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


gynaecophore
<zoology> A ventral canal or groove, in which the males of some dioecious trematodes carry the female. ... Origin: gynh = a woman or female. ... (17 Mar 1998) ...

gynaeolatry
<psychology> The adoration or worship of woman. ... 'The sentimental gyneolatry of chivalry, which was at best but skin-deep.' (Lowell) ... Origin: gynh = a woman or female. ... (17 Mar 1998) ...

gynaephobia
<psychology> Hatred of women; repugnance to the society of women. ... Origin: Gr. Gynh = a woman or female, phobos = fear. ... (17 Mar 1998) ...

gynandrism
A developmental abnormality characterised by hypertrophy of the clitoris and union of the labia majora, simulating in appearance the penis and scrotum. ... See: hermaphroditism, female pseudohermaphroditism. ... Origin: Gyn-+ G. Aner (andr-), man ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gynandroblastoma
<tumour> Synonym: arrhenoblastoma. ... 2. A rare variety of arrhenoblastoma of the ovary, containing granulosa or theca cell elements and producing simultaneous androgenic and oestrogenic effects. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gynandroid
An individual exhibiting gynandrism. ... Origin: Gyn-+ G. Aner (andr-), man, + eidos, resemblance ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gynatresia
Occlusion of some part of the female genital tract, especially of the vagina. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

gyne-
See: gyn-. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gynecandrous
<plant biology> Having staminate and pistillate flowers in the same spike or spikelet, the latter above the former. ... (17 Mar 1998) ...

gynecic
Pertaining to or associated with women. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gynecogenic
1. Giving birth predominantly to females. ... 2. Obsolete term meaning productive of female characteristics. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gynecography
Synonym: hysterosalpingography. ... Origin: Gyne-+ G. Grapho, to write ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gynecoid
Resembling a woman in form and structure. ... Origin: Gyneco-+ G. Eidos, resemblance ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gynecoid pelvis
The normal female pelvis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gynecologic
Synonym for gynaecological ... <gynaecology> Of or pertaining to gynaecology. ... Origin: gynh = a woman or female. ... (17 Mar 1998) ...

gynecologic oncologists
Doctors who specialise in treating cancers of the female reproductive organs. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

gynecologic oncology
Synonym for gynaecologic oncology ... <study> The medical study and treatment of cancers of the female reproductive organs such as; ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, uterine cancer. ... Origin: gynh = a woman or female. ... (17 Mar 1998) ...

gynecologic surgical procedures
Surgery performed on the female genitalia. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

gynecological
Synonym for gynaecological ... <gynaecology> Of or pertaining to gynaecology. ... Origin: gynh = a woman or female. ... (17 Mar 1998) ...

gynecologist
Synonym for gynaecologist ... <specialist> A medical doctor who specialises in gynecology and diseases affecting the female reproductive system. A gynaecologist who treats cancer is a gynaecological oncologist - and this involves special training. ... Origin: gynh = a woman or female. ... (17 Mar 1998) ...

gynecology
Synonym for gynaecology ... <study> A branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the female reproductive organs. ... Origin: gynh = a woman or female. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

gynecomania
<psychiatry> Morbid or excessive desire for women. ... Origin: Gyneco-+ G. Mania, frenzy ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gynecomastia
Synonym for gynaecomastia ... <clinical sign> An excessive development of the male mammary glands, even to the functional state. ... Temporary enlargement of the breasts is not unusual or abnormal in boys during adolescence or during recovery from malnutrition. Gynaecomastia may be abnormal as, for example, in Klinefelter's syndrome. ... Origin: …

gynecophoric canal
A ventral groove running the length of male schistosome flukes, into which the threadlike female worm fits. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyneolatry
Synonym for gynaeolatry ... <psychology> The adoration or worship of woman. ... 'The sentimental gyneolatry of chivalry, which was at best but skin-deep.' (Lowell) ... Origin: gynh = a woman or female. ... (17 Mar 1998) ...

