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

infrared cataract
A cataract secondary to absorption of heat by the lens, or by transmission from the adjacent iris. ... Synonym: furnacemen's cataract, glassworker's cataract. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infrared light
See: infrared. ... Invisible light, historic term for X-rays. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infrared microscope
<instrument> A microscope that is equipped with infrared transmitting optics and that measures the infrared absorption of minute samples with the aid of photoelectric cells; images may be observed with image converters or television. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infrared radiation
Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 750 nanometres and 1,000,000 nanometres (or 1 millimetre). This is more commonly known as heat energy. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

infrared ray
See: infrared. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infrared rays
That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum usually sensed as heat. Infrared wavelengths are longer than those of visible light, extending into the microwave frequencies. They are used therapeutically as heat, and also to warm food in restaurants. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

infrared spectroscopy
The study of the specific absorption in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; used in the study of the chemical bonds within molecules. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infrared spectrum
The part of the invisible spectrum of wave length just longer than that of visible red light. ... Synonym: thermal spectrum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infrascapular artery
<anatomy, artery> A small branch of the circumflex scapular artery. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infrascapular region
The region of the back lateral to the vertebral region and below the scapula. ... Synonym: regio infrascapularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infrasegmental part
Synonym for intersegmental veins ... A vein receiving blood from adjacent bronchopulmonary segments; it emerges from the inferior margin of a segment to become a tributary of a branch of a pulmonary vein. ... Synonym: infrasegmental part, intersegmental part of pulmonary vein, pars infrasegmentalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infrasegmental veins
Synonym for pars intersegmentalis ... infrasegmental veins ...

infrasonic
Denoting those frequencies that lie below the range of human hearing. ... Origin: infra-+ L. Sonus, sound ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infraspecific
Of lower taxonomic rank than species. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

infraspinatus
<anatomy, muscle> Origin, infraspinous fossa of scapula; insertion, middle facet of greater tubercle of humerus; action, extends arm and rotates it laterally; nerve supply, suprascapular (from fifth to sixth cervical spinal nerves). ... Synonym: musculus infraspinatus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infraspinatus bursa
<anatomy> The bursa located between the tendon of the infraspinatus and the capsule of the shoulder joint. ... Synonym: bursa subtendinea musculi infraspinati. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infraspinatus fascia
Fascia infraspinata, the fascia attached to the borders of the infraspinous fossa and covering the infraspinatus muscle; it is continuous with the fascia covering the deltoid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infraspinous fossa
The hollow on the dorsal aspect of the scapula inferior to the spine, giving attachment chiefly to the infraspinatus muscle. ... Synonym: fossa infraspinata. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infrasplenic
Beneath or below the spleen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infrasternal angle
The angle between the lower borders of the costal cartilages of the two sides as they approach the sternum. ... Synonym: angulus infrasternalis, substernal angle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infrasubspecific
<zoology> Of a category or name - of lower rank than the subspecies, and, as such, not subject to regulation by the Code for example form, race, variety. Articles 1, 45c. ... (09 Jan 1998) ...

infratemporal crest
A rough ridge marking the angle of union of the temporal and infratemporal surfaces of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone. ... Synonym: crista infratemporalis, pterygoid ridge of sphenoid bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infratemporal fossa
The cavity on the side of the skull bounded laterally by the zygomatic arch and ramus of the mandible, medially by the lateral pterygoid plate, anteriorly by the zygomatic process of the maxilla, posteriorly by the articular tubercle of the temporal bone and the posterior border of the lateral pterygoid plate, and above by the squama of the tempora …

infratemporal surface of maxilla
The convex posterolateral surface of the body of the maxilla that form the anterior wall of the infratemporal fossa. ... Synonym: facies infratemporalis maxillae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infratentorial neoplasms
Intracranial tumours originating in the infratentorial region and occurring in both children and adults. Histological diagnoses include teratoma, medulloblastoma, glioblastoma, astrocytoma, ependymoma, craniopharyngioma, choroid plexus papilloma, and undetermined types. Therapeutic treatments include tumour resection, ventriculoperitoneal shunt, su …

infrathoracic
Below or at the lower portion of the thorax. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infratonsillar
Below the palatine tonsil or cerebellar tonsil. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infratrochlear nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A terminal branch of the nasociliary nerve running beneath the pulley of the superior oblique muscle to the front of the orbit, and supplying the skin of the eyelids and root of the nose. ... Synonym: nervus infratrochlearis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infraumbilical
Inferior to the umbilicus. ... Synonym: subumbilical. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infraversion
1. A turning (version) downward. ... 2. In physiological optics, rotation of both eyes downward. ... Synonym: infraclusion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infriction
The application of liniments or ointments combined with friction. ... Origin: L. In, on, + frictio, a rubbing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infructescence
The grouping or arrangement in which fruits are borne on a plant. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

