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

lochia alba
The last discharge no longer tinged with blood. ... Synonym: lochia purulenta. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lochia cruenta
The initial discharge stained with blood. ... Synonym: lochia rubra. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lochia purulenta
Synonym for lochia alba ... The last discharge no longer tinged with blood. ... Synonym: lochia purulenta. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lochia rubra
Synonym for lochia cruenta ... The initial discharge stained with blood. ... Synonym: lochia rubra. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lochia sanguinolenta
Thick, dark red vaginal discharge seen a few days after delivery. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lochia serosa
A thin and watery lochia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lochial
Relating to the lochia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lochiometra
Distention of the uterus with retained lochia. ... Origin: G. Metra, womb ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lochiometritis
Puerperal metritis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lochioperitonitis
Puerperal peritonitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lochiorrhagia
Synonym: lochiorrhoea. ... Origin: Lochia + G. Rhegnymi, to burst forth ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lochiorrhoea
Profuse flow of the lochia. ... Synonym: lochiorrhagia. ... Origin: Lochia + G. Rhoia, a flow ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

loci
Plural of locus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lock
1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened. ... 2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable. 'Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carri …

lock and key models
<chemistry, immunology> Specific recognition in biological systems might be mediated through interactions that depend upon very precise steric matching between receptor and ligand or between enzyme and substrate. The commonly used analogy is between lock and key and implies a precise sterically determined interaction. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

lock finger
Synonym for trigger finger ... An affection in which the movement of the finger is arrested for a moment in flexion or extension and then continues with a jerk. ... Synonym: jerk finger, lock finger, snap finger, spring finger, stuck finger. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lock-and-key model
A model used to suggest the mode of operation of an enzyme in which the substrate fits into the active site of the protein like a key into a lock. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Locke
Frank S., British physiologist, 1871-1949. ... See: Locke's solutions, Locke-Ringer solution. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Locke-Ringer solution
A solution containing NaCl, CaCl2, KCl, MgCl2, NaHCO3, d-glucose, and water; used in the laboratory for physiological and pharmacological experiments. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Locke's solutions
Solution's containing, in varying amounts, NaCl, CaCl2, KCl, NaHCO3, and d-glucose; used for irrigating mammalian heart and other tissues, in laboratory experiments; also used in combination with naturally occurring body substances (e.g., blood serum, tissue extracts) and/or more complex chemically defined nutritive solution's for culturing animal …

locked bite
An occlusion in which the cusp arrangement restricts lateral excursions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

locked facets
Synonym for dislocation of articular processes ... Complete dislocation of one or both articular processes, usually with overriding of the inferior articular process of the vertebra above into a position anterior to the superior articular process of the vertebra below. ... Synonym: locked facets. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

locked knee
A condition in which the knee lacks full extension and flexion because of internal derangement, usually the result of a torn medial meniscus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

locked-in syndrome
<syndrome> Basis pontis infarct resulting in tetraplegia, horizontal ophthalmoplegia, dysphagia, and facial diplegia with preserved consciousness; caused by basilar artery occlusion. ... Synonym: pseudocoma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lockjaw
An infection caused by the micro-organism Clostridium tetani. ... Symptoms include muscular rigidity, contractions and pain with stiffness in the jaw muscles. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

Lockwood, Charles
<person> English anatomist and surgeon, 1858-1914. ... See: Lockwood's ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Lockwood's ligament
Synonym for suspensory ligament of eyeball ... A thickening of the inferior part of the bulbar sheath which supports the eye within the orbit; it extends between the lateral and medial orbital margins and includes the medial and lateral check ligament's. ... Synonym: Lockwood's ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

LOCM
<abbreviation> Low osmolar contrast medium. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

loco citato
<zoology> In the place cited, used to avoid repetition of a bibliographic reference already given. ... (09 Jan 1998) ...

locobase
<chemical> A moisturiser used to prevent skin irritation caused by water and detergents; no other info avail 3/94 ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

locomotion
<cell biology> Term used by some authors to distinguish movement of cells from place to place from movements such as flattening, shape change, cytokinesis etc. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

locomotive
Synonym for locomotor ... <anatomy> Of or pertaining to locomotion, pertaining to or affecting the locomotive apparatus of the body. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

locomotor
<anatomy> Of or pertaining to locomotion, pertaining to or affecting the locomotive apparatus of the body. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

locomotor ataxia
The severe gait ataxia seen with tabetic neurosyphylis. Patients walk with the feet wide apart, slapping them clumsily to the floor with each step, and depend on visual cues to maintain balance. ... See: tabetic neurosyphilis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

