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

inclusion compound
The mechanical trapping of small molecules within spaces between other molecules; e.g., the inclusion of iodine molecules by starch molecules to form the well-known red-to-black 'addition compound' ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

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

inclusion conjunctivitis viruses
Former name for Chlamydia trachomatis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inclusion cyst
Synonym for epidermal cyst ... Intradermal or subcutaneous saclike structure, the wall of which is stratified epithelium containing keratohyalin granules. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

inclusion dermoid
Synonym for dermoid cyst ... A collection of cancerous cells which form cysts that contain one or more of the three primary embryonic germ layers: skin, hair or teeth. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

inclusive
Including something, including much or all. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

incoercible
1. Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced. ... 2. <physics> Not capable of being reduced to the form of a liquid by pressure; said of any gas above its critical point; also particularly of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide, formerly regarded as incapable of liquefaction at any temperature or pressure. ... 3. < …

incoherent
1. Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; said of material substances. ... 2. Wanting coherence or agreement; incongruous; inconsistent; having no dependence of one part on another; logically disconnected. 'The same rambling, incoherent manner.' ... Origin: Pref. In- not + coherent: cf. F. Inco …

income
1. A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion. 'More abundant incomes of light and strength from God.' (Bp. Rust) 'At mine income I louted low.' (Drant) ... 2. That which is caused to enter; inspiration; influence; hence, courage or zeal imparted. 'I would then make in and steep My income in their blood.' (Chapman) ... 3. That gain which pr …

income tax
Tax on the net income of an individual, organization, or business. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

incomitant strabismus
Synonym for paralytic strabismus ... Strabismus due to weakness of an ocular muscle or muscles. ... Synonym: incomitant strabismus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incompatibility
The quality of being incompatible. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incompatible
Not suitable for combination or simultaneous administration, mutually repellent. ... Origin: L. Incompatibilis ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

incompetant cervix
A cervix that is abnormally liable to dilate and so is not competant to keep the foetus up in the uterus and keep it from being spontaneously aborted (miscarried). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

incompetence
Physical or mental inadequacy or insufficiency. ... Origin: L. Competens = sufficient ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

incompetency
1. The quality or state of being incompetent; want of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a child hard labour, or of an idiot for intellectual efforts. 'Some inherent incompetency.' ... 2. Want of competency or legal fitness; incapacity; disqualification, as of a person to be heard as a witnes …

incompetent cervical os
A defect in the strength of the internal os allowing premature dilation of the cervix. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incompetent cervix
A cervix with the inability to remain closed throughout an entire pregnancy, a frequent cause of premature birth. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

incomplete
1. Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective. 'A most imperfect and incomplete divine.' (Milton) ... 2. <botany> Wanting any of the usual floral organs; said of a flower. ... <mathematics> Incomplete equation, an equation some of whose terms are wanting; or o …

incomplete abortion
<obstetrics> A clinical situation where the foetus has died but has not been completely expelled from the uterus. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

incomplete achromatopsia
Impaired, but not absent, colour vision with less severely reduced visual acuity than in complete achromatopsia; inherited as an autosomal recessive or as an X-linked disorder (blue cone monochromism; pi cone monochromatism ). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incomplete agglutinin
Antibody that binds to antigen but does not induce agglutination. These antibodies are usually of the IgG class and are referred to as incomplete antibody. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incomplete alexia
Synonym for dyslexia ... <clinical sign> A term used to describe a condition in which an individual with normal vision is unable to properly interpret written language. Dyslexia is more common in males and is often first recognised as a reading difficulty in the first grade. Individuals can see and recognise letters but are unable to spell and …

incomplete antibody
Synonym for univalent antibody ... An 'incomplete' form of antibody that may coat antigen, but which according to the 'lattice theory' does not have a second receptor for attachment to another molecule of antigen; in the case of Rh+ erythrocytes, such an anti-Rh antibody may coat the cells but not cause them to agglutinate in saline; however, agglut …

incomplete antigen
Synonym for hapten ... <immunology, molecular biology> Could be considered an isolated epitope: although a hapten (by definition) has an antibody directed against it, the hapten alone will not induce an immune response if injected into an animal, it must be conjugated to a carrier (usually a protein). ... The hapten constitutes a single antigen …

