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


haemorrhagic bronchitis
Chronic bronchitis due to infection with spirochetes (though other bacteria are usually present and contribute to the infection) and characterised by cough and bloody sputum. ... Synonym: bronchopulmonary spirochetosis, bronchospirochetosis, Castellani's bronchitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic colitis
Abdominal cramps and bloody diarrhoea, without fever, attributed to a self-limited infection by a strain of Escherichia coli. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic cyst
A cyst containing blood or resulting from the encapsulation of a haematoma. ... Synonym: blood cyst, haematocele, haematocyst, sanguineous cyst. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic cystitis
Bladder inflammation with macroscopic haematuria. Generally the result of a chemical or other traumatic insult to the bladder (chemotherapy, radiation therapy). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic diathesis
<haematology> Haemorrhagic diathesis is a condition where the patient is more prone to bleeding than normal. ... This can be the result of a genetic disease such as haemophilia, or the result of malnutrition such as the lack of vitamin C (resulting in scurvy) or of vitamin K. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

haemorrhagic disease of deer
Synonym for epizootic haemorrhagic disease of deer ... A haemorrhagic disease of certain deer of the central and eastern United States, caused by an orbivirus, a member of the Reoviridae, and characterised by multiple haemorrhages, shock, and trauma; infection is thought to be arthropod-borne. ... Synonym: haemorrhagic disease of deer. ... (05 Mar 200 …

haemorrhagic disease of newborn
A self-limited haemorrhagic disorder of the first days of life, caused by a deficiency of the vitamin k-dependent blood coagulation factors II, vii, ix, and x. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

haemorrhagic disease of the newborn
A syndrome characterised by spontaneous internal or external bleeding accompanied by hypoprothrombinaemia, slightly decreased platelets, and markedly elevated bleeding and clotting times, usually occurring between the third and sixth days of life and effectively treated with vitamin K. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic disease virus, rabbit
A virus species in the genus calicivirus which causes haemorrhagic disease, including haemorrhagic septicaemia, in rabbits. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

haemorrhagic endovasculitis
Endothelial and medial hyperplasia of placental blood vessels with thrombosis, fragmentation, and diapedesis of red blood cells resulting in stillbirth or foetal developmental disorders. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic enteritis
A disease of turkeys caused by an adenovirus and characterised by splenomegaly and intestinal haemorrhage. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic exudative erythema
Synonym for Henoch-Schonlein purpura ... <dermatology> This relatively rare disorder is characterised by skin purpura, joint pains, abdominal pain and renal disease (glomerulonephritis). ... Although Henoch-Schonlein purpura or anaphylactoid purpura, is thought to be a immune complex mediated disease, its exact cause is unknown. Its typical ben …

haemorrhagic fever
A syndrome that occurs in perhaps 20-40% of infections by a number of different viruses of the families Arenaviridae (Lassa fever, Bolivian haemorrhagic fever, Argentinean haemorrhagic fever), Bunyaviridae (Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever), Flaviviridae (Dengue haemorrhagic fever, Omsk haemorrhagic fever), Filoviridae (Ebola fever, Marburg virus d …

haemorrhagic fever virus
<virology> Any of many viruses in the families Flaviviridae, Filoviridae and Bunyaviridae that are often spread by rodents and biting insects, these viruses cause diseasescharacterised by fever and bleeding (such as Ebola). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

haemorrhagic fever, american
Diseases caused by american haemorrhagic fever viruses (tacaribe complex viruses). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

haemorrhagic fever, crimean
A severe, often fatal disease in humans caused by the crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever virus (haemorrhagic fever virus, crimean-congo). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

haemorrhagic fever, ebola
A highly fatal, acute haemorrhagic fever, clinically very similar to marburg virus disease, caused by the ebola virus, first occurring in the sudan and adjacent northwestern (what was then) zaire. The natural reservoir and mode of transmission of the virus are unknown, but secondary infection is by direct contact with infected blood and other body …

haemorrhagic fever, omsk
Infection with the omsk haemorrhagic fever virus, a flavivirus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

haemorrhagic fevers, viral
A group of viral diseases of diverse aetiology but having many similar clinical characteristics; increased capillary permeability, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia are common to all. Haemorrhagic fevers are characterised by sudden onset, fever, headache, generalised myalgia, backache, conjunctivitis, and severe prostration, followed by various haem …

