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mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary
Category: Health and Medicine > Medical Dictionary
Date & country: 26/01/2008, UK
Words: 116197
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gibberellaA genus of ascomycetous fungi of the family hypocreaceae, order hypocreales including several pathogens of grains and cereals; also the source of plant growth regulators such as gibberellin and gibberellic acid. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
gibberellic acid<plant biology> Diterpenoid compounds with gibberellin activity in plants. at least 70 related gibberellic acids have been described and designated as a series GA1, GA2 etc. ... (17 Dec 1997) ...
gibberellin<protein> Plant growth substance (phytohormone) involved in promotion of stem elongation, mobilisation of food reserves in seeds and other processes. Its absence results in the dwarfism of some plant varieties. Chemically all known gibberellins are gibberellic acids. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
gibberellin 3beta-hydroxylase<enzyme> Product of le (stem length) gene of pea (pisum sativum) described by mendel; genbank u93210 ... Registry number: EC 1.14.99.- ... Synonym: ga4 gene product, le gene product, ga 3beta-hydroxylase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...
gibberellin 7-oxidase<enzyme> A 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase from pumpkin endosperm, involved in gibberellin biosynthesis; 314 amino acids, mw 35.7 kD; genbank u61386 ... Registry number: EC 1.14.11.- ... Synonym: ga 7-oxidase, ga-7-dioxygenase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...
gibberellinsA class of plant growth hormone isolated from cultures of gibberella fujikuroi, a fungus causing bakanae disease in rice. There are many different members of the family as well as mixtures of multiple members; all are diterpenoid acids based on the gibberellane skeleton. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
gibbet1. A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning. ... 2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib. ... Origin: OE. Gibet, F. Gibet, in OF. Also club, fr. LL. Gibetum;; cf. OF. Gibe sort of sic …
gibbon<zoology> Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing. ... The white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar), the crowned (H. Pilatus), the wou-wou or singing gibbon (H. Agilis), the siama …
gibbous<plant biology> A distended, rounded swelling on one side, as on a calyx or corolla tube or segment. ... (17 Dec 1997) ...
GibbsJ. Willard, U.S. Mathematician and physicist, 1839-1903. ... See: Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium, Gibbs-Helmholtz equation, Helmholtz-Gibbs theory, Gibbs' theorem, Gibbs free energy, Gibbs energy of activation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gibbs energy of activationThe Gibbs energy that must be added to that already possessed by a molecule or molecules in order to initiate a reaction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gibbs free energyThe total amount of energy which is either used up or released during a chemical reaction. Gibbs free energy (delta G) = (delta H) - t (delta s): where (delta H) is the change in enthalpy, calculated by adding up the amount of energy released or used up to break or form chemical bonds during the reaction, t is the temperature at which the reaction …
gibbs-donnan effectThe observation that charged molecules starting on one side of a semipermeable membrane sometimes will not evenly distribute themselves by diffusion on both sides of the membrane. This effect is probably because there are other charged substances already present which cannot move through the membrane themselves and which are creating an electric fi …
Gibbs-Donnan equilibriumSynonym for Donnan equilibrium ... An equilibrium established between a charged, immobile colloid (such as clay, ion exchange resin or cytoplasm) and a solution of electrolyte. ... Characteristics: ions of like charge to the colloid tend to be excluded, ions of opposite charge tend to be attracted, the colloid compartment is electrically polarized re …
Gibbs-Helmholtz equationAn equation expressing the relationship in a galvanic cell between the chemical energy transformed and the maximal electromotive force obtainable. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gibbs' theoremSubstances that lower the surface tension of the pure dispersion medium tend to collect in its surface, whereas substances that raise the surface tension tend to remain out of the surface film. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gibbusExtreme kyphosis, hump, or hunch; a deformity of spine in which there is a sharply angulated segment, the apex of the angle being posterior. ... Origin: L. A hump ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
GibneyVirgil P., U.S. Orthopedist, 1847-1927. ... See: Gibney's fixation bandage, Gibney's boot. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gibney's bootAdhesive tape treatment of a sprained ankle or similar condition, applied in a basket-weave fashion under the sole of the foot and around the back of the lower leg. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gibney's fixation bandageA herring-bone strapping of the foot and leg for sprain of the ankle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gibson murmurThe typical continuous 'machinery-like' murmur of patent ductus arteriosus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gibson, George<person> Scottish physician, 1854-1913. ... See: Gibson murmur. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gibson, Kasson<person> U.S. Dentist, 1849-1925. ... See: Gibson's bandage. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gibson's bandageA bandage, resembling Barton's bandage, for stabilizing a fracture of the mandible. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