gynephobia
Synonym for gynaephobia ... <psychology> Hatred of women; repugnance to the society of women. ... Origin: Gr. Gynh = a woman or female, phobos = fear. ... (17 Mar 1998) ...

gyniatrics
Treatment of the diseases of women. ... Synonym: gyniatry. ... Origin: Gyn-+ G. Iatrikos, of medicine or surgery ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyniatry
Synonym for gyniatrics ... Treatment of the diseases of women. ... Synonym: gyniatry. ... Origin: Gyn-+ G. Iatrikos, of medicine or surgery ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gynobasic
<biology> Of a style, arising near the base of the gynoecium, for example between the lobes of the ovary. ... (17 Mar 1998) ...

gynocardia oil
Synonym for chaulmoogra oil ... The fixed oil expressed from seeds of Taraktogenos kurzii and Hydnocarpus wightiana (family Flacourtiaceae); formerly used in the treatment of leprosy. ... Synonym: gynocardia oil, hydnocarpus oil. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gynodioecious
<plant biology> Having bisexual flowers and female flowers, on separate plants. ... (17 Mar 1998) ...

gynoecium
<plant biology> The carpels of a flower collectively. ... (17 Mar 1998) ...

gynogenesis
Egg development activated by a spermatozoon, but to which the male gamete contributes no genetic material. ... Origin: Gyno-+ G. Genesis, production ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gynopathy
Any disease peculiar to women. ... Origin: Gyno-+ G. Pathos, suffering ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gynophore
<plant biology> A stalk bearing the gynoecium above the level of insertion of the other floral parts. ... (17 Mar 1998) ...

gynoplasty
Gynoplastics ... Reparative or plastic surgery of the female genital organs. ... Origin: Gyno-+ G. Plasso, to form ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gynostegium
<plant biology> A protective covering for a gynaecium, especially as formed by the union of stamens and style. ... (17 Mar 1998) ...

gypsies
Ethnic group coming originally from india and entering europe in the 14th or 15th century. Many still maintain somewhat their itinerant life and tribal organization. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

gypsy
1. One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc, living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. ... 'Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.' (Shak) ... 2. …

gyral brain calcification
<radiology> Sturge-Weber-Dimitri syndrome, treated CNS lymphoma, post-meningoencephalitis, brain tumour (oligodendroglioma) ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

gyrase
The procaryotic topoisomerase II that utilises ATP to generate negative supercoils of DNA. ... Origin: L. Gyro, to turn in a circle, fr. Gyrus, G. Gyros ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyrate
1. Of a convoluted or ring shape. ... 2. To revolve. ... Origin: L. Gyro, pp. Gyratus, to turn round in a circle, gyrus ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyrate atrophy
Progressive, autosomal recessive, diffuse atrophy of the choroid, pigment epithelium, and sensory retina that begins in childhood. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

gyration
1. The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution. 'The gyrations of an ascending balloon.' (De Quincey) 'If a burning coal be nimbly moved round in a circle, with gyrations continually repeated, the whole circle will appear like fire.' (Sir I. Newton) ... 2. <zool …

gyrectomy
<procedure> Excision of a cerebral gyrus. ... Origin: G. Gyros, ring, + ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyrencephalic
Denoting brains, such as that of humans, in which the cerebral cortex has convolutions, in contrast to the lissencephalic (smooth) brains of small mammals such as the rodents. ... Origin: G. Gyros, ring (gyrus), + enkaphale, brain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyrfalcon
<zoology> One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, especially. Falco rusticolus and the white species F. Islandicus, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. ... Alternative forms: gerfalcon, gierfalcon, and jerfalcon. ... Origin: OE. Gerfaucon, OF. Gerfaucon, LL. Gyrofalco, perh. F …

