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


kinesthetic aura
An aura consisting of a subjective feeling of movement of a part of the body. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinesthetic sense
Synonym for myesthesia ... The sensation felt in muscle when it is contracting; awareness of movement or activity in muscles or joints; sense of position or movement mediated in large part by the posterior columns and medial lemniscus. ... See: bathyesthesia. ... Synonym: deep sensibility, kinesthetic sense, mesoblastic sensibility, muscular sense, my …

kinetic
Pertaining to or producing motion. ... <study> Kinetics: The study of reaction rates and the study of the relationship between force and mass. ... (14 Oct 1997) ...

kinetic analyzer
An instrument that measures the rate of change in a chemical substance; used mainly for enzyme measurement. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinetic ataxia
Synonym for motor ataxia ... Ataxia developing upon attempting to perform coordinated muscular movements. ... Synonym: kinetic ataxia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinetic energy
<chemistry> Energy due to the motion of an object ... (09 Jan 1998) ...

kinetic measurement
Continuous or frequent monitoring of the readings in a chemical reaction to determine its rate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinetic molecular theory
<chemistry> This theory assumes that molecules must collide in order to react. The more collisions the more likely it is for a reaction to occur. ... However, depending on the conditions, only a small fraction of the collisions are effective in producing a reaction. There are several constraints. In order for a reaction to occur, bonds initial …

kinetic perimetry
Mapping of the visual field by using a moving rather than a static test object. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinetic strabismus
Strabismus due to spasm of an extraocular muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinetic system
A term proposed by G.W. Crile to denote the chain of organs through which latent energy is transformed into motion and heat: it includes the brain, the thyroid, the adrenals, the liver, the pancreas, and the muscles, that part of the neuromuscular system whereby active movements are effected; distinguished from the static system. ... (05 Mar 2000)
kinetic tremor
Synonym for intention tremor ... <neurology> A tremor which arises or which is intensified when a voluntary, coordinated movement is attempted. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

kinetin
<plant biology> A cytokinin used as a component of plant tissue culture media. Obtained by heat treatment of DNA and does not occur naturally in plants. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

kinetins
Cell division factors found in various plant parts and in yeast and used as plant growth regulators. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

kineto-
Motion. ... Origin: G. Kinetos, moving, movable ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinetocardiogram
One type of graphic recording of the vibrations of the chest wall produced by cardiac activity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinetocardiograph
A device for recording precordial impulses due to cardiac movement; the absolute displacement of a point on the chest wall is recorded relative to a fixed reference point above the recumbent patient. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinetocardiography
The technique of graphically recording the slow vibrations of the anterior chest wall in the region of the heart, the vibrations representing the absolute motion of the heart at a given point on the chest. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

kinetochore
<cell biology> Multilayered structure, a pair of which develop on the mitotic chromosome, adjacent to the centromere and to which spindle microtubules attach but not at the end normally associated with a microtubule organising centre. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

kinetochore fibres
Fibres of the mitotic spindle attached to the centromere and extending toward the poles. ... Compare: astral fibres, polar fibres. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinetochores
Large multiprotein complexes that bind the centromeres of the chromosomes to the microtubules of the mitotic spindle during metaphase in the cell cycle. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

kinetodesma
<cell biology> Longitudinally oriented cytoplasmic fibrils associated with and always on the right of, the kinetosomes of ciliates. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

kinetofragminophorea
A class of ciliate protozoa. Prominent cytopharyngeal apparatus is characteristic of this class as is only a slight distinction between oral and somatic cilia. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

kinetogenic
Causing or producing motion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinetoplasm
<cell biology> The highly contractile part of a cells cytoplasm. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

kinetoplast
<cell biology> Mass of mitochondrial DNA, usually adjacent to the flagellar basal body, in flagellate protozoa. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

kinetoplastida
An order of flagellate protozoa. Characteristics include the presence of one or two flagella arising from a depression in the cell body and a single mitochondrion that extends the length of the body. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

kinetoscope
<instrument> An apparatus for taking serial photographs to record movement. ... Origin: kineto-+ G. Skopeo, to examine ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinetosome
<cell biology> Basal body of cilium: used mostly of ciliates. ... Origin: Gr. Soma = body ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

kinety
<biology> A row of kinetosomes and associated kinetodesmata in a ciliate protozoan. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

king
1. A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince. 'Ay, every inch a king.' 'Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.' (Burke) 'There was a State without king or nobles.' (R. Choate) 'But yonder comes the power …

