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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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Horner's pupilConstricted pupil due to impairment of sympathetic nerve innervation of the dilator muscle of the pupil. ... See: Horner's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Horner's syndrome<syndrome> A nerve condition which involves a dropping eyelid (ptosis), constricted pupil, enophthalmos and lack of sweating on one side of the face. Often seen in association with injury (for example neck fracture, penetrating injury) to the cervical sympathetic nerve trunk in the neck or a Pancoast tumour involving both the upper and lower …
Horner's teethIncisor teeth having a horizontal hypoplastic groove. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
hornet<zoology> A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow colour. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white-faced hornet (V. Maculata) is larger and has similar habits. ... …
hornet stingsStings from hornets and other large stinging insects such as bees, yellow jackets and wasps can trigger allergic reactions varying greatly in severity. Avoidance and prompt treatment are essential. In selected cases, allergy injection therapy is highly effective. (the three a's of insect allergy are adrenaline, avoidance and allergist.) ... (12 Dec …
hornificationSynonym for keratinization ... Keratin formation or development of a horny layer; may also apply to premature formation of keratin. ... Synonym: cornification, hornification. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
hornpipeAn instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn. ... A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing. 'Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis.' (Sir W. Raleigh) A dance performed, usua …
horns of hyoid boneSee: greater horn of hyoid bone, lesser horn of hyoid bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
horns of saphenous openingSee: inferior horn of falciform margin of saphenous opening, superior horn of falciform margin of saphenous opening. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
horns of thyroid cartilageSee: inferior horn of thyroid cartilage, superior horn of thyroid cartilage. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
hornyOf the nature or structure of horn. ... Synonym: corneous, keratic, keratinous, keratoid, keroid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
horny cellSynonym for corneocyte ... The dead keratin-filled squamous cell of the stratum corneum. ... Synonym: horny cell, keratinised cell. ... Origin: cornea, L. Fem. Of corneus, horny, + G. Kytos, cell ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
horny layer of epidermisSynonym for stratum corneum epidermidis ... The outer layer of the epidermis, consisting of several layers of flat keratinised non-nucleated cells. ... Synonym: corneal layer of epidermis, horny layer of epidermis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
horny layer of nailSynonym for stratum corneum unguis ... The outer, horny layer of the nail. ... Synonym: cornified layer of nail, horny layer of nail. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
horopter<optics> The line or surface in which are situated all the points which are seen single while the point of sight, or the adjustment of the eyes, remains unchanged. 'The sum of all the points which are seen single, while the point of sight remains unchanged, is called the horopter.' (J. Le Conte) ... Origin: Gr. Boundary + one who looks. ... Sou …
horoscope1. The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment. The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the hea …
horror1. A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement. 'Such fresh horror as you see driven through the wrinkled waves.' (Chapman) ... 2. A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor. ... 3. A painful emotion of f …
horror autotoxicusA term introduced by Ehrlich, meaning that immunity is directed against foreign materials but not against the constituents of one's own body; exceptions to this concept are the autoallergic reactions and diseases. ... Origin: L., dread of self-poisoning ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
horror fusionisSimultaneous projection into consciousness of retinal images so different that fusion is impossible. ... Synonym: macular evasion. ... Origin: L., dread of intermingling ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
horse1. To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse. 'Being better horsed, outrode me.' ... 2. To sit astride of; to bestride. ... 3. To cover, as a mare; said of the male. ... 4. To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer. ... 5. To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc, to be flogged; to subj …
horse diseasesDiseases of domestic and wild horses of the species equus caballus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
horse-chestnut<botany> The large nutlike seed of a species of aesculus (ae. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name. ... The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The native American species are called buckeyes.
