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

lingua nigra
Synonym for black tongue ... In canines, a disorder associated with a deficency of nicotinic acid. ... Black to yellowish brown discoloration of the dorsum of the tongue due to staining by exogenous material such as the components of tobacco; usually superimposed on hairy tongue. ... Synonym: lingua nigra, melanoglossia, nigrities linguae. ... (05 Mar …

lingua plicata
Synonym for fissured tongue ... A painless condition of the tongue characterised by numerous grooves or furrows on the dorsal surface. ... Synonym: grooved tongue, lingua fissurata, lingua plicata, scrotal tongue. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual
<dentistry> The tooth surface next to your tongue or things mounted on the tooth surfaces next to your tongue. ... (08 Jan 1998) ...

lingual aponeurosis
The thickened lamina propria of the tongue to which the lingual muscles attach. ... Synonym: aponeurosis linguae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual appliances
<dentistry> Orthodontic appliance fixed to the inside of your teeth. I.e. Lingual appliances are attached to the part of your teeth next to your tongue. ... (08 Jan 1998) ...

lingual arch
<dentistry> An orthodontic wire attached from molar to molar in the inside of your teeth. ... (08 Jan 1998) ...

lingual artery
<anatomy, artery> Origin, external carotid; distribution, runs along under surface of tongue, terminates as deep lingual artery; branches, suprahyoid and dorsal lingual branches and sublingual artery. ... Synonym: arteria lingualis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual bar
A major connector located lingual to the dental arch joining two or more bilateral parts of a mandibular removable partial denture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual bone
Synonym for hyoid bone ... <anatomy> A U-shaped bone lying between the mandible and the larynx, suspended from the styloid processes by slender stylohyoid ligaments. ... See: hyoid apparatus. ... Synonym: os hyoideum, lingual bone, tongue bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual branch of facial nerve
Lingual branch (inconstant) of the stylohyoid branch of the facial nerve. ... Synonym: ramus lingularis nervi facialis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual branches
Branches to the tongue. Nomina Anatomica lists lingual branches of 1) hypoglossal nerve, rami linguales nervi hypoglossi; 2) lingual nerve, rami linguales nervi lingualis; 3) glossopharyngeal nerve, rami linguales nervi glossopharyngei. ... Synonym: rami linguales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual crypt
A pit lined with epithelium in the lingual tonsil. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

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

lingual flange
The portion of the flange of a mandibular denture that occupies the space adjacent to the tongue. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual flap
Synonym for tongue flap ... A flap derived from the tongue; used to close a defect in an adjacent part, such as the lip or palate. ... Synonym: lingual flap. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual follicles
Synonym for folliculi linguales ... Collections of lymphoid tissue in the mucosa of the pharyngeal part of the tongue posterior to the terminal sulcus collectively forming the lingual tonsil. ... Synonym: lenticular papillae, lingual follicles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual frenulum
A fold of mucous membrane extending from the floor of the mouth to the midline of the undersurface of the tongue. ... Synonym: frenulum linguae, frenulum of tongue, vinculum linguae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual gingiva
That portion of the gingiva that covers the lingual surfaces of the teeth and the alveolar process. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual goiter
A tumour of thyroid tissue involving the embryonic rudiment at the base of the tongue. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual gyrus
A relatively short horizontal convolution on the inferomedial aspect of the occipital and temporal lobes, demarcated from the lateral occipitotemporal or fusiform gyrus by the deep collateral sulcus, from the cuneus by the calcarine sulcus; its anterior extreme abuts the isthmus of the parahippocampal gyrus; the medial or upper strip of the gyrus f …

lingual hemiatrophy
Atrophy of one lateral half of the tongue. ... Synonym: lingual trophoneurosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual lobe
Synonym for cingulum of tooth ... A U-or W-shaped ridge at the base of the lingual surface of the crown of the upper incisors and cuspid teeth, the lateral limbs running for a short distance along the linguoproximal line angles, the central portion just above the gingiva. ... Synonym: cingulum dentis, basal ridge, lingual lobe. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual lymph nodes
Lymph node along the lingual vein receiving drainage from the tongue (except tip); drain to submandibular lymph nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici linguales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual mucosa
Mucous membrane of the tongue, the mucosa of the dorsum of the tongue appears velvety due to the presence of vast numbers of papillae; that of the inferior surface is smooth and thinner. ... Synonym: tunica mucosa linguae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A sensory branch of the mandibular nerve, which is part of the trigeminal (5th cranial) nerve. The lingual nerve carries general afferent fibres from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue, the floor of the mouth, and the mandibular gingivae. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