King unit
The quantity of phosphatase that, acting upon disodium phenylphosphate in excess, at pH 9 for 30 min, liberates 1 mg of phenol. ... Synonym: King-Armstrong unit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

King-Armstrong unit
Synonym for King unit ... The quantity of phosphatase that, acting upon disodium phenylphosphate in excess, at pH 9 for 30 min, liberates 1 mg of phenol. ... Synonym: King-Armstrong unit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

king's evil
The historic designation for scrofula (tuberculosis, lymph node). The disease is so called from the belief that it could be healed by the touch of a king. This term is used only for historical articles using the name 'king's evil', and is to be differentiated from scrofula as lymph node tuberculosis in modern clinical medicine. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

kingbird
<zoology> ... 1. A small American bird (Tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the bead and tail. The quill …

kingdom
<biology> The highest taxonomic rank, immediately above phylum or division. There are five biological kingoms: ... 1. Kingdom animalia: The members of this kingom are complex, multicellular, eukaryotic organisms that digest food outside their cells and then absorb the digested nutrients. Animals must consume other organisms to obtain most of t …

kingella
A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria whose organisms are part of the normal flora of the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract. Some species are pathogenic for man. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

kingella kingae
A species of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria. The most commonly diagnosed infections due to this organism are endocarditis and septic arthritis. There have also been, however, isolated reports of bacteraemia, discitis, abscesses, meningitis, and oropharyngeal infections. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

kingfisher
<zoology> Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abunda …

kinglet
1. A little king; a weak or insignificant king. ... 2. <ornithology> Any one of several species of small singing birds of the genus Regulus and family Sylviidae. ... The golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa), and the rubycrowned kinglet (R. Calendula), are the most common American species. The common English kinglet (R. Cristatus) is also ca …

kingly
Belonging to, suitable to, or becoming, a king; characteristic of, resembling, a king; directed or administered by a king; monarchical; royal; sovereign; regal; august; noble; grand. 'Kingly magnificence.' . 'A kingly government.' . 'The kingly couch.' 'The kingliest kings are crowned with thorn.' (G. Massey) 'Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly …

Kingsley
N.W., U.S. Dentist, 1829-1913. ... See: Kingsley splint. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Kingsley splint
A winged maxillary splint used to apply traction to reduce maxillary fractures as well as immobilise them by having the wings attached to a head appliance by elastics. ... Synonym: reverse Kingsley splint. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinic acid
Synonym for quinic acid ... <chemical> An acid which is found in cinchona bark and elsewhere in plants. ... Chemical name: Cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, 1,3,4,5-tetrahydroxy-, (1R-(1alpha,3alpha,4alpha,5beta))- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

kinin
One of a number of widely differing substances having pronounced and dramatic physiological effects. Some (e.g., kallidin and bradykinin) are polypeptides, formed in blood by proteolysis secondary to some pathological process, that stimulate visceral smooth muscle but relax vascular smooth muscle, thus producing vasodilation; others (e.g., kinetin) …

kinin 9
Synonym for bradykinin ... <protein> Vasoactive nonapeptide (RPPGFSPFR) formed by action of proteases on kininogens. Very similar to kallidin (which has the same sequence but with an additional N terminal lysine). Bradykinin is a very potent vasodilator and increases permeability of post capillary venules, it acts on endothelial cells to activ …

kininogen
<biochemistry> Inactive precursor in plasma from which kinin is produced by proteolytic cleavage. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

kininogen, high-molecular-weight
A plasma protein, molecular weight of 110 kD, that normally exists in plasma in a 1:1 complex with prekallikrein. Hmwk is split by plasma kallikrein to produce bradykinin. The complex is a cofactor in the activation of coagulation factor xii. The product of this reaction, xiia, in turn activates prekallikrein to kallikrein. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

kininogenase
Synonym for kallikrein ... <protein> Plasma serine proteases normally present as inactive prekallikreins which are activated by Hageman factor. Act on kininogens to produce kinins. Contain an apple domain. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

kininogenin
Synonym for kallikrein ... <protein> Plasma serine proteases normally present as inactive prekallikreins which are activated by Hageman factor. Act on kininogens to produce kinins. Contain an apple domain. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

kininogens
<chemical> Endogenous peptides present in most body fluids. Certain enzymes convert them to active kinins which are involved in inflammation, blood clotting, complement reactions, etc. Kininogens belong to the cystatin superfamily. They are cysteine proteinase inhibitors. High-molecular-weight kininogen (hmwk) is split by plasma kallikrein to …