locomotorial
Relating to the locomotorium. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

locomotorium
The locomotor apparatus of the body. ... Origin: L. Locus, place, + motorius, moving ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

locomotory
Synonym for locomotor ... <anatomy> Of or pertaining to locomotion, pertaining to or affecting the locomotive apparatus of the body. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

locoregional
<anatomy> The characteristic of a disease producing organism to transfer itself, but typically to the same region of the body (a leg, the lungs) ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

locular
Having the nature of, or consisting of, cells. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

loculation
1. A loculate region in an organ or tissue, or a loculate structure formed between surfaces of organs, mucous or serous membranes, and so on. ... 2. The process that results in the formation of a loculus or loculi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

loculation syndrome
Synonym for Froin's syndrome ... <syndrome> An alteration in the cerebrospinal fluid, which is yellowish and coagulates spontaneously in a few seconds after withdrawal, owing to its greatly increased protein (albumin and globulin) content; noted in loculated portions of the subarachnoid space isolated from spinal fluid circulation by an inflam …

locule
A compartment of an anther or an ovary. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

loculicidal
Of the dehiscence of a fruit, along lines coinciding with the centres of loculi. ... Compare: septicidal. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

loculus
An enclosed compartment within an organ for example an ovary, an anther. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

locum tenant
A temporary substitution of one physician by another. ... Synonym: locum tenens. ... Origin: partial anglicization of locum tenens ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

locum tenens
Synonym: locum tenant. ... Origin: L. One holding a place ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

locus
<genetics> The site in a linkage map or on a chromosome where the gene for a particular trait is located. Any one of the alleles of a gene may be present at this site. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

locus ceruleus
A shallow depression, of a blue colour in the fresh brain, lying laterally in the most rostral portion of the rhomboidal fossa near the cerebral aqueduct; it lies near the lateral wall of the fourth ventricle and consists of about 20,000 melanin-pigmented neuronal cell bodies whose norepinephrine-containing axons have a remarkably wide distribution …

locus cinereus
Synonym for locus ceruleus ... A shallow depression, of a blue colour in the fresh brain, lying laterally in the most rostral portion of the rhomboidal fossa near the cerebral aqueduct; it lies near the lateral wall of the fourth ventricle and consists of about 20,000 melanin-pigmented neuronal cell bodies whose norepinephrine-containing axons have …

locus coeruleus
Bluish region in the superior angle of the fourth ventricle floor, corresponding to melanin-like pigmented nerve cells which lie lateral to the ponto-mesencephalic central gray (griseum centrale). It is also known as nucleus pigmentosus pontis, locus cinereus, and locus ferrugineus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

locus control region
A regulatory region first identified in the human beta-globin locus but subsequently found in other loci. The region is believed to regulate transcription by opening and remodeling chromatin structure. It may also have enhancer activity. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

locus ferrugineus
Synonym for locus ceruleus ... A shallow depression, of a blue colour in the fresh brain, lying laterally in the most rostral portion of the rhomboidal fossa near the cerebral aqueduct; it lies near the lateral wall of the fourth ventricle and consists of about 20,000 melanin-pigmented neuronal cell bodies whose norepinephrine-containing axons have …

locus minoris resistentiae
A place of less resistance, in latin. For example, a damaged heart valve may act as a locus minoris resistentiae where bacteria released into the blood stream (bacteraemia) tend to settle. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

locus niger
Synonym for substantia nigra ... A large cell mass, crescentic on transverse section, extending forward over the dorsal surface of the crus cerebri from the rostral border of the pons into the subthalamic region; it is composed of a dorsal stratum of closely spaced pigmented (i.e., melanin-containing) cells, the pars compacta, and a larger ventral r …

locus of control
A theoretical construct designed to assess a person's perceived control over his/her own behaviour; classified as internal if the person feels in control of events, external if others are perceived to have that control. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

locus perforatus anticus
Synonym for anterior perforated substance ... A region at the base of the brain through which numerous small branches of the anterior and middle cerebral arteries (lenticulostriate arteries) enter the depth of the cerebral hemisphere; it is bordered medially by the optic chasm and anterior half of the optic tract, rostrally and laterally by the late …

locus perforatus posticus
Synonym for posterior perforated substance ... The bottom of the interpeduncular fossa at the base of the midbrain, extending from the anterior border of the pons forward to the mamillary bodies, and containing numerous openings for the passage of perforating branches of the posterior cerebral arteries. ... Synonym: substantia perforata posterior, lo …