gyri
Plural of gyrus. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyri breves insulae
Synonym for short gyri of insula ... <anatomy> Several short, radiating gyri converging toward the base of the insula, composing the anterior two-thirds of the insular cortex. ... Synonym: gyri breves insulae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyri insulae
Synonym for insular gyri ... The short gyri of insula and long gyrus of insula. ... Synonym: gyri insulae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyri orbitales
Synonym for orbital gyri ... A number of small, irregular convolutions occupying the concave inferior surface of each frontal lobe of the cerebrum. ... Synonym: gyri orbitales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyri temporales transversi
Synonym for transverse temporal gyri ... Two or three convolutions running transversely on the upper surface of the temporal lobe bordering on the lateral (sylvian) fissure, separated from each other by the transverse temporal sulci. ... Synonym: gyri temporales transversi, Heschl's gyri, transverse temporal convolutions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyrochrome
Denoting a nerve cell in which the chromophil substance is arranged roughly in rings. ... Origin: G. Gyros, a ring, circle, + chroma, a colour ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyrochrome cell
See: gyrochrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyroidal
1. Spiral in arrangement or action. ... 2. <chemistry> Having the planes arranged spirally, so that they incline all to the right (or left) of a vertical line; said of certain hemihedral forms. ... 3. <optics> Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left. ... Origin: Gr. Circle + -al. ... Source: Websters Di …

gyromagnetic ratio
In nuclear magnetic resonance, the ratio of the magnetic dipole moment of the nucleus to the nuclear spin angular momentum; the gyromagnetic ratio is a unique value for each type of nucleus. ... Synonym: magnetogyric ratio. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Gyromitra esculenta
A species of mushroom that may produce a monomethylhydrazine toxin which causes nausea, diarrhoea, and other symptoms; in severe cases death may occur. ... Synonym: Helvella esculenta. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyroradius
<radiobiology> Radius of charged particle in magnetic field. Same thing as cyclotron radius, Larmor radius. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

gyrosa
Synonym: sham-movement vertigo. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyroscope
<instrument> 1. A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It was devised by Professor W. R. Johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the rotascope. ... 2. A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the …

gyrose
<anatomy> Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro. Marked by irregular curved lines like the surface of a cerebral hemisphere. ... Origin: G. Gyros, circle ... (21 Jun 2000) ...

gyrospasm
Spasmodic rotary movements of the head. ... Origin: G. Gyros, circle, + spasmos, spasm ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyrotron
<radiobiology> A device for producing microwave energy that utilises a strong axial magnetic field in a cavity resonator to produce azimuthal bunching of an electron beam. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

gyrus
One of the prominent rounded elevations that form the cerebral hemispheres, each consisting of an exposed superficial portion and a portion hidden from view in the wall and floor of the sulcus. ... Origin: L. Fr. G. Gyros, circle ... Angular gyrus, a folded convolution in the inferior parietal lobule formed by the union of the posterior ends of the s …

gyrus angularis
angular gyrus ...

gyrus cinguli
One of the convolutions on the medial surface of the cerebral hemisphere. It surrounds the rostral part of the brain and interhemispheric commissure and forms part of the limbic system. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

gyrus dentatus
Synonym for dentate gyrus ... Serrated strip of gray matter under the medial border of the hippocampus and in its depths. It is an archicortex which develops along the edge of the hippocampal fissure and which consists of molecular, granular, and polymorphic layers. The molecular layer is continuous with that of the hippocampus in the depths of the …

gyrus fasciolaris
Synonym for fasciolar gyrus ... A small paired band that passes around the splenium of the corpus callosum from the lateral longitudinal stria to the dentate gyrus. ... Synonym: gyrus fasciolaris, fascia cinerea, fasciola cinerea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyrus fornicatus
Synonym for fornicate gyrus ... The horseshoe-shaped cortical convolution bordering the hilus of the cerebral hemisphere; its upper limb is formed by the cingulate gyrus, its lower by the parahippocampal gyrus. ... Synonym: gyrus fornicatus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyrus frontalis inferior
Synonym for inferior frontal gyrus ... A broad convolution on the convexity of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum between the inferior frontal sulcus and the sylvian fissure; divided by branches of the sylvian fissure into three parts: pars (opercularis) basilaris, triangular part, and orbital part; the first two constitute a portion of the frontal op …