giddy1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy. 'By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed.' (Tate) ... 2. Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice. 'Upon the giddy footing of th …
Giemsa<chemical> A Romanovsky type stain that is often used to stain blood films that are suspected to contain protozoan parasites. Contains both basic and acidic dyes and will therefore differentiate acid and basic granules in granulocytes. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
Giemsa chromosome banding stainSynonym for G-banding stain ... <technique> A unique chromosome staining technique, used in human cytogenetics to identify individual chromosomes, which produces characteristic bands. ... It utilises acetic acid fixation, air drying, denaturing chromosomes mildly with proteolytic enzymes, salts, heat, detergents, or urea, and finally Giemsa sta …
Giemsa stain<technique> Compound of methylene blue-eosin and methylene blue used for demonstrating Negri bodies, Tunga species, spirochetes and protozoans, and differential staining of blood smears; also used for chromosomes, sometimes after hydrolyzing the cytologic preparation in hot hydrochloric acid, and for showing chromosome G bands; often used in …
Giemsa, Gustav<person> German bacteriologist, 1867-1948. ... See: Giemsa stain, Giemsa chromosome banding stain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gierke cellsSmall cells characteristic of the substantia gelatinosa (lamina II) of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gierke, Edgar von<person> German pathologist, 1877-1945. ... See: Gierke's disease, von Gierke's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gierke, Hans<person> German anatomist, 1847-1886. ... See: Gierke's respiratory bundle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gierke's diseaseSynonym for type 1 glycogenosis ... Glycogenosis due to glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency, resulting in accumulation of excessive amounts of glycogen of normal chemical structure, particularly in liver and kidney. ... Synonym: Gierke's disease, glucose-6-phosphatase hepatorenal glycogenosis, von Gierke's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gierke's respiratory bundleSynonym for solitary tract ... A slender, compact fibre bundle extending longitudinally through the dorsolateral region of the medullary tegmentum, surrounded by the nucleus of the solitary tract, below the obex decussating over the central canal, and descending over some distance into the upper cervical segments of the spinal cord. It is composed o …
Gifford, Harold<person> U.S. Ophthalmologist, 1858-1929. ... See: Gifford's reflex. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gifford's reflexSynonym for eye-closure pupil reaction ... A constriction of both pupils when an effort is made to close eyelids forcibly held apart. A variant of the pupil response to near vision. ... Synonym: Galassi's pupillary phenomenon, Gifford's reflex, lid-closure reaction, orbicularis phenomenon, orbicularis pupillary reflex, Piltz sign, Westphal's pupillar …
GIFTSynonym for gamete intra-fallopian transfer ... <gynaecology> Gamete intra-fallopian transfer is a technique that involves combining eggs and sperm outside of the body and immediately placing them into the fallopian tubes to achieve fertilization. ... A technique that came into use in the mid-1980's for assisted conception in infertile women wi …
giga-<prefix> Prefix used in the SI and metric systems to signify one billion (109). ... Origin: G. Gigas, giant ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gigantismA condition where there is over-production of growth hormone by the pituitary gland in a child before the bone growth plates close, resulting in excessive long bone growth. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
giganto-Huge, gigantic. ... Origin: G. Gigas, one of the race of giants ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gigantocellular gliomaA histologic form of glioblastoma with large, often multinucleated, bizarre, tumour cells. ... Synonym: giant cell monstrocellular sarcoma of Zulch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gigantomastiaMassive hypertrophy of the breast. ... Origin: Giganto-+ G. Mastos, breast ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
GigantorhynchusA genus of very large acanthocephalan worms. ... See: Macracanthorhynchus, Moniliformis. ... Origin: Giganto-+ G. Rhynchos, snout ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gigawatt<radiobiology> Unit of power equal to 10^9 watts, 1000 megawatts, or 1 million kilowatts. 1 gigawatt is a typical size for a nuclear fission reactor, and is expected to be the typical size of a fusion reactor. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
giggleTo laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity. 'Giggling and laughing with all their might at the piteous hap of the fairy wight.' (J. R. Drake) ... Origin: Akin to gaggle: cf. OD. Ghichelen, G. Kichern. ... A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; …
GigliLeonardo, Italian gynecologist, 1863-1908. ... See: Gigli's operation, Gigli's saw. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gigli's operationSynonym for pubiotomy ... Severance of the pubic bone a few centimeters lateral to the symphysis, in order to increase the capacity of a contracted pelvis sufficiently to permit the passage of a living child. ... Synonym: Gigli's operation, pelviotomy, pelvitomy. ... Origin: L. Pubis, pubic bone, + G. Tome, incision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gigli's sawA hand-held wire saw for use in craniotomy or pubiotomy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
GIHSynonym for growth hormone inhibiting hormone ... somatostatin ...
