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


Medical Research Council
<organisation> A UK Government funded body to promote the balanced development of medical and related biological research in the United Kingdom. ... It organises national clinical trials for the assessment of new treatment protocols for leukaemia and some of the related diseases. ... (05 Jan 1998) ...

medical secretaries
Individuals responsible for various duties pertaining to the medical office routine. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medical selection
Preservation, by medical care and treatment, of individuals of pathologic genotypes who would not otherwise reproduce, thus tending to increase the frequency of pathologic genes in the population; conversely, reduction of the frequency of pathologic genes by preventing reproduction of individuals of specified genotype by surgical sterilization or o …

medical staff
Professional medical personnel who provide care to patients in an organised facility, institution or agency. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medical staff privileges
Those rights or activities which are specific to members of the institution's medical staff, including the right to admit private patients. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medical staff, hospital
Professional medical personnel approved to provide care to patients in a hospital. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medical transcriptionist
An individual who performs machine transcription of physician-dictated medical reports concerning a patient's health care, which become part of the patient's permanent medical record; a certified medical transcriptionist (CMT) has satisfied the requirements for certification by the American Association for Medical Transcription. ... (05 Mar 2000) …

medical treatment
Treatment of disease by hygienic and pharmacologic remedies, as distinguished from invasive surgical procedures. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medical waste
Blood, mucus, tissue removed at surgery or autopsy, soiled surgical dressings, and other materials requiring special disposal procedures. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medical waste disposal
Management, removal, and elimination of biologic, infectious, pathologic, and dental waste. The concept includes blood, mucus, tissue removed at surgery or autopsy, soiled surgical dressings, and other materials requiring special control and handling. Disposal may take place where the waste is generated or elsewhere. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medically underserved area
A geographic location which has insufficient health resources (manpower and/or facilities) to meet the medical needs of the resident population. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medically uninsured
Individuals or groups with no or inadequate health insurance coverage. Those falling into this category usually comprise three primary groups: the medically indigent (medical indigency); those whose clinical condition makes them medically uninsurable; and the working uninsured. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medicament
<pharmacology> A medicinal substance or agent. ... Origin: L. Medicamentum ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

medicamentosus
Relating to a drug; denoting a drug eruption. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medicare
The United States government's health insurance program for the aged and some disabled persons. Medicare is currently available to people 65 and older and people with certain disabilities. See: medicare a and medicare b. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medicare assignment
Concept referring to the standardised fees for services rendered by health care providers, e.g., laboratories and physicians, and reimbursement for those services under medicare part b. It includes acceptance by the physician. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medicare part a
The Medicare program that covers inpatient hospital stays. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medicare part b
The Medicare program that covers physician and outpatient services. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medicated
Impregnated with a medicinal substance. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medication
1. Impregnation with a medicine. ... 2. <pharmacology> The administration of remedies. ... 3. A medicament. ... Origin: L. Medicatio ... (05 Jan 1998) ...

medication errors
Errors in prescribing, dispensing, or administering medication with the result that the patient fails to receive the correct drug or the proper dose of the drug in the treatment of his disease. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medication systems
Overall systems, traditional or automated, to provide medication to patients. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medication systems, hospital
Overall systems, traditional or automated, to provide medication to patients in hospitals. Elements of the system are: handling the physician's order, transcription of the order by nurse and/or pharmacist, filling the medication order, transfer to the nursing unit, and administration to the patient. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medication, ace-inhibitor
Agents that inhibit ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme), thereby acting as vasodilators (really as anti-vasoconstrictors), lightening the stress load on the heart. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medication, anti-coagulant
Blood thinners. Drugs, like heparin and warfarin, used as blood-thinners to prevent blood clots and to maintain open blood vessels. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medication, anti-platelet
Platelet-blocking drugs. Drugs that, like aspirin, reduce the tendency of platelets in the blood to clump and clot. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medication, beta-blocker
Drugs that antagonise the action of adrenaline (a beta adrenergic substance) and relieve stress to the heart muscle. Beta-blockers are often used to slow the heart rate or lower the blood pressure. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medication, clot-dissolving
Drugs used to dissolve blood clots. Agents such as plasminogen-activator (t-pa) and streptokinase that are effective in dissolving clots and re-opening arteries. Used, for example, in the treatment of heart attacks. Clot-dissolvers are also called thrombolytic agents. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medication, vasodilator
Drugs that act as blood vessel dilator (vasodilators) and open vessels by relaxing their muscular walls). For example, nitroglycerin is a vasodilator. So are the ace (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitors. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medicator
1. An instrument for use in making therapeutic applications to the deeper parts of the body. ... 2. One who gives medicaments for the relief of disease; sometimes applied in derision to one who prescribes drugs excessively for minor ailments. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medicephalic
Median cephalic, denoting the communicating vessel between the median and the cephalic veins of the forearm. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medicinal
1. Having healing qualities. ... 2. Pertaining to a medicine or to healing. ... Origin: L. Medicinalis ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