gyrus frontalis medius
Synonym for middle frontal gyrus ... A convolution on the convexity of each frontal lobe of the cerebrum running in an anteroposterior direction between the superior and inferior frontal sulci. ... Synonym: gyrus frontalis medius, middle frontal convolution. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyrus frontalis superior
Synonym for superior frontal gyrus ... A broad convolution running in an anteroposterior direction on the medial edge of the convex surface and of each frontal lobe. ... Synonym: gyrus frontalis superior, marginal gyrus, superior frontal convolution. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyrus fusiformis
Synonym for fusiform gyrus ... An extremely long convolution extending lengthwise over the inferior aspect of the temporal and occipital lobes, demarcated medially by the collateral sulcus from the lingual gyrus and the anterior part of the parahippocampal gyrus, laterally by the inferior temporal sulcus from the inferior temporal gyrus. ... Synonym: …

gyrus lingualis
Synonym for lingual gyrus ... A relatively short horizontal convolution on the inferomedial aspect of the occipital and temporal lobes, demarcated from the lateral occipitotemporal or fusiform gyrus by the deep collateral sulcus, from the cuneus by the calcarine sulcus; its anterior extreme abuts the isthmus of the parahippocampal gyrus; the medial …

gyrus longus insulae
Synonym for long gyrus of insula ... The most posterior and longest of the slender straight gyri that compose the insula. ... Synonym: gyrus longus insulae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyrus occipitotemporalis lateralis
Synonym for fusiform gyrus ... An extremely long convolution extending lengthwise over the inferior aspect of the temporal and occipital lobes, demarcated medially by the collateral sulcus from the lingual gyrus and the anterior part of the parahippocampal gyrus, laterally by the inferior temporal sulcus from the inferior temporal gyrus. ... Synonym: …

gyrus occipitotemporalis medialis
Synonym for lingual gyrus ... A relatively short horizontal convolution on the inferomedial aspect of the occipital and temporal lobes, demarcated from the lateral occipitotemporal or fusiform gyrus by the deep collateral sulcus, from the cuneus by the calcarine sulcus; its anterior extreme abuts the isthmus of the parahippocampal gyrus; the medial …

gyrus parahippocampalis
Synonym for parahippocampal gyrus ... A long convolution on the medial surface of the temporal lobe, forming the lower part of the fornicate gyrus, extending from behind the splenium corporis callosi forward along the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus from which it is demarcated by the hippocampal fissure. The anterior extreme of the gyrus curves bac …

gyrus paraterminalis
Synonym for subcallosal gyrus ... A slender vertical whitish band immediately anterior to the lamina terminalis and anterior commissure; contrary to its name, it is not a cortical convolution but is the ventral continuation of the transparent septum. ... Synonym: area subcallosa, gyrus paraterminalis, gyrus subcallosus, pedunculus corporis callosi, c …

gyrus postcentralis
Synonym for postcentral gyrus ... The anterior convolution of the parietal lobe, bounded in front by the central sulcus (fissure of Rolando) and posteriorly by the interparietal sulcus. ... Synonym: gyrus postcentralis, ascending parietal convolution, ascending parietal gyrus, posterior central convolution, posterior central gyrus. ... (05 Mar 2000)
gyrus precentralis
Synonym for precentral gyrus ... Bounded posteriorly by the central sulcus and anteriorly by the precentral sulcus. ... Synonym: gyrus precentralis, anterior central convolution, anterior central gyrus, ascending frontal convolution, ascending frontal gyrus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyrus rectus
Synonym for straight gyrus ... A gyrus running along the medial part of the orbital surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebral hemisphere. It is bounded laterally by the olfactory sulcus. ... Synonym: gyrus rectus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyrus subcallosus
Synonym for subcallosal gyrus ... A slender vertical whitish band immediately anterior to the lamina terminalis and anterior commissure; contrary to its name, it is not a cortical convolution but is the ventral continuation of the transparent septum. ... Synonym: area subcallosa, gyrus paraterminalis, gyrus subcallosus, pedunculus corporis callosi, c …