locust
1. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididae, allied to the grasshoppers; especially, (Edipoda, or Pachytylus, migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called grasshopp …

locust gum
Synonym for algaroba ... <botany> The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread. ... The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Te …

locust tree
<botany> A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia. ... The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus Hymenaea, of which …

lod method
<genetics> A method of linkage analysis using an examination of the common logarithm of the ratio of the likelihood for a particular value of the recombination fraction to that if the recombination fraction is 0.5 (i.e., no linkage); thus, a lod score of 3 at a recombination fraction of 0.2 means that the data are 1000 times more readily expl …

lod score
The total relative probability, expressed on a logarithmic scale, that a linkage relationship exists among selected loci. Lod is an acronym for 'logarithmic odds.' ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

lodge
1. To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; especially, to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street. 'Stay and lodge by me this night.' (Shak) 'Something holy lodges in that breast.' (Milton). ... 2. To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind. ... 3. To come to a rest; to …

lodicule
<plant biology> One of a pair of tiny scales in a grass floret, between the lemma and the fertile parts of the flower, which may be reduced perianth segments. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

Loeb, Leo
<person> U.S. Pathologist, 1869-1959. ... See: Loeb's deciduoma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

loeffler pneumonia
<radiology> Idiopathic, local, nonsegmental areas of TRANSIENT consolidation, most dense at periphery, reversed oedema pattern, peripheral eosinophilia, benign course differentiate from: chronic eosinophilic pneumonia, mucoid impaction (with or without ABPA) ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Loeffler, Friedrich
<person> German bacteriologist and surgeon, 1852-1915. ... See: Loeffler's bacillus, Loeffler's blood culture medium, Loeffler's stain, Loeffler's caustic stain, Loeffler's methylene blue, Klebs-Loeffler bacillus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Loeffler's bacillus
Synonym for corynebacterium diphtheriae ... <bacteria> A species of gram-positive, asporogenous bacteria in which three cultural types are recognised. These types (gravis, intermedius, and mitis) were originally given in accordance with the clinical severity of the cases from which the different strains were most frequently isolated. This spec …

Loeffler's blood culture medium
A culture medium consisting of beef blood serum, sheep blood serum, and beef bouillon containing peptone, glucose, and sodium chloride; used for the isolation of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Loeffler's caustic stain
<technique> A stain for flagella, utilizing an aqueous solution of tannin and ferrous sulfate with the addition of an alcoholic fuchsin stain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Loeffler's methylene blue
A stain for diphtheria organisms that contains methylene blue in dilute ethanol plus a slight amount of potassium hydroxide; dye solution gives best results when aged to a polychrome state. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Loeffler's stain
<technique> A stain for flagella; the specimen is treated with a mixture of ferrous sulfate, tannic acid, and alcoholic fuchsin, then stained with aniline-water fuchsin or gentian violet made alkaline with sodium hydroxide solution. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Loeffler's syndrome
<syndrome> A self-limiting inflammation in the lungs where there is associated infiltration of eosinophils into lung tissue. Chest X-ray reveals pulmonary infiltrates and full blood count (CBC) shows increased numbers of eosinophils. The cause is unknown and the disease often resolves without treatment. Some forms may be treated with oral cor …

loess
An extremely fertile, yellowish, fine loamy soil of wind-deposited silt, often composed of the following mineral components: quartz, feldspar, horneblende, mica, and clay minerals. The silt is blown in from dry, arid places and have glacial origins. Thick deposits of loess are found on the east side of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, and hill …

Loevit, Moritz
<person> Austrian pathologist, 1851-1918. ... See: Loevit's cell. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Loevit's cell
Synonym for erythroblast ... <haematology> Rather noncommittal name for a nucleated cell of the bone marrow that gives rise to erythrocytes. ... See: normoblasts, BFU E, CFU E, primitive and definitive erythroblasts ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

Loewenthal, Wilhelm
<person> German physician, 1850-1894. ... See: Loewenthal's bundle, Loewenthal's reaction, Loewenthal's tract. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Loewenthal's bundle
Synonym for tectospinal tract ... A bundle of thick, heavily myelinated fibres originating in the deep layers of the superior colliculus, crossing to the opposite side in the dorsal tegmental decussation, descending along the median plane, between the medial longitudinal fasciculus dorsally, the medial lemniscus ventrally, into the anterior funiculu …