lingual occlusion
Interdigitation of the teeth as seen from the internal or lingual aspect. ... See: linguoclusion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual papilla
One of numerous variously shaped projections of the mucous membrane of the dorsum of the tongue. ... Synonym: papilla lingualis. ... The lingual portion of the gingiva filling the interproximal space between adjacent teeth; in molar and premolar areas, there may be separate lingual and buccal interdental papillae. ... See: interdental papilla. ... (05 …

lingual plate
Synonym for linguoplate ... A partial denture major connector formed as a lingual bar extended to cover the cingula of the lower anterior teeth. ... Synonym: lingual plate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual plexus
An autonomic plexus on the artery of this name, derived from the external carotid plexus. ... Synonym: plexus lingualis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual rest
A metallic extension onto the lingual surface of a tooth to provide support or indirect retention for a removable partial denture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual retainers
<dentistry> A variation of the lingual arch going from cuspids to cuspid. ... (08 Jan 1998) ...

lingual salivary gland depression
An indentation on the lingual surface of the mandible within which a portion of the submandibular gland lies; it appears radiographically as a sharply circumscribed ovoid radiolucency between the mandibular canal and the inferior border of the posterior mandible. ... Synonym: Stafne bone cyst, static bone cyst. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual septum
The median vertical fibrous partition of the tongue merging posteriorly into the aponeurosis of the tongue. ... Synonym: septum linguae, septum of tongue. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual splint
One similar to the labial splint, but conforming to the inner aspect of the dental arch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual surface of tooth
The surface of a tooth that faces the tongue; opposite to the facies vestibulum dentis. ... Synonym: facies lingualis dentis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual tonsil
A collection of lymphoid follicles on the posterior or pharyngeal portion of the dorsum of the tongue. ... Synonym: tonsilla lingualis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual trophoneurosis
Synonym for lingual hemiatrophy ... Atrophy of one lateral half of the tongue. ... Synonym: lingual trophoneurosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual vein
<anatomy, vein> Receives blood from the tongue, sublingual and submandibular glands, and muscles of the floor of the mouth; empties into the internal jugular or the facial vein. ... Synonym: vena lingualis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingual-facial-buccal dyskinesia
Synonym for tardive dyskinesia ... A syndrome of potentially irreversible, involuntary, dyskinetic movements that may develop in patients who have been treated with antipsychotic medications (for example phenothiazines) longer-term. Other drugs known to cause tardive dyskinesia include: tricyclic antidepressants, selegiline, clozapine, levamisole an …

Linguatula
A genus of endoparasitic bloodsucking arthropods (family Linguatulidae, class Pentastomida), commonly known as tongue worms; once thought to be degenerate Acarina, but now generally considered to be a small but distinctive early offshoot of the Arthropoda. Adult worms are found in lungs or air passages of various hosts (e.g., reptiles, birds, carni …

Linguatula rhinaria
Synonym for Linguatula serrata ... A species most common in Europe, but also found in the United States, South America, and probably elsewhere; the adult is a whitish, soft, flattened, annulated worm equipped with hooks by which it attaches itself to the nasal mucosa of dogs and other canids; the larvae develop in the liver and lymph nodes of rodent …

Linguatula serrata
A species most common in Europe, but also found in the United States, South America, and probably elsewhere; the adult is a whitish, soft, flattened, annulated worm equipped with hooks by which it attaches itself to the nasal mucosa of dogs and other canids; the larvae develop in the liver and lymph nodes of rodents, swine, cattle, and sometimes ma …

linguatuliasis
Infection with Linguatula. ... See: halzoun. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Linguatulidae
One of the families of Pentastomida of medical interest, the other being the Porocephalidae. Linguatulidae have flattened bodies; adults inhabit the nasal cavities of various carnivores, such as the dog and cat, and larval forms are found in tissues of rodents, herbivores, and other animals; both larvae and adults have been reported from humans. …

linguatulina
<zoology> An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. ... Synonym: Pentastomida. ... The adults of some species inhabit the nostrils and nasal sinuses of dogs and other carnivores. The young, after being swallowed by sheep, rabbits, etc, find their way to the lungs and liver and …

