniformly diffuse and massive, or nodular, or lobular; microscopically, the neoplastic cells …

alveolar crest
The portion of the alveolar bone extending beyond the periphery of the socket, lying interproximally, the top of the residual alveolar bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar dead space
The difference between physiologic dead space and anatomical dead space; it represents that part of the physiologic dead space resulting from ventilation of relatively underperfused or nonperfused alveoli; it differs specifically in being placed so as to fill and empty in parallel with functional alveoli, rather than being interposed in the conduct …

alveolar duct
The part of the respiratory passages distal to the respiratory bronchiole; from it arise alveolar sacs and alveoli, the smallest of the intralobular duct's in the mammary gland, into which the secretory alveoli open. ... Synonym: ductulus alveolaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar duct emphysema
Emphysema in which the primary involvement is in the alveolar ducts and respiratory bronchioles, as opposed to panacinar emphysema. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar foramina
Openings of the posterior dental canals on the infratemporal surface of the maxilla. ... Synonym: foramina alveolaria. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar gas
The gas in the pulmonary alveoli, where O2-CO2 exchange with pulmonary capillary blood occurs. ... Synonym: alveolar air. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar gas equation
The equation defining the steady state relation of the alveolar oxygen pressure to the barometric pressure, inspired gas composition, alveolar carbon dioxide pressure, and respiratory exchange ratio; the equation is used in various forms depending upon which simplifying assumptions are acceptable for different applications. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar gingiva
Gingival tissue applied to the alveolar bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar gland
A gland in which the secretory unit(s) has a saclike form and an obvious lumen; e.g., the active mammary gland. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar hydatid cyst
A hydatid cyst of a multiloculate type, usually in the liver, caused by Echinococcus multilocularis, adults of which are in foxes; larvae (alveolar hydatid) are found chiefly in microtine rodents, but also among humans such as trappers and others handling pelts of infected foxes and other carnivores; growth is by exogenous budding and is not limite …

alveolar index
Synonym for gnathic index ... Relation between the basialveolar (basion to alveolar point) and basinasal (basion to nasion) lengths: (basialveolar length &times; 100)/basinasal length; the result indicates the degree of projection of the maxilla or upper jaw. ... Synonym: alveolar index. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar macrophage
Macrophage found in lung and that can be obtained by lung lavage, responsible for clearance of inhaled particles and lung surfactant. Metabolism slightly different from peritoneal macrophages (more oxidative metabolism), often have multivesicular bodies that may represent residual undigested lung surfactant. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

alveolar macrophage elastase
<enzyme> Metalloproteinase found in human alveolar macrophages ... Registry number: EC 3.4.24.- ... Synonym: elastase, alveolar macrophage, metalloproteinase elastase, human macrophage metalloelastase, mmp12 gene product, mmp-12 gene product, mme gene product, macrophage metalloelastase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

alveolar mucosa
The mucous membrane apical to the attached gingiva. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar osteitis
Synonym for alveoalgia ... A postoperative complication of tooth extraction in which the blood clot in the socket disintegrates, resulting in focal osteomyelitis and severe pain. ... Synonym: alveolalgia, alveolar osteitis, dry socket. ... Origin: alveolus + G. Algos, pain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar part of mandible
The portion of the body of the mandible that surrounds and supports the lower teeth. ... Synonym: pars alveolaris mandibulae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar pattern
Cloudy to dense opacities, obscuring vascular markings, on chest radiographs. ... Synonym: airspace-filling pattern. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar periosteum
Synonym for periodontal ligament ... <anatomy> Fibrous connective tissue surrounding the root of a tooth that separates it from and attaches it to the alveolar bone. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

alveolar point
Synonym for prosthion ... The most anterior point on the maxillary alveolar process in the midline. ... Synonym: alveolar point, prostheon. ... Origin: G. Ntr. Of prosthios, foremost ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar process
That portion of bone in either the maxilla or the mandible which surrounds and supports the teeth. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

alveolar proteinosis
A very rare disease in which a phospholipid is widely distributed in cells and accumulates in the alveolar spaces in the lung. In some cases the underlying cause is unknown. In others it may relate to an infection or an immune system dysfunction. The net effect is a progressive interference in the ability of the lung (alveoli) to exchange oxygen an …