Gil-Vernet operationSynonym for extended pyelotomy ... <procedure> Extension of a standard pyelotomy into the lower pole infundibulum through the avascular plane between the posterior and basilar segmental renal arteries. ... Synonym: Gil-Vernet operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gil-Vernet, Jose Maria Vila<person> Spanish urologist, *1922. ... See: Gil-Vernet operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gilbertThe unit of magnetomotive force or magnetic potential. ... Origin: W. Gilbert, English physicist, 1544-1603 ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gilbert, Nicholas<person> French physician, 1858-1927. ... See: Gilbert's disease, Gilbert's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gilbert's diseaseA benign familial disorder, transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. It is characterised by low-grade chronic hyperbilirubinaemia with considerable daily fluctuations of the bilirubin level. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
Gilbert's syndrome<syndrome> An inherited disorder that affects the way bilirubin in handled by the liver. Thought to be due to an inborn error of bilirubin metabolism. ... Symptoms include mild jaundice, weakness, fatigue, nausea and abdominal pain. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
Gilchrist, Thomas<person> U.S. Physician, 1862-1927. ... See: Gilchrist's disease, Gilchrist's mycosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gilchrist's disease<disease> A fungal infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. This rare fungal infection may produce inflammatory lesion of the skin or lungs or present as a disseminated disease to the skin, lungs, bones, liver, spleen and central nervous system. Uncommon unless patient is immunocompromised (AIDS). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
Gilchrist's mycosisAn obsolete term for blastomycosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gilford, Hastings<person> English physician, 1861-1941. ... See: Hutchinson-Gilford disease, Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gillA woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream. ... Origin: Icel. Gil. ... 1. <anatomy> An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia. 'Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills.' (Ray) ... Gills are usually lamellar or filamentous appendages, through which the blood circulates, and in which it is exposed to the action of the air con …
gill arch skeletonCartilages associated with the visceral portion of the embryonic mammalian chondrocranium, representing the gill arch (branchial) skeletons as seen in shark-type fishes; they are the primordia of Meckel's cartilage, the styloid, hyoid, cricoid, thyroid, and arytenoid cartilages, and the auditory ossicles. ... See: branchial arches. ... (05 Mar 2000)< …
gill cleftsSynonym for branchial clefts ... A bilateral series of slitlike openings into the pharynx through which water is drawn by aquatic animals; in the walls of the cleft's are the vascular gill filaments that take up oxygen from the water passing through the cleft's; sometimes loosely applied to the branchial ectodermal grooves of mammalian embryos, whic …
Gilles de la Tourette, Georges<person> French physician, 1857-1904. ... See: Gilles de la Tourette's disease, Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, Tourette's disease, Tourette syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gilles de la Tourette's diseaseSynonym for tourette syndrome ... <syndrome> Both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics present with tics occurring many times a day, nearly daily, over a period of more than one year. The onset is before age 18 and the disturbance is not due to direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition. The disturbance cau …
Gilles de la Tourette's syndromeSynonym for tourette syndrome ... <syndrome> Both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics present with tics occurring many times a day, nearly daily, over a period of more than one year. The onset is before age 18 and the disturbance is not due to direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition. The disturbance cau …
Gillette, Eugene<person> French surgeon, 1836-1886. ... See: Gillette's suspensory ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gillette's suspensory ligamentSynonym for cricoesophageal tendon ... Longitudinal fibre of the oesophagus that attaches to the posterior aspect of the cricoid cartilage of the larynx. ... Synonym: tendo cricoesophageus, Gillette's suspensory ligament, suspensory ligament of oesophagus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gilliam, David Tod<person> U.S. Gynecologist, 1844-1923. ... See: Gilliam's operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gilliam's operationAn operation for retroversion of the uterus by suturing round ligaments to abdominal wall fascia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gillies, Sir Harold<person> British plastic surgeon, 1882-1960. ... See: Gillies' operation, Filatov-Gillies flap, Filatov-Gillies tubed pedicle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gillies' operationA technique for reducing fractures of the zygoma and the zygomatic arch through an incision in the temporal region above the hairline. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gillmore needleA device for obtaining the setting time of dental cement. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gillyflower<botany> ... 1. A name given by old writers to the clove pink (Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock (Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white. ... 2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red colour, and having a large core. ... Alternative f …
