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

incipient caries
Beginning caries or decay. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisal
<dentistry> The biting edge of your central and lateral teeth. ... (08 Jan 1998) ...

incisal edge
The part of an anterior tooth farthest from the apex of the root. ... Synonym: margo incisalis, cutting edge, incisal margin, incisal surface, shearing edge. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisal embrasure
A space existing on the incisal aspect of the interproximal contact area between adjacent anterior teeth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisal guidance
The influence on mandibular movements caused by the contacting surfaces of the mandibular and maxillary anterior teeth during eccentric excursions. ... Synonym: incisal path. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisal guide
In dentistry, that part of an articulator on which the anterior guide pin rests to maintain the vertical dimension of occlusion and the incisal guide angle as established by the incisal guidance; may be adjustable, with a superior surface that may be changed to provide variations in the incisal guide angle, or customised, being individually formed …

incisal guide angle
The angle formed with the horizontal plane by drawing a line in the sagittal plane between incisal edges of the maxillary and mandibular central incisors when the teeth are in centric occlusion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisal margin
Synonym for incisal edge ... The part of an anterior tooth farthest from the apex of the root. ... Synonym: margo incisalis, cutting edge, incisal margin, incisal surface, shearing edge. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisal path
Synonym for incisal guidance ... The influence on mandibular movements caused by the contacting surfaces of the mandibular and maxillary anterior teeth during eccentric excursions. ... Synonym: incisal path. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisal point
The point located between the incisal edges of the lower central incisors; the graphic projection of the excursions of the incisal point in certain planes is generally used to illustrate the envelope of motion of mandibular movement. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisal rest
The portion of a removable partial denture supported by an incisal edge. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisal surface
Synonym for incisal edge ... The part of an anterior tooth farthest from the apex of the root. ... Synonym: margo incisalis, cutting edge, incisal margin, incisal surface, shearing edge. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incise
To cut with a knife. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incised
Cut deeply, sharply and often irregularly (an intermediate condition between toothed and lobed). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

incised wound
A clean cut, as by a sharp instrument. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incision
1. Cleft, cut, gash. ... 2. An act or action of incising. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

incision and drainage
<procedure, surgery> A surgical procedure whereby an incision is made in the tissue to drain a fluid or pus filled cavity. This is the surgical treatment for treating an abscess. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

incision biopsy
Removal of only a part of a lesion by incising into it. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisional biopsy
A surgical incision made through the skin to remove a portion of a suspected lump or tissue. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

incisional hernia
Hernia occurring through a surgical incision or scar. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisive
1. Having the power or quality of cutting. ... 2. Pertaining to the incisor teeth. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

incisive bone
Synonym for os incisivum ... The anterior and inner portion of the maxilla, which in the foetus and sometimes in the adult is a separate bone; the incisive suture runs from the incisive canal between the lateral incisor and the canine tooth; according to K. Albrecht, the os incisivum is further divided by a suture between the two incisor teeth on ea …