gyrus supramarginalis
Synonym for supramarginal gyrus ... A folded convolution capping the posterior extremity of the lateral (sylvian) sulcus; together with the angular gyrus, it forms the inferior half of the parietal lobe. ... Synonym: gyrus supramarginalis, supramarginal convolution. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyrus temporalis inferior
Synonym for inferior temporal gyrus ... A sagittal convolution on the inferolateral border of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum, separated from the middle temporal gyrus by the inferior temporal sulcus. On the inferior surface of the temporal lobe it is separated from the medial occipitotemporal gyrus by the occipitotemporal sulcus. It includes the …

gyrus temporalis medius
Synonym for middle temporal gyrus ... A longitudinal gyrus on the lateral surface of the temporal lobe, between the superior and inferior temporal sulci. ... Synonym: gyrus temporalis medius, middle temporal convolution, second temporal convolution. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

gyrus temporalis superior
Synonym for superior temporal gyrus ... A longitudinal gyrus on the lateral surface of the temporal lobe between the lateral (sylvian) fissure and the superior temporal sulcus. ... Synonym: gyrus temporalis superior, first temporal convolution, superior temporal convolution. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

H agglutinin
An agglutinin that is formed as the result of stimulation by, and which reacts with, the thermolabile antigen(s) in the flagella of motile strains of microorganisms. ... Synonym: flagellar agglutinin. ... See ABO blood group. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

H and D curve
Synonym for characteristic curve ... Sensitometric curve of radiographic film, a plot of the film density versus the logarithm of the relative exposure. ... Synonym: H and D curve, Hunter and Driffield curve. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

h antigen
<microbiology> Any bacteria which has a long flagella that is used for movement. The term is used by immunologists and serologists as a form of classification. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

h band
<cell biology> The H band is an area within muscle tissue which is light when stained and consists only of myosin fibres (and no actin fibres). The H band is at the centre of each muscle sarcomere. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

H chain
<protein> Heavy chain of immunoglobulin, see IgG, IgM, etc. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

H colony
<cell culture> A colony of motile organisms forming a thin film of growth. ... Compare: O colony. ... Origin: Ger. Hauch, breath ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

H disk
Synonym for h band ... <cell biology> The H band is an area within muscle tissue which is light when stained and consists only of myosin fibres (and no actin fibres). The H band is at the centre of each muscle sarcomere. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

H fields
Synonym for fields of Forel ... Three circumscript, myelin-rich regions of the subthalamus known as H fields (from Haubenfelder); 1) field H1, corresponding to the thalamic fasciculus, a horizontal fibre stratum at the junction of the subthalamus and the overlying thalamus, is composed of pallidothalamic and cerebellothalamic fibres (brachium conjun …

H gene
Synonym for histocompatibility gene ... In laboratory animals, a gene which can elicit an immune response and thereby cause rejection of a homograft when tissue is transplanted from one individual to another; in humans, histocompatibility gene's control HLA antigens. ... Synonym: H gene. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

H graft
Synonym for H shunt ... <surgery> A side-to-side shunt between adjacent vessels which utilises a connecting conduit. ... Synonym: H graft. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

H rays
<physics> A stream of hydrogen nuclei; i.e., protons. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

H reflex
<clinical sign, neurology> A monosynaptic reflex consistently obtained in normal adults only by stimulating the tibial nerve, generally in the popliteal fossa, while recording from the gastrocnemius-soleus muscle group. ... It is similar to the Achilles reflex, except the neuromuscular spindles are bypassed; widely used in the EMG laboratory t …

H shunt
<surgery> A side-to-side shunt between adjacent vessels which utilises a connecting conduit. ... Synonym: H graft. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...