kinins
<biochemistry> Inflammatory mediators that cause dilation of blood vessels and altered vascular permeability. ... Kinins are small peptides produced from kininogen by kallikrein and are broken down by kininases. Act on phospholipase and increase arachidonic acid release and thus prostaglandin (PGE2) production. ... See: bradykinin, kallidin, C2 …

kink
An angulation, bend, or twist. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinkajou
<zoology> A nocturnal carnivorous mammal (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of South America, about as large as a full-grown cat. It has a prehensile tail and lives in trees. It is the only representative of a distinct family (Cercoleptidae) allied to the raccoons. ... Synonym: potto, and honey bear. ... Origin: F. Kinkajou, quincajou, from the native …

kinked aorta
Synonym for pseudocoarctation ... Distortion, often with slight narrowing, of the aortic arch at the level of insertion of the ligamentum arteriosum. ... Synonym: buckled aorta, kinked aorta. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Kinkiang fever
Synonym for schistosomiasis japonica ... Schistosomiasis caused by schistosoma japonicum. It is endemic in the far east and affects the bowel, liver, and spleen. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

kinky hair
Tightly curled or bent hair. ... See: kinky-hair disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinky hair syndrome
<syndrome> Genetic disorder with fragile twisted ( kinky ) hair and progressive deterioration of the brain. Due to an error in copper transport resulting in copper deficiency. Females are carriers and their sons with the gene have the disease. Also known as menkes syndrome. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

kinky-hair disease
Kinky hair disease, congenital defect of copper metabolism manifested in short, sparse, poorly pigmented kinky hair; associated with failure to thrive, physical and mental retardation, and progressive severe deterioration of the brain; apparently a defect of copper transport; X-linked recessive inheritance. ... Synonym: kinky-hair disorder, Menkes' …

kinky-hair disorder
Synonym for kinky-hair disease ... Kinky hair disease, congenital defect of copper metabolism manifested in short, sparse, poorly pigmented kinky hair; associated with failure to thrive, physical and mental retardation, and progressive severe deterioration of the brain; apparently a defect of copper transport; X-linked recessive inheritance. ... Syno …

kinnikinic
Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; used by the Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as the osier cornel (Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry (Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi). [Spelled also kinnickinnick and killikinick. ... Origin: Indian, literally, a mixture. ... Source …

kino
1. <botany> The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine. ... The chief supply is from an East Indian leguminous tree, the Pterocarpus Marsupium. Other sources are the African Pterocarpus erinaceus, the tropical American sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera), and several Australian …

kinocentrum
Synonym: cytocentrum. ... Origin: kino-+ G. Kentron, centre ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinocilium
A cilium, usually motile, having nine peripheral double microtubules and two single central ones. ... Origin: kino-+ cilium ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinohapt
An esthesiometer for applying several stimuli to the skin at different distances and frequencies. ... Origin: kino-+ G. Hapto, to touch ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinomometer
An instrument for measuring degree of motion. ... Origin: kino-+ G. Metron, measure ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinoplasm
Synonym for kinetoplasm ... <cell biology> The highly contractile part of a cells cytoplasm. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

kinoplasmic
Relating to kinoplasm (kinetoplasm). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kinship
Relationship by marriage or, specifically, a blood tie. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Kinyoun
Joseph J., U.S. Physician, 1860-1919. ... See: Kinyoun stain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Kinyoun stain
<technique> A method for demonstrating acid-fast microorganisms, using carbol fuchsin, acid alcohol, and methylene blue; acid-fast microorganisms appear red against a blue background. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kion
An obsolete term for uvula.cion-as a combining form of uvula. ... Origin: G. Kion, pillar, the uvula ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Kirby-Bauer test
A standardised test for microbiological susceptibility performed by transferring a standardised pure culture of the organism of interest onto a sensitivity plate (Petri dish with Mueller-Hinton agar) and observing growth in the presence of disks containing antibiotics. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Kirk, Norman Thomas
<person> U.S. Army surgeon, 1888-1960. ... See: Kirk's amputation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Kirk's amputation
Amputation at the lower end of the femur, using the tendon of the quadraceps extensor to cover the end of the bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Kirkland knife
A heart-shaped knife used in gingival surgery. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Kirkland, Olin
<person> U.S. Periodontist, 1876-1969. ... See: Kirkland knife. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kirner deformity
<radiology> Familial incurving of 5th distal phalanx ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Kirschner, Martin
<person> German surgeon, 1879-1942. ... See: Kirschner's apparatus, Kirschner's wire. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Kirschner's apparatus
Synonym for Kirschner's wire ... An apparatus for skeletal traction in long bone fracture. ... Synonym: Kirschner's apparatus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Kirschner's wire
An apparatus for skeletal traction in long bone fracture. ... Synonym: Kirschner's apparatus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Kirsten sarcoma virus
<virology> A murine sarcoma inducing retrovirus, generated by passaging a murine erythoblastosis virus in newborn rats. Source of the Ki ras oncogene. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