incisive canal cyst
A cyst in or near the incisive canal, arising from proliferation of epithelial remnants of the nasopalatine duct; the most common maxillary development cyst. ... Synonym: median anterior maxillary cyst, nasopalatine duct cyst. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisive duct
A rudimentary duct, or protrusion of the mucous membrane into the incisive canal, on either side of the anterior extremity of the nasal crest. ... Synonym: ductus incisivus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisive foramen
One of several (usually four) openings of the incisive canals into the incisive fossa. ... Synonym: foramen incisivum, incisor foramen, Stensen's foramen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisive fossa
The depression in the midline of the bony palate behind the central incisors into which the incisive canals open. ... Synonym: fossa incisiva. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisive papilla
A slight elevation of the mucosa at the anterior extremity of the raphe of the palate. ... Synonym: papilla incisiva, palatine papilla. ... Interdental papilla, the gingiva that fills the interproximal space between two adjacent teeth. ... Synonym: gingival septum, interproximal papilla. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisive suture
Line of union of the two portions of the maxilla (pre-and postmaxilla); it is present at birth but may persist into old age. ... Synonym: sutura incisiva, premaxillary suture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisor canal
One of several bony canals leading from the floor of the nasal cavity into the incisive fossa on the palatal surface of the maxilla; they convey the nasopalatine nerves and branches of the greater palatine arteries which anastomose with the septal branch of the sphenopalatine artery. ... Synonym: canalis incisivus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisor crest
The front part of the nasal crest of the palatine process of the maxilla. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisor foramen
Synonym for incisive foramen ... One of several (usually four) openings of the incisive canals into the incisive fossa. ... Synonym: foramen incisivum, incisor foramen, Stensen's foramen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisor tooth
A tooth with a chisel-shaped crown and a single conical tapering root; there are four of these teeth in the anterior part of each jaw, in both the deciduous and the permanent dentitions. ... Synonym: dens incisivus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura
Synonym: notch. ... Origin: L. A cutting into ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura acetabuli
Synonym for acetabular notch ... A gap in the inferior the margin of the acetabulum. ... Synonym: incisura acetabuli, cotyloid notch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura angularis
Synonym for angular notch ... A sharp angular depression in the lesser curvature of the stomach at the junction of the body with the pyloric canal. ... Synonym: incisura angularis, sulcus angularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura anterior auris
Synonym for anterior notch of ear ... A notch between the supratragic tubercle and the crus of the helix. ... Synonym: incisura anterior auris, anterior auricular groove, auricular notch, sulcus auriculae anterior. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura apicis cordis
Synonym for notch of apex of heart ... A slight notch near the apex of the heart where the anterior interventricular sulcus reaches the diaphragmatic surface of the heart. ... Synonym: incisura apicis cordis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura cardiaca
Synonym for cardiac notch ... A deep notch between the oesophagus and fundus of the stomach. ... Synonym: incisura cardiaca. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura cardiaca pulmonis sinistri
Synonym for cardiac notch of left lung ... The notch in the anterior border of the superior lobe of the left lung which accommodates the pericardium. ... Synonym: incisura cardiaca pulmonis sinistri. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura cerebelli anterior
Synonym for anterior cerebellar notch ... A wide, shallow notch on the anterior surface of the cerebellum occupied laterally by the superior cerebellar peduncles and the inferior quadrigeminal bodies medially. ... Synonym: anterior notch of cerebellum, incisura cerebelli anterior, semilunar notch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura cerebelli posterior
Synonym for posterior cerebellar notch ... A narrow notch between the cerebellar hemispheres posteriorly, occupied by the falx cerebelli. ... Synonym: incisura cerebelli posterior, marsupial notch, posterior notch of cerebellum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura clavicularis
Synonym for clavicular notch of sternum ... A hollow on either side of the upper surface of the manubrium sterni which articulates with the clavicle. ... Synonym: incisura clavicularis, clavicular facet. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura costalis
Synonym for costal notch ... One of the notches or facets on the lateral edge of the sternum for articulation with a costal cartilage. ... Synonym: incisura costalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura ethmoidalis
Synonym for ethmoidal notch ... An oblong gap between the orbital parts of the frontal bone in which the ethmoid bone is lodged. ... Synonym: incisura ethmoidalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura fibularis
Synonym for fibular notch ... A hollow on the lateral surface of the lower end of the tibia in which the fibula is lodged. ... Synonym: incisura fibularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura frontalis
Synonym for frontal notch ... A small notch, sometimes a foramen, on the orbital margin of the frontal bone medial to the supraorbital notch. ... Synonym: incisura frontalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura interarytenoidea
Synonym for interarytenoid notch ... The indentation of posterior portion of the aditus laryngis between the two arytenoid cartilages. ... Synonym: incisura interarytenoidea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura intertragica
Synonym for intertragic notch ... The deep notch in the lower part of the auricle between the tragus and antitragus. ... Synonym: incisura intertragica, incisura tragica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura ischiadica major
Synonym for greater sciatic notch ... The deep indentation in the posterior border of the hip bone at the point of union of the ilium and ischium. ... Synonym: incisura ischiadica major, iliosciatic notch, sacrosciatic notch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura ischiadica minor
Synonym for lesser sciatic notch ... The notch in the posterior border of the ischium below the ischial spine. ... Synonym: incisura ischiadica minor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura jugularis ossis temporalis
Synonym for jugular notch of temporal bone ... The notch in the temporal bone which forms one boundary of the jugular foramen. ... Synonym: incisura jugularis ossis temporalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura jugularis sternalis
Synonym for suprasternal notch ... The V shaped notch at the top of the breastbone (sternum). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