Loewenthal's reaction
The agglutinative reaction in relapsing fever. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Loewenthal's tract
Synonym for tectospinal tract ... A bundle of thick, heavily myelinated fibres originating in the deep layers of the superior colliculus, crossing to the opposite side in the dorsal tegmental decussation, descending along the median plane, between the medial longitudinal fasciculus dorsally, the medial lemniscus ventrally, into the anterior funiculu …

lofentanil
C25H32N2O3;a potent, long-lasting narcotic and analgesic that is chemically related to fentanyl. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

lofepramine
<chemical> 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-((3-(10,11-dihydro-5h-dibenz(b,f)azepin-5-yl)propyl)methylamino)ethanone. A psychotropic imipramine derivative that acts as a tricyclic antidepressant and possesses few anticholinergic properties. It is metabolised to desipramine. ... Pharmacological action: antidepressive agents, tricyclic. ... Chemical name: Et …

Loffler
Wilhelm, Swiss physician, *1887. ... See: Loffler's disease, Loffler's endocarditis, Loffler's parietal fibroplastic endocarditis, Loffler's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Loffler's disease
Synonym for Loffler's endocarditis ... Fibroplastic parietal endocarditis with eosinophilia, an endocarditis of obscure cause characterised by progressive congestive heart failure, multiple systemic emboli, and eosinophilia. ... Synonym: Loffler's disease, Loffler's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Loffler's endocarditis
Fibroplastic parietal endocarditis with eosinophilia, an endocarditis of obscure cause characterised by progressive congestive heart failure, multiple systemic emboli, and eosinophilia. ... Synonym: Loffler's disease, Loffler's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Loffler's syndrome
Synonym for simple pulmonary eosinophilia ... Pulmonary infiltrates seen as transient migratory shadows on the chest X-ray, accompanied by blood eosinophilia; often symptomless, but there may be cough, fever, and breathlessness; most cases are due to worm infestation, especially by Ascaris lumbricoides; a few cases follow administration of drugs. …

log
Formally, the number of times ten must be multiplied with itself to equal a certain number. For example: 100,000 is log 5 because it is equal to 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10. Logs are used to measure changes in viral load (see). For example: a reduction in viral load from 100,000 to 1,000 copies/ml is a two log (or 99 percent) reduction. Note that a half …

log choker
A length of cable or chain that is wrapped around a log or harvested tree to secure the log to the winch cable of a skidder or to an overhead cable yarding line. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

logagnosia
Synonym for aphasia ... <clinical sign, neurology> A defect or loss of the ability to speak or write, loss of ability to understand spoken or written language, due to injury or disease of the brain centres. ... Origin: Gr. Phasis = speech ... (16 Dec 1997) ...

logagraphia
Synonym for agraphia ... <neurology> Loss of ability to write (a form of aphasia). Symptom common to tumours of the parietal lobe of the dominant cerebral hemisphere. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...

logamnesia
Synonym for aphasia ... <clinical sign, neurology> A defect or loss of the ability to speak or write, loss of ability to understand spoken or written language, due to injury or disease of the brain centres. ... Origin: Gr. Phasis = speech ... (16 Dec 1997) ...

Logan, William
<person> Early 20th century U.S. Plastic surgeon. ... See: Logan's bow. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

logaphasia
Aphasia of articulation. ... Origin: Logo-+ G. Aphasia, speechlessness ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

logarithm
<mathematics> One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division. ... The relation of logarithms to common numbers is that of numbers in an arithmetical series to corresponding numb …

logarithmic phase
<cell culture> The steepest slope of the growth curve of a culture--the phase of vigorous growth during which cell number doubles every 20-30 minutes. ... (15 Nov 1997) ...

logarithmical
Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms. ... <mathematics> Logarithmic curve, a curve which, referred to a system of rectangular coordinate axes, is such that the ordinate of any point will be the logarithm of its abscissa. Logarithmic spiral, a spiral curve such that radii drawn from its pole or eye at equal angles with each …

logasthenia
Synonym for aphasia ... <clinical sign, neurology> A defect or loss of the ability to speak or write, loss of ability to understand spoken or written language, due to injury or disease of the brain centres. ... Origin: Gr. Phasis = speech ... (16 Dec 1997) ...

logetronography
<photography> A method of photographic printing in which fine details are emphasized by electronic enhancement of their contrast; formerly used for reproducing radiographic images. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

loggerhead
1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. ... 2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar. ... 3. An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast. ... 4. <zoology> A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta, or caouana), common in the warmer parts o …

logging residues
The unused portion of wood and bark left on the ground after harvesting merchantable wood. The material may include tops, broken pieces, and unmerchantable species. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...