medicinal charcoal
Synonym for activated charcoal ... <drug> A type of carbon produced through exposing a source material such as wood or bone to very high temperatures in the presence of steam, air or carbon monoxide. ... Activated carbon is very good at removing (adsorbing) contaminants and is used in water filters, to decolour solutions and is sometimes admini …

medicinal chemistry
Synonym for pharmaceutical chemistry ... Medicinal chemistry in its application to the analysis, development, preparation, and the manufacture of drugs. ... Synonym: medicinal chemistry, pharmacochemistry. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medicinal eruption
drug eruption ...

medicinal scarlet red
Synonym for scarlet red ... O-Tolylazo-o-tolylazo-beta-naphthol. An azo dye; a dark, brownish red powder, soluble in oils, fats, and chloroform, but insoluble in water; used in medicine as a vulnerary, in histology to stain fat in tissue sections and basic proteins at high pH, and in immunoelectrophoresis. ... Synonym: Biebrich scarlet red, medicinal …

medicinal soft soap
A soap made with vegetable oils, potassium hydroxide, oleic acid, glycerin, and purified water; used as a stimulant in chronic skin diseases. ... Synonym: green soap, soft soap. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medicinal zinc peroxide
A mixture of zinc peroxide, zinc carbonate, and zinc hydroxide; a topical disinfectant, astringent, and deodorant. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medicine
A scientifically-based discipline dedicated to the prevention and treatment of disease and injury. ... A compound used to treat disease, injury or pain. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

medicine chests
Boxes in which physicians kept their drugs and other medications, medical instruments and supplies, manuals, etc. As a carrying case or convenient storage receptable, or a kind of portable pharmacy, the medicine chest was indispensable to the itinerant physician. The chest was usually larger and sturdier than a doctor's kit or bag. ... (12 Dec 1998) …

medicine, african traditional
A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the african peoples. It includes treatment by medicinal plants and other materia medica as well as by the ministrations of diviners, medicine men, witch doctors, and sorcerers. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medicine, ayurvedic
The traditional hindu system of medicine which is based on customs, beliefs, and practices of the hindu culture. Ayurveda means 'the science of life': veda - science, ayur - life. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medicine, chinese traditional
A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the chinese culture. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medicine, herbal
Use of plants or herbs to treat diseases or to alleviate pain. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medicine, oriental traditional
A system of traditional medicine which is based on the customs, beliefs and practices of the oriental people. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medicine, traditional
Systems of medicine based on cultural beliefs and practices handed down from generation to generation. The concept includes mystical and magical rituals, herbal therapy, and other treatments which may not be explained by modern medicine. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medicine, unani
A modified greco-arabic medical system flourishing today as unani medicine. It was the product of arab physicians and scholars captivated by greek philosophy, science, and medicine. It is practiced today in india and pakistan, largely as a type of herbal medicine. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medico-
Medical. ... Compare: iatro-. ... Origin: L. Medicus, physician ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medicobiologic
Medicobiological ... Pertaining to the biologic aspects of medicine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medicochirurgical
Relating to both medicine and surgery, or to both physicians and surgeons. ... Origin: medico-G. Cheirourgia, surgery ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medicolegal
Relating to both medicine and the law. ... See: forensic medicine. ... Origin: medico-+ L. Legalis, legal ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medicomechanical
Relating to both medicinal and mechanical measures in therapeutics. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medicophysical
Relating to disease and the condition of the body in general; e.g., a medicophysical examination, in which a person is examined in order to determine the presence or absence of disease as well as to note the general physical condition. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medicopsychology
Psychology in its relation to medicine. ... See: medical psychology, health psychology. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medifixed
Attached by or at the middle. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