Gilmer wiringA method of intermaxillary fixation in which single opposing teeth are wired circumferentially, and the wires are twisted together. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gilmer, Thomas<person> U.S. Oral surgeon, 1849-1931. ... See: Gilmer wiring. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gimbernat, Don Manuel de<person> Spanish anatomist and surgeon, 1734-1816. ... See: Gimbernat's ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Gimbernat's ligamentSynonym for lacunar ligament ... <anatomy> A curved fibrous band that passes horizontally backward from the medial end of the inguinal ligament to the pectineal line; it forms the medial boundary of the femoral ring. ... See: aponeurosis of external abdominal oblique muscle. ... Synonym: ligamentum lacunare, Gimbernat's ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000 …
gin1. To catch in a trap. ... 2. To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton. ... Origin: Ginned; Ginning. ... 1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. ... 2. A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc. ... <chemical> A hoisting drum, usually ve …
Gin recombinase<enzyme> From phage mu; involved in DNA inversion in plants ... Registry number: EC 2.7.7.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...
gingave<dentistry> Another name for your gums ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
ginger1. <botany> A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. Officinale. ... 2. The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine. Ginger beer or ale, a mild beer impregnated with ginger. Ginger cordial, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon rind, and w …
ginger oleoresinA carminative, stimulant, and flavoring agent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
ginger paralysisSynonym for jake paralysis ... Neuropathy produced by drinking synthetic Jamaican ginger (or 'jake' in the vernacular) containing triorthocresylphosphate. ... Synonym: ginger paralysis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gingerbreadA kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes. Gingerbread that was full fine. ... <botany> ' Gingerbread tree, the doom palm; so called from the resemblance of its fruit to gingerbread. See Doom Palm. Gingerbread work, ornamentation, in architecture or decoration, of a fantastic, trivial, or tawdry cha …
gingili oilSynonym for sesame oil ... <chemical> The refined fixed oil obtained from the seed of one or more cultivated varieties of sesamum indicum. It is used as a solvent and oleaginous vehicle for drugs and has been used internally as a laxative and externally as a skin softener. It is used also in the manufacture of margarine, soap, and cosmetics.
gingiva
The gum. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
gingivae
The gums of the mouth. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
gingival
Relating to the gums. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gingival abrasion
A lesion of the gingiva resulting from mechanical removal of a portion of the surface epithelium. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gingival abscess
An abscess confined to the gingival soft tissue. ... Synonym: gumboil, parulis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gingival atrophy
Synonym for gingival recession ... The exposure of root surface by an apical shift in the position of the gingiva. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
gingival clamp
A springlike metal piece encircling or grasping the cervix of a tooth and shaped so as to retract the gingival tissue. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gingival cleft
A fissure associated with pocket formation and lined by mixed gingival and pocket epithelium. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gingival contour
The shape or form of the gingiva, either natural or artificial, around the necks of the teeth. ... Synonym: gum contour. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gingival crest
Synonym for gingival margin ... The most coronal portion of the gingiva surrounding the tooth, the edge of the free gingiva. ... Synonym: cervical margin, gingival crest. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gingival crevice
Synonym for gingival sulcus ... The space between the surface of the tooth and the free gingiva. ... Synonym: sulcus gingivalis, gingival crevice, gingival space, subgingival space. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gingival crevicular fluid
A fluid occurring in minute amounts in the gingival crevice, believed by some authorities to be an inflammatory exudate and by others to cleanse material from the crevice, containing sticky plasma proteins which improve adhesions of the epithelial attachment, have antimicrobial properties, and exert antibody activity. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
gingival curvature
The rounding of the gum along its line of attachment to the neck of a tooth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gingival elephantiasis
A fibrous hyperplasia of the gingiva. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
gingival embrasure
A space existing cervical to the interproximal contact area between adjacent teeth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