infundibula
Plural of infundibulum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibular
Relating to an infundibulum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibular part
Synonym for pars tuberalis ... <anatomy> The upward extension of the anterior lobe that wraps around the infundibular stalk; its cells, mostly gonadotropic, are arranged in cords and clusters; it is supplied by the superior hypophyseal arteries and contains the first capillary bed and the venules of a portal system that carries neurosecretory …

infundibular recess
A funnel-shaped diverticulum leading from the anterior portion of the third ventricle down into the infundibulum of the hypophysis. ... Synonym: recessus infundibuli, aditus ad infundibulum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibular stalk
Synonym for infundibular stem ... The neural component of the pituitary stalk that contains nerve tracts passing from the hypothalamus to the pars nervosa. ... Synonym: infundibular stalk. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibular stem
The neural component of the pituitary stalk that contains nerve tracts passing from the hypothalamus to the pars nervosa. ... Synonym: infundibular stalk. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibular stenosis
Narrowing of the outflow tract of the right ventricle below the pulmonic valve; may be due to a localised fibrous diaphragm just below the valve or, more commonly, to a long narrow fibromuscular channel. ... Synonym: Dittrich's stenosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibulectomy
<procedure> Excision of the infundibulum, especially of hypertrophied ventricular septal myocardium encroaching on the ventricular outflow tract. ... Origin: infundibulum + G. Ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibuliform fascia
Synonym for internal spermatic fascia ... The inner covering of the spermatic cord, continuous above the deep inguinal ring with fascia transversalis. ... Synonym: fascia spermatica interna, infundibuliform fascia, tunica vaginalis communis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibuliform hymen
A projecting, funnel-shaped hymen with a central opening with sloping edges. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibuliform sheath
Synonym for femoral sheath ... The fascia enclosing the femoral vessels, formed by the transversalis fascia anteriorly and the iliac fascia posteriorly; two septa divide the sheath into three compartments, the lateral of which contains the femoral artery and the femoral branch of the genitofemoral nerve, the middle the femoral vein, and the medial i …

infundibulin
A 20% solution of an extract of the posterior lobe of the hypophysis cerebri. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibulo-ovarian
Relating to the fimbriated extremity of a uterine tube and the ovary. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibulo-ovarian ligament
Synonym for ovarian fimbria ... The longest of the fimbriae of the uterine tube; it extends from the infundibulum to the ovary. ... Synonym: fimbria ovarica, infundibulo-ovarian ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibulofolliculitis
Inflammation of the follicular infundibulum, the superficial part of the hair follicle above the opening of the sebaceous gland. ... Disseminated recurrent infundibulofolliculitis, a pruritic papular follicular eczema of the trunk and proximal extremities; usually occurs in blacks. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibuloma
<tumour> A pilocytic astrocytoma arising in the neurohypophysis of the pituitary. ... Origin: infundibulum + G. -oma, tumour ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibulopelvic
Relating to any two structures called infundibulum and pelvis, such as the expanded portion of a calyx and the pelvis of the kidney, or the fimbriated extremity of the uterine tube and the pelvis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibulopelvic ligament
Synonym for suspensory ligament of ovary ... A band of peritoneum that extends upward from the upper pole of the ovary; it contains the ovarian vessels and ovarian plexus of nerves. ... Synonym: ligamentum suspensorium ovarii, infundibulopelvic ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibulum
Origin: L, a funnel, from infundere to pour in or into. See Infuse. ... 1. <anatomy> A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes. ... 2. & …

infundibulum ethmoidale
Synonym for ethmoidal infundibulum ... A passage from the middle meatus of the nose communicating with the anterior ethmoidal cells and frontal sinus. ... Synonym: infundibulum ethmoidale, ethmoid infundibulum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibulum hypothalami
Synonym for hypothalamic infundibulum ... The apical portion of the tuber cinereum extending into the stalk of the hypophysis. ... Synonym: infundibulum hypothalami. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibulum of lungs
In the embryo, one of the expanded extremities of the subdivisions of the lung buds; in later development minute pouches (the air sacs) appear in its wall. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibulum of teeth
Synonym for infundibulum ... Origin: L, a funnel, from infundere to pour in or into. See Infuse. ... 1. <anatomy> A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of …