haemorrhagic gangrene
Gangrene occurring rarely in advanced meningococcal septicaemia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic glaucoma
Secondary glaucoma after formation of new blood vessels in the iris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic infarct
An infarct red in colour from infiltration of blood from collateral vessels into the necrotic area. ... Synonym: haemorrhagic gangrene, red infarct. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic iritis
Iritis with such severe hyperaemia that hyphema occurs. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic measles
<virology> Haemorrhagic measles is a severe type of measles where the little bumps are darkly coloured because blood has escaped into the skin. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

haemorrhagic metalloproteinase
<enzyme> Extracted from vipera berus berus venom; hydrolyzes casein, fibrinogen and splits the insulin b chain at positions ala(14)-leu(15), tyr(16)-leu(17), his(10)-leu(11); digests alpha chain of fibrinogen ... Registry number: EC 3.4.24.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

haemorrhagic nephritis
Acute glomerulonephritis accompanied by haematuria. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic pachymeningitis
Subdural haemorrhage associated with pachymeningitis. ... See: subdural haemorrhage. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic pericarditis
Pericarditis with bloodstained effusion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic pian
Synonym for verruca peruana ... A late, eruptive stage of bartonellosis; characterised by soft conical or pedunculated vascular papules anywhere on the skin or mucous membranes from miliary size to several centimeters, resolving without scars after a few months. ... Synonym: haemorrhagic pian, Peruvian wart, verruca peruana, verruca peruviana. ... (05 …

haemorrhagic plague
The haemorrhagic form of bubonic plague. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic pleurisy
Pleurisy with an effusion of blood-stained serum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic rickets
Bone changes seen in infantile scurvy, consisting of subperiosteal haemorrhage and deficient osteoid tissue formation; often used to indicate simultaneous occurrence of rickets and scurvy. ... Synonym: acute rickets. ... Hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets, with hypercalciuria, an inherited disorder in which there is a defect in renal tubular reabsor …

haemorrhagic scurvy
Scurvy with extensive haemorrhages in gums, skin and other tissues, typical of severe stage of the disease. ... Infantile scurvy, osteopathia haemorrhagia infantum;a cachectic condition in infants, resulting from malnutrition and marked by pallor, fetid breath, coated tongue, diarrhoea, and subperiosteal haemorrhages; probably a combination of scurv …

haemorrhagic septicaemia
<microbiology> Haemorrhagic septicaemia is an infectious disease of cattle and buffalo which is caused by the bacteria Pasteurella multocida. ... Symptoms include fever, appetite loss, and drooling. It appears as a result of stress from malnutrition, exhaustion, or lengthy transportation. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

haemorrhagic shock
Hypovolaemic shock resulting from acute haemorrhage, characterised by hypotension, tachycardia, pale, cold, and clammy skin, and oliguria. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagic smallpox
A severe and frequently fatal form of smallpox accompanied by extravasation of blood into the skin in the early stage, or into the pustules at a later stage, accompanied often by nosebleed and haemorrhage from other orifices of the body. ... Synonym: fulminating smallpox, variola haemorrhagica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhagin
<protein> A toxin that breaks down blood vessels and endothelial cells, thus causing bleeding. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

haemorrhagins
A group of toxins found in certain venoms and poisonous material from some plants, e.g., rattlesnake venom and ricin; haemorrhagins cause degeneration and lysis of endothelial cells in capillaries and small vessels, thereby resulting in numerous small haemorrhages in the tissues. ... Origin: haemorrhage + -in ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhoid
Denoting one of the tumours or varices constituting haemorrhoids. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhoidal
1. Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, haemorrhoids. ... 2. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the rectum; rectal; as, the hemorrhoidal arteries, veins, and nerves. ... Origin: Cf. F. Hemorroidal, hemorrhoidal. ... (01 Dec 1998) ...

haemorrhoidal nerves
See: superior rectal plexus, middle rectal plexuses, inferior rectal nerves. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhoidal plexus
Synonym for rectal venous plexus ... A venous plexus resting upon the posterior and lateral walls of the rectum; it drains into the superior rectal vein to the portal, the middle rectal to the internal iliac and the inferior rectal to the internal pudendal. ... Synonym: plexus venosus rectalis, haemorrhoidal plexus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhoidal veins
An obsolete term for rectal veins. ... See: inferior rectal veins, middle rectal veins, superior rectal vein. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhoidal zone
The part of the anal canal that contains the rectal venous plexus. ... Synonym: annulus haemorrhoidalis, zona haemorrhoidalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemorrhoidectomy
<procedure, surgery> Removal of haemorrhoids. Indicated in cases of persistent anal pain or bleeding. ... There is a convalescent period of approximately 2 weeks associated with this procedure. A good outcome is seen in better than 90% of cases. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