kirtle
A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women. 'Wearing her Norman car, and her kirtle of blue.' (Longfellow) ... The term is still retained in the provinces, in the sense of ' an outer petticoat.' ... Origin: OE. Kirtel, curtel, AS. Cyrtel; skin to Icel. Kyrtill, Sw. Kjortel, Dan. Kiortel, kiole. ... Source: Web …

Kisch, Bruno
<person> German physiologist, 1890-1966. ... See: Kisch's reflex. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Kisch's reflex
Closure of the eye in response to stimulation of the skin at the depth of the external auditory meatus. ... Synonym: auriculopalpebral reflex. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Kisenyi sheep disease virus
A virus, in the family Bunyaviridae, that is probably the same as Nairobi sheep disease virus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

kiss
1. To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc. 'He . . . Kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, That at the parting all the church echoed.' (Shak) ... 2. To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly. 'When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees.' (Shak) ... Origin: OE. Kissen, cussen, AS. Cyssan, …

kissing bugs
Insect vectors (carriers) of the parasite (called trypanosoma cruzi) which causes chagas' disease (american trypanosomiasis). The reduviid bugs kiss people, especially babies, on the lips while they are asleep infecting them with their parasite. Over 20 million people in the americas have chagas disease. The parasite can also be transmitted by bloo …

kissing disease
Synonym for infectious mononucleosis ... <haematology, virology> Self limiting disorder of lymphoid tissue caused by infection with Epstein Barr virus (infectious mononucleosis). Characterised by the appearance of many large lymphoblasts in the circulation. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

kistrin
<haematology, molecular biology> Naturally occurring inhibitor (68 residue peptide) of platelet aggregation found in the venom of Malayan pit viper Agkistrodon rhodostoma. ... Kistrin has an RGD site that competes for the platelet IIb/IIIa integrin and is therefore one of the disintegrins. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

kit
<oncogene> An oncogene, identified in feline sarcoma, encoding a tyrosine protein kinase that acts on stem cell factor. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

kit fox
<zoology> Kit fox, a small burrowing fox (Vulpes velox), inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks, and white below. Called also swift fox. ... (11 Mar 1998) ...

kitalase
<enzyme> Commercial enzyme preparation from which 1-3 beta d-gluconase can be isolated ... Registry number: EC 3.2.1.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

kitasamycin
<chemical> A macrolide antibiotic produced by streptomyces kitasatoensis. The drug has antimicrobial activity against a wide spectrum of pathogens. ... Pharmacological action: antibiotics, macrolide. ... Chemical name: Leucomycin ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Kitasato, Shibasaburo Baron
<person> Japanese bacteriologist, 1856-1931. ... See: Kitasato's bacillus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Kitasato's bacillus
Synonym for yersinia pestis ... The bacterial cause of the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the black death) and later in the middle ages decimated europe. The effects of the plague are described in the nursery rhyme we all fall down. It is transmitted to humans by the bite of fleas that have fed on infected animals, mostly rodents. Plague o …

kitchen
1. A cookroom; the room of a house appropriated to cookery. 'Cool was his kitchen, though his brains were hot.' (Dryden) 'A fat kitchen makes a lean will.' (Franklin) ... 2. A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen. Kitchen garden. See Garden. Kitchen lee, dirty soapsuds. ' A brazen tub of kitchen lee.' . Kitchen stuff, fat collected from pots …

kite
1. <ornithology> Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail. ... The European species are Milvus ictinus and Milvus govinda; the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is Haliastur Indus; the American fork-tailed kite is the Nauclerus furcatus.
Kjeldahl apparatus
<apparatus, chemistry> An apparatus for distilling ammonia arising from acid decomposition of an organic compound; used in nitrogen analysis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Kjeldahl method
More specifically see: macro-Kjeldahl method, micro-Kjeldahl method. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...