linguiform
Tongue-shaped. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingula
Origin: L, a little tongue. ... 1. <anatomy> A tonguelike process or part. ... 2. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix. ... <geology> Lingula flags, a group of strata in the lower Silurian or Cambrian system of Wale …

lingula cerebelli
Synonym: lingula of cerebellum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingula mandibulae
Synonym for lingula of mandible ... A pointed tongue of bone overlapping the mandibular foramen, giving attachment to the sphenomandibular ligament. ... Synonym: lingula mandibulae, mandibular tongue, Spix's spine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingula of cerebellum
A tongue-shaped sequence of flattened cerebellar folia forming the anterior (or superior) extreme of the cerebellar vermis, extending forward on the surface of the superior medullary velum between the two emerging superior cerebellar peduncles. ... Synonym: lingula cerebelli, lingua cerebelli, tongue of cerebellum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingula of left lung
An inferomedial projection from the anterior aspect of the upper lobe of the left lung which bounds the cardiac notch inferiorly. ... Synonym: lingula pulmonis sinistri. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingula of mandible
A pointed tongue of bone overlapping the mandibular foramen, giving attachment to the sphenomandibular ligament. ... Synonym: lingula mandibulae, mandibular tongue, Spix's spine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingula pulmonis sinistri
Synonym for lingula of left lung ... An inferomedial projection from the anterior aspect of the upper lobe of the left lung which bounds the cardiac notch inferiorly. ... Synonym: lingula pulmonis sinistri. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingula sphenoidalis
A slender process projecting posteriorly between the body and greater wing of the sphenoid bone, on either side, forming the lateral margin of the carotid groove. In the dry skull, it projects into the foramen laccrum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingular
Pertaining to any lingula. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingular branch
The lingular branch of 1) superior lobar branch of left pulmonary artery; 2) left superior pulmonary vein. ... Synonym: ramus lingualis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lingulectomy
Synonym: glossectomy. ... 2. Excision of the lingular portion of the left upper lobe of the lung. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linguo-
The tongue. ... Origin: L. Lingua ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linguo-occlusal
Relating to the line of junction of the lingual and occlusal surfaces of a tooth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linguocervical ridge
Synonym for linguogingival ridge ... A ridge occurring on the lingual surface, near the cervix, of the incisor and cuspid teeth. ... Synonym: linguocervical ridge. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linguoclination
Axial inclination of a tooth when the crown is inclined toward the tongue more than is normal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linguoclusion
Displacement of a tooth toward the interior of the dental arch, or toward the tongue. ... See: lingual occlusion. ... Synonym: lingual occlusion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linguodistal
Relating to the lingual and distal part of the tooth, e.g., the linguodistal cusp. ... See: distolingual. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linguofacial trunk
The common trunk by which the lingual and facial arteries frequently arise from the external carotid artery. ... Synonym: truncus linguofacialis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linguogingival
1. Relating to the gingival third of the lingual surface of a tooth. ... 2. Relating to the angle or point of junction of the lingual border and gingival line on the distal or mesial surface of an incisor tooth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linguogingival fissure
A fissure sometimes occurring on the lingual surface of one of the upper incisors and extending into the cementum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linguogingival groove
A groove separating the embryonic mandibular portion of the tongue from the remainder of the mandibular process. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linguogingival ridge
A ridge occurring on the lingual surface, near the cervix, of the incisor and cuspid teeth. ... Synonym: linguocervical ridge. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linguopapillitis
Small painful ulcers involving the papillae on the tongue margins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linguoplate
A partial denture major connector formed as a lingual bar extended to cover the cingula of the lower anterior teeth. ... Synonym: lingual plate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linguoversion
Malposition of a tooth lingual to the normal position. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

liniments
Heat-generating liquids that are thinner than ointments and are applied to the skin with friction. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

linin
1. A bitter glycoside obtained from Linum catharticum (family Linaceae). ... 2. A protein in linseed. ... 3. Obsolete term for the threadlike, nonstaining (achromatic) substance of the cell nucleus, on which chromatin granules were thought to be suspended. ... Origin: L. Linum, fr. G. Linon, flax ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lining
A coating applied to the pulpal wall(s) of a restorative dental preparation to protect the pulp from thermal or chemical irritation; usually a vehicle containing a varnish, resin, and/or calcium hydroxide. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lining cell
Synonym for littoral cell ... The cell's lining the lymphatic sinuses of lymph nodes and the blood sinuses of bone marrow. ... Synonym: lining cell. ... Origin: L. Littoralis, the seashore ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lining epithelium
An epithelium lining a duct, cavity or vessel, that is not particularly specialised for secretion or as a mechanical barrier. Not a precise classification. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