incomplete ascertainment
Method of locating affected individuals in which probability of locating any specific patient has a known value between 0 and 1. ... Synonym: truncate ascertainment. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incomplete atrioventricular block
Synonym for partial heart block ... Impulses penetrate the atrioventricular junction in some relation to the ventricular rate. ... Synonym: incomplete atrioventricular block. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incomplete cleavage
Synonym for meroblastic cleavage ... Incomplete separation of the blastomeres, with the divisions being limited to the nonyolked portion of the egg. ... Synonym: incomplete cleavage. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incomplete conjoined twins
Conjoined twin's, the two components of which equal one another but are less than entire individuals. ... Monoamniotic twins, twin's within a common amnion; such twin's are monovular in origin and may be conjoined. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incomplete disinfectant
A disinfectant that kills only the vegetative forms, leaving the spores uninjured. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incomplete dominance
<genetics> Two alleles of a gene which result in distinctly different phenotypes, but when they are both inherited together in an individual (one from the mother and one from the father - called heterozygosity), the individual ends up with a blend of the two phenotypes. ... For example: if one allele is for red hair and the other allele is for …

incomplete fistula
Synonym for blind fistula ... A fistula that ends in a cul-de-sac, being open at one extremity only. ... Synonym: incomplete fistula. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incomplete foot presentation
See: breech presentation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incomplete fracture
A fracture in which the line of fracture does not include the entire bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incomplete hemianopia
Hemianopsia involving less than half the visual field of each eye. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incomplete metamorphosis
The development of a nymph into the imago which in many respects resembles the former; characteristic of more primitive insect orders, such as Heteroptera (true bugs), Orthoptera (locusts, grasshoppers), and Blatterria (roaches). ... Synonym: heterometabolous metamorphosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incomplete tetanus
Tetanus in which each stimulus causes a contraction to be initiated when the muscle has only partly relaxed from the previous contraction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inconceivable
Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion. 'It is inconceivable to me that a spiritual substance should represent an extended figure.' (Locke) Inconceiv'ablene …

incongruent nystagmus
Synonym for dissociated nystagmus ... A nystagmus in which the movements of the two eyes are dissimilar in direction, amplitude, and periodicity. ... Synonym: dysjunctive nystagmus, incongruent nystagmus, irregular nystagmus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incongruous
Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonising or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action, dress, etc. 'Incongruous mixtures of opinions.' . 'Made up of incongruous parts.' 'Incongruous denotes that kind of absenc …

incongruous hemianopia
An incomplete or asymmetric homonymous hemianopsia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inconsistent
1. Not consistent; showing inconsistency; irreconcilable; discordant; at variance, especially. As regards character, sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous; contradictory. 'Compositions of this nature . . . Show that wisdom and virtue are far from being inconsistent with politeness and good humor.' (Addison) ... 2. Not exhibiting uniformity …

inconstant
1. Irregular. ... 2. In anatomy, denoting a structure, such as an artery, nerve, etc., that may or may not be present. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incontinence
<gastroenterology, urology> The inability to control excretory functions, as defecation (faecal incontinence) or urination (urinary incontinence). ... Origin: L. Incontinentia ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

incontinence of faeces
The involuntary voiding of faeces into clothing or bedclothes, usually due to pathology affecting sphincter control or loss of cognitive functions. ... Synonym: faecal incontinence. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incontinence of milk
Synonym for galactorrhoea ... <endocrinology> The excessive or spontaneous flow of milk, persistent secretion of milk irrespective of nursing. ... Origin: Gr. Rhoia = flow ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

incontinence of pigment
Loss of melanin from the epidermis, and accumulation in melanophages in the upper dermis; seen in several inflammatory diseases of the skin and in incontinentia pigmenti. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incontinence of urine
Inability to hold urine in the bladder. This is due to failure of voluntary control over the urinary sphincters resulting in involuntary passage of urine (wetting). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

incontinence pads
Absorbent pads made of various materials used for personal hygiene usually in urinary incontinence and usually in the elderly. They may be worn as underpants or as pants liners. They are made of absorbent materials such as fluff wood pulp and hydrogel absorbent with viscose rayon, polyester, polypropylene, or polyethylene coverstock. ... (12 Dec 199 …

incontinence, faecal
Inability to hold feces in the rectum. This is due to failure of voluntary control over the anal sphincters permitting untimely passage of feces and gas. Also called rectal incontinence. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