horsefly
1. <zoology> Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidae, that stings horses, and sucks their blood. ... Of these flies there are numerous species, both in Europe and America. They have a large proboscis with four sharp lancets for piercing the skin. Called also breeze fly. ... 2. <zoology> The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca). ... Sour …
horseman
1. A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man. ... 2. A mounted soldier; a cavalryman. ... 3. <zoology> A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly. A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. Lanceolatus). ... Source: W …
horsepower
1. The power which a horse exerts. ... 2. <machinery> A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute; hence, i …
horsepox
A disease, now rare, that usually appears as typical eruptions, first papular, then vesicular, in the mouth or on the lips and buccal mucosa, sometimes on the skin of the fetlocks; caused by the horsepox virus, a member of the family Poxviridae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
horsepox virus
The poxvirus causing horsepox. ... Synonym: contagious pustular stomatitis virus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
horseradish peroxidase
<enzyme> A large enzyme, frequently used in conjunction with diaminobenzidine as an intracellular marker to identify cells both at light and electron microscopic levels. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
horses
Large, hoofed mammals of the family equidae. Horses are active day and night with most of the day spent seeking and consuming food. Feeding peaks occur in the early morning and late afternoon, and there are several daily periods of rest. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
horseshoe
1. A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof. ... 2. Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab. ... 3. <zoology> The Limulus of horsehoe crab. ... <medicine> Horsehoe head, a bat of the genus Rhinolophus, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe. ... Source: Web …
horseshoe crabs
An arthropod subclass (xiphosura) comprising the north american (limulus) and asiatic (tachypleus) genera of horseshoe crabs. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
horseshoe fistula
An anal fistula partially encircling the anus and opening at both extremities on the cutaneous surface. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
horseshoe kidney
<radiology> 50% most likely to be other GU anomaly, duplication, cryptorchidism, urethral anomaly, increased kidney tumours, Wilms -- in kids, adenocarcinoma -- later in life ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
horseshoe placenta
An exaggerated placenta reniformis curved in the form of a horseshoe; present in some twin pregnancies. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
horsetail
1. <botany> A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. ... 2. A Turkish standard, denoting rank. ... Commanders are distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. Thus, the sultan has seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one. Shrubby horsetai …
Horsfall, Frank L Jr
<person> U.S. Physician, 1906-1971. ... See: Tamm-Horsfall mucoprotein, Tamm-Horsfall protein. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Horsley, Sir Victor
<person> English surgeon, 1857-1916. ... See: Horsley's bone wax. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Horsley's bone wax
Synonym for bone wax ... A mixture of antiseptic agents, oil, and wax used to stop bleeding by plugging bone cavities or haversian canals. ... Synonym: Horsley's bone wax. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Hortega cells
Synonym for microglia ... <pathology> A part of the neuroglia. It consists of small glial cells which migrate through nerve tissue and remove waste products by phagocytosis. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
Hortega, Pio del Rio
<person> Spanish neurohistologist in South America, 1882-1945. ... See: Hortega cells, Hortega's neuroglia stain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Hortega's neuroglia stain
<technique> One of several silver carbonate methods to demonstrate astrocytes, oligodendroglia, and microglia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Horton, Bayard
<person> U.S. Physician, *1895. ... See: Horton's arteritis, Horton's cephalalgia, Horton's headache. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Horton's arteritis
Synonym for temporal arteritis ... giant cell arteritis ...
Horton's cephalalgia
Synonym for cluster headache ... <symptom> A term used to describe a headache that is typified by constant, unilateral pain around the eye, with onset usually within 2-3 hours of falling asleep. Can be accompanied by a blocked nasal passage, runny nose, and-or tearing. One may also notice facial flushing, ptosis (dropping eyelid), facial swell …
Horton's headache
Synonym for cluster headache ... <symptom> A term used to describe a headache that is typified by constant, unilateral pain around the eye, with onset usually within 2-3 hours of falling asleep. Can be accompanied by a blocked nasal passage, runny nose, and-or tearing. One may also notice facial flushing, ptosis (dropping eyelid), facial swell …
Horton's syndrome
<syndrome> A term used to describe a headache that is typified by constant, unilateral pain around the eye, with onset usually within 2-3 hours of falling asleep. Can be accompanied by a blocked nasal passage, runny nose, and-or tearing. One may also notice facial flushing, ptosis (dropping eyelid), facial swelling and constriction of the pup …
hospice
An institution that provides a centralised program of palliative and supportive services to dying persons and their families, in the form of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care; such services are provided by an interdisciplinary team of professionals and volunteers who are available at home and in specialised inpatient settings. ... …
hospice care
Specialised health care, supportive in nature, provided to a dying person. A holistic approach is often taken, providing the patient and his or her family with legal, financial, emotional, or spiritual counseling in addition to meeting the patient's immediate physical needs. Care may be provided in the home, in the hospital, in specialised faciliti …
hospices
Facilities or services which are especially devoted to providing palliative and supportive care to the patient with a terminal illness and to the patient's family. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital
1. A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. ... 2. A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or mor …
hospital acquired pneumonia
A type of pneumonia that is caused by bacteria contracted during a hospitalisation. These hospital-acquired infections tend to be more difficult to treat due to the bacteria's relative resistance to common forms of antibiotic therapy. Risk of nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infection is a major determinant when a physician decides whether or not the …
hospital administration
Management of the internal organization of the hospital. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital administrators
Managerial personnel responsible for implementing policy and directing the activities of hospitals. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital auxiliaries
Volunteer organizations whose members perform work for the hospital without compensation. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital bed capacity
The number of beds which a hospital has been designed and constructed to contain. It may also refer to the number of beds set up and staffed for use. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital charges
The prices a hospital sets for its services. Hospital costs (the direct and indirect expenses incurred by the hospital in providing the services) are one factor in the determination of hospital charges. Other factors may include, for example, profits, competition, and the necessity of recouping the costs of uncompensated care. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital communication systems