infundibulum of uterine tube
The funnel-like expansion of the abdominal extremity of the uterine (fallopian) tube. ... Synonym: infundibulum tubae uterinae, infundibulum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infundibulum tubae uterinae
Synonym for infundibulum of uterine tube ... The funnel-like expansion of the abdominal extremity of the uterine (fallopian) tube. ... Synonym: infundibulum tubae uterinae, infundibulum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infuse
To pour (a liquid) into something. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

infusible
1. Incapable of being melted or fused. ... 2. Capable of being made into an infusion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infusion
The therapeutic introduction of a fluid other than blood, as saline solution, solution, into a vein. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

infusion graft
Transplantation by injection of a suspension of cells. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infusion pumps
Fluid propulsion systems driven mechanically, electrically, or osmotically that are used to inject (or infuse) over time agents into a patient or experimental animal; used routinely in hospitals to maintain a patent intravenous line, to administer antineoplastic agent and other drugs in thromboembolism, heart disease, diabetes mellitus (insulin inf …

infusion pumps, implantable
Implanted fluid propulsion systems with self-contained power source for providing long-term controlled-rate delivery of drugs such as chemotherapeutic agents or analgesics. Delivery rate may be externally controlled or osmotically or peristaltically controlled with the aid of transcutaneous monitoring. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

infusion-aspiration drainage
A type of drainage in which antibiotics are continuously infused into a cavity at the same time fluid is being drained (aspirated) from the cavity. ... Synonym: drip-suck irrigation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infusions, intra-arterial
Regional infusion of drugs via an arterial catheter. Often a pump is used to impel the drug through the catheter. Used in therapy of cancer, upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage, infection, and peripheral vascular disease. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

infusions, intraosseous
The adminstration of medication or fluid through a needle directly into the bone marrow. The technique is especially useful in the management of paediatric emergencies when intravenous access to the systemic circulation is difficult. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

infusions, intravenous
The long-term (minutes to hours) administration of a fluid into the vein through venipuncture, either by letting the fluid flow by gravity or by pumping it. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

infusions, parenteral
The administration of liquid medication, nutrient, or other fluid through some other route than the alimentary canal, usually over minutes or hours, either by gravity flow or often by infusion pumping. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

infusodecoction
Rarely used term for:1. Infusion followed by decoction. ... 2. A medicinal preparation made by steeping the crude drug first in cold water and then in boiling water. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

infusoria
<zoology> One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of minute size. ... They are found in all seas, lakes, ponds, and streams, as well as in infusions of organic matter exposed to the air. They are distinguished by having vibrating lashes or cilia, with which they obtain their food and swim about.They are devided …

infusorial
<zoology> Belonging to the Infusoria; composed of, or containing, Infusoria; as, infusorial earth. ... <geology> Infusorial earth, a deposit of fine, usually white, siliceous material, composed mainly of the shells of the microscopic plants called diatoms. It is used in polishing powder, and in the manufacture of dynamite. ... Source: Web …

ingenuous
1. Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth. ... 2. Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; uprigth; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal. 'If an ingenuous detestation of falsehood be but carefully and early instilled, that is the true and genuin method to obviate dishonesty.' (Locke) ... 3. Free from reserve, di …

ingestion
The act of taking food, medicines, etc., into the body, by mouth. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

ingestive
Relating to ingestion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ingraft
1. To insert, as a scion of one tree, shrub, or plant in another for propagation; as, to ingraft a peach scion on a plum tree; figuratively, to insert or introduce in such a way as to make a part of something. 'This fellow would ingraft a foreign name Upon our stock.' (Dryden) 'A custom . . . Ingrafted into the monarchy of Rome.' (Burke) ... 2. To s …

ingrain
1. To dye with or in grain or kermes. ... 2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture. ... 3. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply. 'Our fields ingrained with blood.' (Daniel) 'Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man who has these vices at all.' (He …

Ingrassia, Giovanni
<person> Italian anatomist, 1510-1580. ... See: Ingrassia's apophysis, Ingrassia's wing. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Ingrassia's apophysis
Synonym for lesser wing of sphenoid bone ... One of a bilateral pair of triangular, pointed plates extending laterally from the anterolateral body of the sphenoid bone. Forming the posteriormost portion of the floor of the anterior cranial fossa, their sharp posterior edge forms the sphenoidal ridge separating anterior and middle cranial fossae. The …