incontinence, rectal
Inability to hold feces in the rectum due to failure of voluntary control over the anal sphincters with involuntary passage of feces and gas. Also called faecal incontinence. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

incontinence, urinary
Inability to hold urine in the bladder. This is due to failure of voluntary control over the urinary sphincters resulting in involuntary passage of urine (wetting). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

incontinency
1. Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness. 'That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.' (1 Cor. Vii. 5) 'From the rash hand of bold incontinence.' (Milton) ... 2. <medicine> Th …

incontinentia
Synonym for incontinence ... <gastroenterology, urology> The inability to control excretory functions, as defecation (faecal incontinence) or urination (urinary incontinence). ... Origin: L. Incontinentia ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

incontinentia pigmenti
A genetic disease with blisters that develop soon after birth on the trunk and limbs, then heal, but leave dark (hyperpigmented) streaks and marble-like whorls on the skin. (the name came from the erroneous idea that the skin cells were incontinent of pigment and could not contain it normally.) other key features of ip include dental and nail abnor …

incontinentia pigmenti achromians
Inherited hypopigmented macules in a 'marble-cake' pattern, variably associated with epidermal nevi, alopecia, and ocular, skeletal, and neural abnormalities. ... Synonym: hypomelanosis of Ito. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incorporate
1. To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients. Into one consistent mass. 'By your leaves, you shall not stay alone, Till holy church incorporate two in one.' (Shak) ... 2. To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody. 'The idolaters, who worshiped their images as golds, supposed some spirit to be incorporated t …

incorporation
1. <chemistry> The union of one substance with another or with others, in a composite mass. ... 2. <psychology> A primitive unconscious defense mechanism in which aspects of another person are assimilated into the self through a figurative process of symbolic oral ingestion. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

incrassate
<botany> Thickened, of a pollen grain, with thickened margins around the apertures. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

increase
1. To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; opposed to decrease. 'The waters increased and bare up the ark.' (Gen. Vii. 17) 'He must increase, but I must decrease.' (John III. 30) 'The heavens forbid But that our loves and comforts should in …

increased markings emphysema
A term applied to mixed obstructive lung disease in which radiographic findings of emphysema coexist with nonvascular shadows, probably related to bronchial inflammation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

increased skull thickness
<radiology> Generalised, chronic severe anaemia (e.g. Thalassaemia, SSD), cerebral atrophy following shunting of hydrocephalus, Engelmann disease: mainly skull base, hyperparathyroidism, acromegaly, osteopetrosis, chronic dilantin ingestion focal, meningioma, fibrous dysplasia, Dyke-Davidoff syndrome, hyperostosis frontalis interna, metastase …

increment
1. The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement. 'The seminary that furnisheth matter for the formation and increment of animal and vegetable bodies.' (Woodward) 'A nation, to be great, ought to be compressed in its increment by nations more civilized than itself.' (Coleridge) ... 2. …

incremental energy costs
The cost of producing and transporting the next available unit of electrical energy. Short run incremental costs (SRIC) include only incremental operating costs. Long run incremental costs (LRIC) include the capital cost of new resources or capital equipment. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

incremental lines
In the enamel, calcification line's of Retzius, in the dentin, imbrication or incremental line's of von Ebner, and Owen's line's. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incremental lines of von Ebner
Synonym for imbrication lines of von Ebner ... Incremental line's in the dentin of the tooth that reflect variations in mineralization during dentin formation; the distance between the line's corresponds to the daily rate of dentin formation. ... Synonym: incremental lines of von Ebner. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incretion
The functional activity of an endocrine gland. ... Origin: in-+ secretion ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incrustation
1. Formation of a crust or a scab. ... 2. A coating of some adventitious material or an exudate; a scab. ... Origin: L. In-crusto, pp. -atus, to incrust, fr. Crusta, crust ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incrusted cystitis
Bladder inflammation with deposition of inorganic minerals on luminal wall. There generally is evidence of chronic inflammation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incubation
<microbiology> The development of an infectious disease from the entrance of the pathogen to the appearance of clinical symptoms. ... Origin: L. Incubatio ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

incubation period
<microbiology> The time from the moment of inoculation (exposure) to the development of the clinical manifestations of a particular infectious disease. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