haemorrhoids
<anatomy, surgery> A varicose dilatation of a vein of the superior or inferior haemorrhoidal plexus, resulting from a persistent increase in venous pressure. ... Presents as a livid and painful swelling formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged.
haemorrhoids, external
Haemorrhoids that occur below the dentate line and are generally painless. They are sometimes called skin tags, or can be seen or felt as extra skin around the anus. External haemorrhoids can become very distressing when the blood in the external haemorrhoid clots and inflammation irritates the nearby pain-sensitive skin. This condition is called a …

haemorrhoids, internal
Haemorrhoids that occur above the dentate line in the anal canal which separates two types of anal skin. The skin above the dentate line is not sensitive to pain. Internal haemorrhoids, being above the dentate line, are therefore usually painless. They can cause bleeding or they may push out of (prolapse) the anal opening when they become quite lar …

haemosalpinx
Synonym for haematosalpinx ... Collection of blood in a tube, often associated with a tubal pregnancy. ... Synonym: haemosalpinx. ... Origin: haemato-+ G. Salpinx, a trumpet ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemosialemesis
Vomiting of blood and saliva. ... Origin: haemo-+ G. Sialon, saliva, + emesis, vomiting ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemosiderin
<protein> A mammalian iron storage protein related to ferritin but less abundant. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

haemosiderosis
Conditions in which there is a generalised increase in the iron stores of body tissues, particularly of liver and the reticuloendothelial system, without demonstrable tissue damage. The name refers to the presence of stainable iron in the tissue in the form of haemosiderin. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

haemosiderosis - haemochromatosis
<radiology> Iron deposition due to abnormal metabolism or iron overload, primary abnormal iron metabolism, secondary alcoholic cirrhosis, multiple blood transfusions (e.g., Hb SS, thalassaemia) Findings: osteoporosis, chondrocalcinosis (calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease), arthropathy, resembles calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease …

haemospermia
The presence of blood in the seminal fluid. ... Synonym: haematospermia. ... Origin: haemo-+ G. Sperma, seed ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemospermia spuria
Haemospermia occurring in the prostatic urethra. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemospermia vera
Haemospermia in which the bleeding is from the seminal vesicles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemosporidium
A blood parasite of the order Haemosporidia. ... Origin: haemo-+ Mod. L. Dim. Of G. Sporos, seed ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemosporina
A suborder of heteroxenous protozoa in which the macrogamete and microgamont develop independently. A conoid is usually absent. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

haemosporines
Common term for members of the order Haemosporidia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemostasia
Synonym for haemostasis ... <haematology, physiology, haematology> The arrest of bleeding, either by the physiological properties of vasoconstriction and coagulation or by surgical means. ... Origin: Gr. Stasis = halt ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

haemostasis
<haematology, physiology, haematology> The arrest of bleeding, either by the physiological properties of vasoconstriction and coagulation or by surgical means. ... Origin: Gr. Stasis = halt ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

haemostasis, endoscopic
Control of bleeding performed through the channel of the endoscope. Techniques include use of lasers, heater probes, bipolar electrocoagulation, and local injection. Endoscopic haemostasis is commonly used to treat bleeding oesophageal and gastrointestinal varices and ulcers. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

haemostasis, surgical
Control of bleeding during or after surgery. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

haemostat
<apparatus, pharmacology> A haemostat is a device or chemical substance which stops blood flow. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

haemostatic
<surgery> Something that stops bleeding. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

haemostatic collodion
Synonym for styptic collodion ... Tannic acid in flexible collodion; an astringent and local haemostatic. ... Synonym: haemostatic collodion, styptic colloid, xylostyptic ether. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemostatic forceps
A forceps with a catch for locking the blades, used for seizing the end of a blood vessel to control haemorrhage. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemostatic techniques
Techniques for controlling bleeding. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

haemostatics
Agents acting to arrest the flow of blood. Absorbable haemostatics arrest bleeding either by the formation of an artificial clot or by providing a mechanical matrix that facilitates clotting when applied directly to the bleeding surface. These agents function more at the capillary level and are not effective at stemming arterial or venous bleeding …

Haemostrongylus vasorum
Synonym: Angiostrongylus vasorum. ... Origin: G. Haima, blood, + strongylos, round ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemostyptic
Synonym: styptic. ... Origin: haemo-+ G. Styptikos, astringent ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemosuccus pancreaticus
Bleeding into the pancreatic duct, usually as a result of trauma, tumour, inflammation, or pseudoaneurysm associated with pseudocyst. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemotachogram
The record produced by haemotachrometer. ... Origin: haemo + tachos + G. Gramma, something written ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemotaphonomy
<study> The study of bloodstains, and specially of the changes in appearance and size of the cellular components, as well as the characteristics of their cell position and appearance in function of the superficial topography and composition of the substrate. ... (27 Nov 1998) ...