incisura lacrimalis
Synonym for lacrimal notch ... The notch on the frontal process of the maxilla into which the lacrimal bone fits. ... Synonym: incisura lacrimalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura ligamenti teretis hepatis
Synonym for notch for round ligament of liver ... The notch in the inferior border of the liver that accommodates the round ligament. ... Synonym: incisura ligamenti teretis hepatis, incisura umbilicalis, umbilical notch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura mandibulae
Synonym for mandibular notch ... The deep notch between the condylar and coronoid processes of the mandible. ... Synonym: incisura mandibulae, sigmoid notch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura mastoidea
Synonym for mastoid groove ... The groove medial to the mastoid process of the temporal bone from which the digastric muscle originates. ... Synonym: incisura mastoidea, digastric groove, digastric notch, mastoid notch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura nasalis
Synonym for nasal notch ... The notch in the medial border of the maxilla anteriorly which, with its fellow, forms most of the piriform opening of the nasal cavity. ... Synonym: incisura nasalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura pancreatis
Synonym for pancreatic notch ... A notch separating the uncinate process of the head of the pancreas from the neck. ... Synonym: incisura pancreatis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura parietalis
Synonym for parietal notch ... The angle posteriorly between the squamous and petrous parts of the temporal bone. ... Synonym: incisura parietalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura preoccipitalis
Synonym for preoccipital notch ... An indentation in the ventrolateral border of the temporal lobe of the cerebral hemisphere. ... Synonym: incisura preoccipitalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura pterygoidea
Synonym for pterygoid fissure ... The cleft between the medial and lateral laminae of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone into which the pyramidal process of the palatine bone is fitted. ... Synonym: incisura pterygoidea, fissura pterygoidea, pterygoid notch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura radialis
Synonym for radial notch ... The concavity on the lateral aspect of the coronoid process of the ulna that articulates with the head of the radius. ... Synonym: incisura radialis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura rivini
Synonym for tympanic notch ... The notch in the superior part of the tympanic ring bridged by the flaccid part of the tympanic membrane. ... Synonym: incisura tympanica, incisura rivini, Rivinus' incisure, Rivinus' notch, tympanic incisure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura scapulae
Synonym for scapular notch ... A notch on the superior border of the scapula through which the suprascapular nerve passes. ... Synonym: incisura scapulae, suprascapular notch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura semilunaris ulnae
Synonym for trochlear notch ... The large semicircular notch at the proximal extremity of the ulna between the olecranon and coronoid processes that articulates with the trochlea of the humerus. ... Synonym: incisura trochlearis, incisura semilunaris ulnae, semilunar notch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura sphenopalatina
Synonym for sphenopalatine notch ... The deep notch between the orbital and sphenoidal processes of the palatine bone which is converted into the foramen of the same name by the undersurface of the sphenoid bone. ... Synonym: incisura sphenopalatina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura supraorbitalis
Synonym for supraorbital notch ... A groove in the orbital margin of the frontal bone, about the junction of the medial and intermediate thirds, through which pass the supraorbital nerve and artery. ... See: supraorbital foramen. ... Synonym: incisura supraorbitalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura tentorii
Synonym for tentorial notch ... The triangular opening in the tentorium cerebelli through which the brainstem extends from the posterior into the middle cranial fossa. ... Synonym: incisura tentorii, notch of tentorium. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura terminalis auris
Synonym for terminal notch of auricle ... A deep notch separating the lamina tragi and cartilage of the external auditory meatus from the main auricular cartilage, the two being connected below by the isthmus. ... Synonym: incisura terminalis auris, auricular notch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura thyroidea inferior
Synonym for inferior thyroid notch ... A shallow notch in the middle of the lower border of the thyroid cartilage. ... Synonym: incisura thyroidea inferior. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura thyroidea superior
Synonym for superior thyroid notch ... A deep notch in the middle of the upper border of the thyroid cartilage. ... Synonym: incisura thyroidea superior. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura tragica
Synonym for intertragic notch ... The deep notch in the lower part of the auricle between the tragus and antitragus. ... Synonym: incisura intertragica, incisura tragica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura trochlearis
Synonym for trochlear notch ... The large semicircular notch at the proximal extremity of the ulna between the olecranon and coronoid processes that articulates with the trochlea of the humerus. ... Synonym: incisura trochlearis, incisura semilunaris ulnae, semilunar notch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura tympanica
Synonym for tympanic notch ... The notch in the superior part of the tympanic ring bridged by the flaccid part of the tympanic membrane. ... Synonym: incisura tympanica, incisura rivini, Rivinus' incisure, Rivinus' notch, tympanic incisure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura ulnaris
Synonym for ulnar notch ... The concave surface on the medial side of the distal end of the radius which articulates with the head of the ulna. ... Synonym: incisura ulnaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura umbilicalis
Synonym for notch for round ligament of liver ... The notch in the inferior border of the liver that accommodates the round ligament. ... Synonym: incisura ligamenti teretis hepatis, incisura umbilicalis, umbilical notch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisura vertebralis
Synonym for vertebral notch ... One of the two concavities above (superior) and below (inferior) the pedicle of a vertebra; the notches of two adjacent vertebrae (plus the intervertebral disc) form an intervertebral foramen. ... Synonym: incisura vertebralis, intervertebral notch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incisurae santorini
Synonym for notches in cartilage of external acoustic meatus ... (usually) two vertical fissures in the anterior portion of the cartilage of the external auditory meatus, filled by fibrous tissue. ... Synonym: incisurae cartilaginis meatus acustici externi, Duverney's fissures, incisurae santorini, Santorini's fissures, Santorini's incisures. ... (05 …