incubation time
Synonym for incubation period ... <microbiology> The time from the moment of inoculation (exposure) to the development of the clinical manifestations of a particular infectious disease. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

incubative stage
Synonym for incubation period ... <microbiology> The time from the moment of inoculation (exposure) to the development of the clinical manifestations of a particular infectious disease. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

incubator
1. A container in which controlled environmental conditions may be maintained; e.g., for culturing microorganisms. ... 2. An apparatus for maintaining an infant (usually premature) in an environment of proper oxygenation, humidity, and temperature. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incubators
Insulated enclosures in which temperature, humidity, and other environmental conditions can be regulated at levels optimal for growth, hatching, reproduction, or metabolic reactions. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

incubators, infant
Apparatus for maintaining a premature infant in an environment of proper temperature and humidity. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

incubatory carrier
An individual capable of transmitting an infectious agent to others during the incubation period of the disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incubus
Origin: L, the nightmare. Cf. Incubate. ... 1. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. 'The devils who appeared in the female form were generally called succubi; those who appeared like men incubi, though this distinction was not always preserved.' (Lecky) ... 2. <medicine> The nightmare. …

incudal
Relating to the incus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incudal fold
A variable fold of mucosa that passes from the roof of the tympanic cavity to the body and short limb of the incus. ... Synonym: plica incudis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incudal fossa
Synonym for fossa incudis ... A small depression in the lower and posterior part of the epitympanic recess that lodges the short limb of the incus. ... Synonym: fossa for incus, incudal fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incudectomy
<procedure> Removal of the incus of the tympanum. ... Origin: incus + G. Ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incudes
Plural of incus. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incudiform
Shaped like an anvil. ... Origin: L. Incus (incud-), anvil ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incudiform uterus
Uterus bicornis in which the fundus between the two cornua is broad and flat. ... Synonym: triangular uterus, uterus incudiformis, uterus triangularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incudomalleal
Relating to the incus and the malleus; denoting the articulation between the incus and the malleus in the middle ear. ... Synonym: ambomalleal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incudomalleolar articulation
Synonym for incudomalleolar joint ... The saddle synovial joint between the incus and the malleus. ... Synonym: articulatio incudomallearis, incudomalleolar articulation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incudomalleolar joint
The saddle synovial joint between the incus and the malleus. ... Synonym: articulatio incudomallearis, incudomalleolar articulation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incudostapedial
Relating to the incus and the stapes; denoting the articulation between the incus and the stapes in the middle ear. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incudostapedial articulation
Synonym for incudostapedial joint ... The synovial joint between the lenticular process on the long crus of the incus and the head of the stapes. ... Synonym: articulatio incudostapedia, incudostapedial articulation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incudostapedial joint
The synovial joint between the lenticular process on the long crus of the incus and the head of the stapes. ... Synonym: articulatio incudostapedia, incudostapedial articulation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inculcate
To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility. 'The most obvious and necessary duties of life they have not yet had authority enough to enforce and inculcate upon men's minds.' (S. Clarke) ... Synonym: To instill, infuse, implant, engraft, impress. ... Origin: L. Incu …

incumbency
Origin: From Incumbent. ... 1. The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something. ... 2. That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight. ... 3. That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility. 'The incumbencies of a family.' ... 4. The state of holding a benefice; t …

incumbent
Of the orientation of an embryo, with the cotyledons lying face to face and folded downwards beside the radicle, of anthers, lying against the inner face of the filament. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

incurable
A person diseased beyond cure. ... 1. Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease. 'A scirrh is not absolutely incurable.' (Arbuthnot) ... 2. Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils. 'Rancorous and incurable hostility.' (Burke) 'They were …

incursion
1. A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid. 'The Scythian, whose incursions wild Have wasted Sogdiana.' (Milton) 'The incursions of the Goths disordered the affairs of the Roman Empire.' (Arbuthnot) ... 2. Attack; occurrence. 'Sins of daily incursion.' …

incurvation
An inward curvature; a bending inward. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

incurved
Bent or curved inwards or upwards, of leaf margins, curved towards the adaxial surface. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

incus
<anatomy> One of three ossicles in the ear lying between the malleus and stapes. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

incycloduction
A cycloduction in which the upper pole of the cornea is rotated inward (medially). ... Origin: in-+ cyclo-+ L. Duco, pp. Ductus, to lead ... (05 Mar 2000) ...