Ingrassia's wing
Synonym for lesser wing of sphenoid bone ... One of a bilateral pair of triangular, pointed plates extending laterally from the anterolateral body of the sphenoid bone. Forming the posteriormost portion of the floor of the anterior cranial fossa, their sharp posterior edge forms the sphenoidal ridge separating anterior and middle cranial fossae. The …

ingravescent
Increasing in severity. ... Origin: L. Ingravesco, to grow heavier, fr. Gravis, heavy ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ingredient
That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination or mixture; an element; a constituent. 'By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients.' (Sir I. Newton) 'Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.' (Arbuthnot) ... Origin: F. Ingredient, L. Ingrediens, -entis, entering into, p. Pr. …

ingress
1. The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs. ... 2. Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited. ... 3. <astronomy> The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc. ... Origin: L. Ingressus, fr. Ingredi. See Ingredient …

ingrowing toenail
Synonym for ingrown nail ... A toenail, one edge of which is overgrown by the nailfold, producing a pyogenic granuloma; due to faulty trimming of the toenails or pressure from a tight shoe. ... Synonym: ingrowing toenail, onychocryptosis, onyxis, unguis aduncus, unguis incarnatus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ingrown hairs
Hair's that grow at more acute angles than is normal, and in all directions; they incompletely clear the follicle, turn back in, and cause pseudofolliculitis. ... Synonym: burrowing hairs. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ingrown nail
A toenail, one edge of which is overgrown by the nailfold, producing a pyogenic granuloma; due to faulty trimming of the toenails or pressure from a tight shoe. ... Synonym: ingrowing toenail, onychocryptosis, onyxis, unguis aduncus, unguis incarnatus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inguinal
<anatomy> Pertaining to the inguen or groin. ... Origin: L. Inguinalis ... (05 May 1997) ...

inguinal aponeurotic fold
Synonym for conjoint tendon ... Common tendon of insertion of the transversus and obliquus internus muscles into the crest and spine of the pubis and iliopectineal line; it is frequently muscular rather than aponeurotic and may be poorly developed; forms posterior wall of medial inguinal canal. ... See: aponeurosis of internal abdominal oblique muscl …

inguinal canal
A passage in the lower anterior abdominal wall which in the male allows passage of the spermatic cord and in the female contains the round ligament. Because of the weakness it creates in the abdominal wall, it is the most frequent site for a hernia. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

inguinal crest
An elevation in the body wall of the embryo at the internal opening of the inguinal canal; part of the gubernaculum testis develops within it. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inguinal fold
Synonym for plica inguinalis ... An embryonic mesodermal thickening that joins the caudal end of the urogenital ridge to the anterior abdominal wall; the gubernaculum of the testis develops in it. ... Synonym: inguinal fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inguinal fossa
See: lateral inguinal fossa, medial inguinal fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inguinal glands
See: deep inguinal lymph nodes, superficial inguinal lymph nodes. ... Internal salivary gland, the sublingual and submandibular gland's regarded as one. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inguinal hernia
<surgery> The abnormal passage of an internal abdominal organ or structure through the inguinal canal. ... In males, this will result in a unilateral bulge in the scrotum, in females there will be unilateral swelling in the region of the labia majora. ... Inguinal hernias are classified as direct or indirect on the basis of the anatomic path th …

inguinal ligament
<anatomy> A fibrous band formed by the thickened inferior border of the aponeurosis of the external oblique that extends from the anterior superior spine of the ilium to the pubic tubercle bridging, muscular and vascular lacunae;forms the floor of the inguinal canal; gives origin to the lowermost fibres of internal oblique and transversus abd …

inguinal ligament of the kidney
The segment of the mesonephros extending to the inguinal region. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inguinal orchiectomy
<procedure> Surgery to remove the testicle through the groin. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

inguinal plexus
A lymphatic plexus formed of 10 to 15 lymph nodes with their connecting vessels lying superficially near the termination of the great saphenous vein and more deeply along the femoral artery and vein. ... See: superficial inguinal lymph nodes. ... Synonym: plexus inguinalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inguinal region
The topographical area of the inferior abdomen related to the inguinal canal, lateral to the pubic region. ... Synonym: regio inguinalis, groin, iliac region, inguen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inguinal triangle
The triangular area in the lower abdominal wall bounded by the inguinal ligament below, the border of the rectus abdominis medially and the inferior epigastric vessels (lateral umbilical fold) laterally. It is the site of direct inguinal hernia. ... Synonym: trigonum inguinale, Hesselbach's triangle, inguinal trigone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

inguinal trigone
Synonym for inguinal triangle ... The triangular area in the lower abdominal wall bounded by the inguinal ligament below, the border of the rectus abdominis medially and the inferior epigastric vessels (lateral umbilical fold) laterally. It is the site of direct inguinal hernia. ... Synonym: trigonum inguinale, Hesselbach's triangle, inguinal trigone …