incisure
Synonym: notch. ... Origin: L. Incisura ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incite
To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on. 'Anthiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans.' (Bacon) 'No blown ambition doth our arms incite.' (Shak) ... Synonym: Excite, stimulate, instigate, spur, goad, arouse, move, urge, rouse, provoke, encourage, prompt, animate. See Excite. ... O …

inclinatio
Synonym: inclination. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inclinatio pelvis
Synonym for inclination of pelvis ... The angle which the plane of the superior pelvic aperture makes with the horizontal plane. ... Synonym: inclinatio pelvis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inclination
<dentistry> The angle of the long axis of a tooth from a particular line of reference, the tilt or tip of a tooth. ... (08 Jan 1998) ...

inclination of pelvis
The angle which the plane of the superior pelvic aperture makes with the horizontal plane. ... Synonym: inclinatio pelvis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incline
1. To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south. ... 2. To lean or tend, in an intellectual or moral sense; to favor an opinion, a course of conduct, or a person; to have a propensity or inclination; to be disposed. 'Their heart …

inclined
1. Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue. 'Each pensively inclined.' ... 2. <mathematics> Making an angle with some line or plane; said of a line or plane. ... 3. <botany> Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the conve …

inclined grate
A type of furnace in which fuel enters at the top part of a grate in a continuous ribbon, passes over the upper drying section where moisture is removed, and descends into the lower burning section. Ash is removed at the lower part of the grate. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

inclinnation
1. The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination of the head. ... 2. A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a column, or of a road bed. ... 3. A tendency towards another body or point ... 4. <geometry> The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclinat …

inclinometer
An obsolete instrument for determining the direction of the ocular axes in astigmatism. ... Origin: L. In-clino, to incline, + G. Metron, measure ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

included
Enclosed, not protruding. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

inclusa
<marine biology> A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterised by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer (Teredo navalis) is an example. ... Origin: NL, fr. L. Inclusus, p. P. Of includere to shut in. ... (19 Mar 1998) ...

inclusion blennorrhoea
A neonatal conjunctivitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inclusion bodies
<cell biology> Nuclear or cytoplasmic structures with characteristic staining properties, usually found at the site of virus multiplication. Semi crystalline arrays of virions, capsids or other viral components. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

inclusion bodies, viral
An area showing altered staining behaviour in the nucleus or cytoplasm of a virus-infected cell. Some inclusion bodies represent 'virus factories' in which viral nucleic acid or protein is being synthesised; others are merely artifacts of fixation and staining. One example, negri bodies, are found in the cytoplasm or processes of nerve cells in ani …

inclusion body disease
Synonym for cytomegalic inclusion disease ... <disease> An illness in newborns caused by viral infection, symptoms includefever, cellular enlargement, microscopically-visible clumps of viralparticles or proteins in the cytoplasm and nuclei of affected cells, enlargementof the spleen and liver. Long-term effects of the disease may includemental …

inclusion body encephalitis
Synonym for subacute sclerosing panencephalitis ... <neurology> Chronic progressive illness seen in children a few years after measles infection and involving demyelination of the cerebral cortex. Virus apparently persists in brain cells: usually considered a slow virus disease. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

inclusion body myositis
<radiology> Common form of inflamatory myopathy, most common in the elderly, equal sex incidence, sporadic idiopathic disease (very rarely familial), misdiagnosed as steroid-resistant polymyositis symptoms, presents as a painless slowly progressive proximal myopathy, may cause dysphagia, mild to moderate muscle wasting diagnosis, serum creati …

inclusion body rhinitis
A respiratory disease of pigs caused by the cytomegalovirus porcine herpesvirus 2 and characterised by rhinitis and conjunctivitis in young pigs. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inclusion cell
Synonym for I-cell ... A cultured skin fibroblast containing membrane-bound inclusions; characteristic of mucolipidosis II. ... See: immunocyte. ... Synonym: inclusion cell. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inclusion cell disease
Synonym for mucolipidosis II ... <biochemistry> Mucolipidosis of early onset and with severe symptoms like those in Hurler's syndrome but with normal urinary mucopolysaccharides, vacuolated lymphocytes, and inclusion bodies in cultured fibroblasts (I-cells). ... The lysosomes lack hydrolases but high concentrations of lysosomal enzymes are foun …