linitis
Inflammation of cellular tissue, specifically of the perivascular tissue of the stomach. ... Origin: G. Linon, flax, linen cloth, + -itis, inflammation ... Linitis plastica, originally believed to be an inflammatory condition, but now recognised to be due to infiltrating scirrhous carcinoma causing extensive thickening of the wall of the stomach; oft …

linitis plastica
Diffuse fibrous proliferation of the submucous connective tissue of the stomach, resulting in thickening and fibrosis so that the stomach is constricted, inelastic, and rigid (like a leather bottle). It is almost always a manifestation of adenocarcinoma but is also seen in benign conditions such as gastric syphilis. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

link
To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple. 'All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws and the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication.' (Eustace) ... Origin: Linked; Linking …

linkage
<genetics> Tendency for two or more non-allelic genes to be inherited together, because they are located more or less closely on the same chromosome. ... Thus parental combinations of characters are found more frequently in offspring than nonparental. Linkage is measured by the percentage recombination between loci. ... (04 Jul 1999) ...

linkage analysis
<genetics> Study aimed at establishing linkage between genes. Today linkage analysis serves as a way of gene-hunting and genetic testing. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

linkage disequilibrium
<genetics> The occurrence of some genes together, more often than would be expected. Thus, in the HLA system of histocompatibility antigens, HLA A1 is commonly associated with B8 and DR3 and A2 with B7 and DR2, presumably because the combination confers some selective advantage. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

linkage equilibrium
<genetics> Situation that should exist in a population undisturbed by selection, migration, etc., in which all possible combinations of linked genes should be present at equal frequency. The situation is no more common than are such undisturbed populations. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

linkage group
A set of two or more loci that have been shown by linkage analysis to be physically close in the genome but that have not yet been assigned to specific chromosomes. It is rapidly becoming an outmoded term. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linkage map
<genetics> A map of the relative positions of genetic loci on a chromosome, determined onthe basis of how often the loci are inherited together. Distance ismeasured in centimorgans (cM). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

linkage marker
A locus at which there is a high probability of heterozygotes (indispensible state for linkage analysis), but in itself perhaps of no clinical interest. ... See: marker locus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linked
Said of two genetic loci that exhibit genetic linkage. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linked gene
<genetics> Genes and / or markers that are so closely associated on the chromosome that they are inherited together in 80% or more of cases. ... (14 Oct 1997) ...

linker
A short, double-stranded oligonucleotide containing a restriction endonuclease recognition site, which is ligated to the ends of a DNA fragment. ... (04 Jul 1999) ...

linker DNA
The DNA found between nucleosomes on chromatin; since it is not complexed to proteins as strongly as other forms of DNA, it is accessible to exonuclease hydrolysis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linker scanning
A type of deletion mutagenesis where the distance and/or reading frame between potentially important regions is maintained by replacement with a synthetic oligonucleotide of known sequence. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linking number
A property of a long biopolymer (such as duplex DNA) equal to the number of twists (related to the frequency of turns around the central axis of the helix) plus the writhing number. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linnaean system of nomenclature
The system of nomenclature in which the names of species are composed of two parts, a generic name and a specific epithet (species name, in botany). ... Synonym: binary nomenclature, binomial nomenclature. ... Origin: Carl von Linne ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Linne
Carl von, Swedish botanist and physician, 1707-1778. ... See: linnaean system of nomenclature. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

linnet
<ornithology> Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, especially. The common European species (L. Cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray …

Linognathus
A genus of sucking lice (order Anoplura, family Linognathidae) that includes the species Linognathus africanus, the African blue louse of sheep and goats; Linognathus ovillus, the sheep body louse; Linognathus pedalis, the foot louse of sheep; Linognathus setosus, the sucking louse of the dog and other canids; Linognathus stenopsis, the sucking lou …

linoleic acid
An essential fatty acid (9, 12, octadecadienoic acid), occurs as a glyceride component in many fats and oils. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

linoleic acids
Eighteen-carbon essential fatty acids that contain two double bonds. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

linolenic acid
An 18 carbon fatty acid with three double bonds (9, 12, 15, octadecatrienoic acid) and _ and _ isomers. Essential dietary component for mammals. ... See: fatty acids. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

linolenic acids
Eighteen-carbon essential fatty acids that contain three double bonds. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...