The transmission of messages to staff and patients within a hospital. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital costs
The expenses incurred by a hospital in providing care. The hospital costs attributed to a particular patient care episode include the direct costs plus an appropriate proportion of the overhead for administration, personnel, building maintenance, equipment, etc. Hospital costs are one of the factors which determine hospital charges (the price the h …
hospital departments
Major administrative divisions of the hospital. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital design and construction
The architecture, functional design, and construction of hospitals. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital distribution systems
Systems for delivering hospital supplies, food, laundry, etc., to patient care areas. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital fever
Synonym for epidemic typhus ... <infectious disease> A severe acute disease with prolonged high fever up to 40° C (104° F), intractable headache, and a pink-to-red raised rash. The cause is a microorganism called Rickettsia prowazekii. ... It is found worldwide and is transmitted by lice. The lice become infected on typhus patients and transmit …
hospital formulary
A continually revised compilation of approved pharmaceuticals, plus important ancillary information, that reflects the current clinical judgment of the institution's medical staff. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
hospital gangrene
A chronic ulcer that appears in pressure areas in debilitated patients confined to bed or otherwise immobilised, due to a circulatory defect from the enhanced tissue pressure in high-contact areas, often occurring over a bony prominence (for example sacral decubitus). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
hospital information systems
Integrated, computer-assisted systems designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information concerned with the administrative and clinical aspects of providing medical services within the hospital. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital mortality
A vital statistic measuring or recording the rate of death from any cause in hospitalised populations. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital nurse
A registered nurse working in a hospital. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
hospital planning
Areawide planning for hospitals or planning of a particular hospital unit on the basis of projected consumer need. This does not include hospital design and construction or architectural plans. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital record
The medical record generated during a period of hospitalization, usually including written accounts of consultants' opinions, physician observations, as well as nurses' observations and treatments. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
hospital records
Compilations of data on hospital activities and programs; excludes patient medical records. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital restructuring
Reorganization of the hospital corporate structure. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital shared services
Cooperation among hospitals for the purpose of sharing various departmental services, e.g., pharmacy, laundry, data processing, etc. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital units
Those areas of the hospital organization not considered departments which provide specialised patient care. They include various hospital special care wards. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital volunteers
Individuals who donate their services to the hospital. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital-patient relations
Interactions between hospital staff or administrators and patients. Includes guest relations programs designed to improve the image of the hospital and attract patients. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital-physician joint ventures
A formal financial agreement made between one or more physicians and a hospital to provide ambulatory alternative services to those patients who do not require hospitalization. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospital-physician relations
Includes relationships between hospitals, their governing boards, and administrators in regard to physicians, whether or not the physicians are members of the medical staff or have medical staff privileges. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitalisation
The confinement of a patient in a hospital or the period of such confinement. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
hospitalization
The confinement of a patient in a hospital. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals
Institutions with an organised medical staff which provide medical care to patients. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, chronic disease
Hospitals which provide care to patients with long-term illnesses. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, community
Institutions with permanent facilities and organised medical staff which provide the full range of hospital services primarily to a neighborhood area. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, convalescent
Hospitals which provide care to the patient for the period following an acute illness until health is restored. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, county
Hospitals controlled by the county government. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, district
Government-controlled hospitals which represent the major health facility for a designated geographic area. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, federal
Hospitals controlled by agencies and departments of the u.s. Federal government. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, general
Large hospitals with a resident medical staff which provides continuous care to maternity, surgical and medical patients. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, group practice
Hospitals organised and controlled by a group of physicians who practice together and provide each other with mutual support. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, maternity
Special hospitals which provide care to women during pregnancy and parturition. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, military
Hospitals which provide care for the military personnel and usually for their dependents. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, municipal
Hospitals controlled by the city government. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, osteopathic
Hospitals providing care utilizing the generally accepted medical and surgical methods but with emphasis on the osteopathic system of therapy. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, packaged
Hospital equipment and supplies, packaged for long-term storage, sufficient to set up a general hospital in an emergency situation. They are also called packaged disaster hospitals and formerly civil defense emergency hospitals. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, paediatric
Special hospitals which provide care for ill children. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, private
A class of hospitals that includes profit or not-for-profit hospitals that are controlled by a legal entity other than a government agency. (hospital administration terminology, aha, 2d ed) ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, proprietary
Hospitals owned and operated by a corporation or an individual that operate on a for-profit basis, also referred to as investor-owned hospitals. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, psychiatric
Special hospitals which provide care to the mentally ill patient. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, public
Hospitals controlled by various types of government, i.e., city, county, district, state or federal. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, religious
Private hospitals that are owned or sponsored by religious organizations. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
hospitals, satellite
Those hospitals which are extensions of a main hospital and are wholly or partly administered by that hospital. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