alveolar ridge
Synonym for alveolar process ... That portion of bone in either the maxilla or the mandible which surrounds and supports the teeth. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

alveolar ridge augmentation
Preprosthetic surgery involving rib, cartilage, or iliac crest bone grafts, usually autologous, or synthetic implants for rebuilding the alveolar ridge. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

alveolar sac
Terminal dilation of the alveolar ducts that give rise to alveoli in the lung; a small air chamber in the pulmonary tissue from which the pulmonary alveoli project like bays and into which an alveolar duct opens; in birds, air-containing extensions of bronchi that connect with bone cavities. ... Synonym: sacculus alveolaris, air sac. ... (05 Mar 2000 …

alveolar septum
Synonym for interalveolar septum ... The tissue intervening between two adjacent pulmonary alveoli; it consists of a close-meshed capillary network covered on both surfaces by very thin alveolar epithelial cells, one of the bony partitions between the tooth sockets. ... Synonym: septum interalveolare, alveolar septum, septal bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) …

alveolar soft part sarcoma
<tumour> A malignant tumour formed of a reticular stroma of connective tissue enclosing aggregates of large round or polygonal cells; occurs in subcutaneous and fibromuscular tissues. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar supporting bone
Synonym for alveolar bone ... alveolar process ...

alveolar ventilation
The volume of gas expired from the alveoli to the outside of the body per minute; calculated as the respiratory frequency (f) multiplied by the difference between tidal volume and the dead space (VT -VD); units: ml/min BTPS. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar yoke
Synonym for jugum alveolare ... One of the eminences on the outer surface of the alveolar process of the maxilla or mandible, formed by the roots of the incisor teeth. ... Synonym: alveolar yoke. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolar-arterial oxygen difference
The difference or gradient between the partial pressure of oxygen in the alveolar spaces and the arterial blood: P(A-a)02. Normally in young adults this value is less than 20 mm Hg. ... See: alveolar gas equation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolate
Pitted or honeycombed on the surface. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

alveolectomy
<procedure> Subtotal or complete excision of the alveolar process of the maxilla or mandible. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

alveoli
A small cell containing air in the lungs, a sac-like dilation of the alveolar ducts in the lung (plural: alveoli) ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

alveoli pulmonis
Synonym for pulmonary alveolus ... One of the thin-walled saclike terminal dilations of the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveolar sacs across which gas exchange occurs between alveolar air and the pulmonary capillaries. ... Synonym: alveoli pulmonis, alveolus, air cells, air vesicles, bronchic cells. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolingual
Synonym for alveololingual ... Relating to the lingual (inner) surface of the alveolar process of the lower jaw. ... Synonym: alveolingual. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolitis
<pathology> Inflammation of an alveolus. ... Synonym: odontobothritis. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

alveolitis, extrinsic allergic
Conditions in which inhalation of organic dusts results in hypersensitivity reactions at the alveolar level, associated with the production of precipitins. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

alveolo-
An alveolus, the alveolar process; alveolar. ... Origin: L. Alveolus, a concave vessel, a bowl, a basin, fr. Alveus, a trough, + -olus, small, little; akin to alvus, the belly, the womb ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolobuccal groove
The upper and lower half of the buccal vestibule on each side. ... Synonym: alveolobuccal sulcus, gingivobuccal groove, gingivobuccal sulcus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolobuccal sulcus
Synonym for alveolobuccal groove ... The upper and lower half of the buccal vestibule on each side. ... Synonym: alveolobuccal sulcus, gingivobuccal groove, gingivobuccal sulcus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolocapillary block
The presence of material that impairs the diffusion of gases between the air in the alveolar spaces and the blood in alveolar capillaries; block can be caused by oedema, cellular infiltration, fibrosis, or tumour, and results in undersaturation of peripheral arterial blood with oxygen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolocapillary membrane
The pulmonary diffusion barrier. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveoloclasia
Destruction of the alveolus. ... Origin: alveolo-+ G. Klasis, breaking ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

alveolodental
Relating to the alveoli and the teeth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...