haemotherapy
Haemotherapeutics ... Treatment of disease by the use of blood or blood derivatives, as in transfusion. ... Synonym: haematherapy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemothorax
<chest medicine> A collection of blood in the thorax. Generally one-sided and secondary to chest trauma. One side of the chest can hold 2-3 litres of blood in the average adult. ... Symptoms include chest pain, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat and restlessness. Treatment requires chest tube thoracostomy. Open surgical treatment may be nece …

haemothymia
A passion for blood; a morbid impulse to commit murder. ... Origin: haemo-+ G. Thymos, desire, anger ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemotoxic
Haematotoxichematoxic ... 1. Causing blood poisoning. ... Synonym: haemolytic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemotoxin
<microbiology> A haemotoxin is a type of toxin which attacks blood cells. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

haemotroph
Haemotrophe ... The nutritive materials supplied to the embryos of placental mammals through the maternal bloodstream. ... Compare: embryotroph, histotroph. ... Origin: haemo-+ G. Trophe, food ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemotropic
Pertaining to the mechanism by which a substance in or on blood cells, especially the erythrocytes, attracts phagocytic cells; the latter change direction and migrate toward the haemotropic cells. ... Synonym: haematotropic. ... Origin: haemo-+ G. Tropos, direction (or trope, a turning) ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemotympanum
<otolaryngology> A collection of blood in the middle ear space. May occur secondary to severe barotitis media, basal skull fracture or ear trauma. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

haemozoic
Parasitic in the blood of vertebrates; denoting certain protozoa. ... Synonym: haematozoic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemozoon
A blood-dwelling parasitic animal such as the trypanosomes or microfilariae of Wuchereria or Brugia. ... Synonym: haematozoon. ... Origin: haemo-+ G. Zoon, animal ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemproteins
Proteins that contain an iron-porphyrin, or haem, prosthetic group resembling that of haemoglobin. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

haemralopia
<ophthalmology> Day blindness, defective vision in a bright light. ... Origin: Gr. Hemera = day, alaos = blind ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

haemranopia
Synonym: haemralopia. ... Origin: G. Haemra, day, + an-, priv., + ops, eye ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

haemrythrin
A non-haem iron protein consisting of eight apparently identical subunits each containing 2 iron atoms. It binds one molecule of oxygen per pair of iron atoms and functions as a respiratory protein. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

haemrythrins
Iron-containing, oxygen-binding proteins in some worms, with molecular weights approximately that of haemoglobin but differing from haemoglobin in that the molecules do not contain porphyrin groups. Oxygenated haemrythrins is oxyhemerythrin. ... Origin: G. Haima, blood, + G. Erythros, red, + -in ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Haenel, Hans
<person> German neurologist, 1874-1942. ... See: Haenel's symptom. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Haenel's symptom
Absence of sensation on pressure of the eyeball in tabes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Haenszel, William
<person> U.S. Epidemiologist/statistician, *1910. ... See: Mantel-Haenszel test. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Haff disease
Haemoglobinuria, muscular weakness, and pains in the limbs, occurring in persons living in the vicinity of the Haff inlet, caused by arsenic poisoning from waste in a celluloid factory. ... Origin: Haff, an arm of the Baltic Sea in East Prussia ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Haffkine, Waldemar
<person> Russian physician, 1860-1930. ... See: Haffkine's vaccine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Haffkine's vaccine
A killed culture of Vibrio cholerae in two strengths, a weaker one for the initial inoculation and a stronger one for the second inoculation 7 to 10 days after the first, a killed plague bacillus (Yersinia pestis) vaccine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Hafnia
Genus in the tribe Klebsiella; a rare cause of nosocomial infection. There is a single species, Hafnia alvei. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

hafnium
<chemical> Hafnium. A metal element of atomic number 72 and atomic weight 178.49, symbol hf. ... Chemical name: Hafnium ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

hafussi bath
A modification of the Nauheim treatment, with only the hands and feet of the patient being immersed in hot water through which carbon dioxide gas is made to pass. ... Origin: Ger. Hand, hand, + fuss, foot ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

hag
1. A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled. 'This said, he led me over hoults and hags; Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew.' (Fairfax) ... 2. A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut. ... Origin: Scot. Hag to cut; cf. E. Hack. ... 1. A witch, sorceress, …

Hagedorn needle
A curved surgical needle flattened on the sides. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...