medigap
An insurance policy in the United States that supplements medicare benefits and presumably fills the gaps in healthcare coverage. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medigoxin
<chemical> (3 beta,5 beta,12 beta)-3-((o-2,6-dideoxy-4-o-methyl-beta-d-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1-4)-o-2,6-dideoxy-beta-d-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1-4)-2,6-dideoxy-beta-d-ribo-hexopyranosyl)oxy)-12,14-card-20(22)-enolide. A semisynthetic digitalis glycoside with the general properties of digoxin but more rapid onset of action. Its cardiotonic action is …

medio-
Middle, median. ... Origin: L. Medius ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mediocarpal
Synonym for midcarpal ... 1. Relating to the central part of the carpus. ... Synonym: mediocarpal. ... 2. Denoting the articulation between the two rows of carpal bones. ... Synonym: carpocarpal. ... Synonym: mediocarpal, mesocarpal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medioccipital
Synonym for midoccipital ... Relating to the central portion of the occiput. ... Synonym: medioccipital. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mediocolic sphincter
A physiological sphincter located midway in the ascending colon. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mediodens
A supernumerary tooth located between the two maxillary central incisors. ... Origin: medio-+ L. Dens, tooth ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mediodorsal
Relating to the median plane and the dorsal plane. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mediodorsal nucleus
Synonym for medial nucleus of thalamus ... A large, composite cell group in the dorsomedial region of the thalamus having reciprocal connections with the entire extent of the frontal cortex anterior to the motor cortex (area 4) and premotor cortex (area 6). The afferent connections of the medial nucleus also include projections from the olfactory co …

mediolateral
Relating to the median plane and a side. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medionecrosis
Necrosis of a tunica media. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medionecrosis of the aorta
Synonym for cystic medial necrosis ... Loss of elastic and muscle fibres in the aortic media, with accumulation of mucopolysaccharide, sometimes in cystlike spaces between the fibres; a disease of unknown cause, which may be inherited and which predisposes to dissecting aneurysms. ... Synonym: Erdheim disease, medionecrosis aortae idiopathica cystica …

mediopubic reflex
Contraction of the adductors of the thigh upon tapping the pubic bone near the symphysis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mediotarsal
Synonym for midtarsal ... Relating to the middle of the tarsus. ... Synonym: mediotarsal, mesotarsal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mediotarsal amputation
Synonym for Chopart's amputation ... Amputation through the midtarsal joint; i.e., between the tarsal navicular and the calcaneocuboid joints. ... Synonym: mediotarsal amputation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mediotrusion
A thrusting of the mandibular condyle toward the midline during movement of the mandible. ... Origin: medio-+ L. Trudo, pp. Trusus, to thrust ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mediotype
Synonym for mesomorph ... A constitutional body type or build (biotype or somatotype) in which tissues that originate from the mesoderm prevail; from the morphological standpoint, there is a balance between trunk and limbs. ... See: hypermorph, hypomorph, ectomorph, endomorph. ... Synonym: mediotype. ... Origin: meso-+ G. Morphe, form ... (05 Mar 2000)< …

medisect
To incise in the median line. ... Origin: L. Medius, middle, + seco, pp. Sectus, to cut ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

meditation
1. The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing. 'Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight.' (Ps. Xix. 14) ... 2. Thought; without regard to kind. 'With wings as swift As meditation or the thoughts of love.' ( …

mediterranean anaemia
Better known today as thalassaemia (or as beta thalassaemia or thalassaemia major).the clinical picture of this important type of anaemia was first described in 1925 by the paediatrician thomas benton cooley. The name thalassaemia was coined by the nobel prise winning pathologist george whipple and the professor of paediatrics wm bradford at u. Of …

Mediterranean exanthematous fever
An affection occurring sporadically in the Mediterranean littoral marked by a severe chill with abrupt rise of temperature, pains in the joints, tonsillitis, diarrhoea, vomiting, and, on the third to fifth day, a rash of elevated nonconfluent macules beginning on the thighs and spreading to the entire body; lasts from ten days to two weeks and then …

mediterranean fever
See Familial Mediterranean Fever. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mediterranean islands
Scattered islands in the mediterranean sea. The chief islands are the balearic islands (belong to spain; majorca and minorca are among these), corsica (belongs to france), crete (belongs to greece), cyprus (a republic), the cyclades, dodecanese and ionian islands (belong to greece), malta (a republic), sardinia and sicily (belong to italy). ... (12 …

Mediterranean lymphoma
Synonym for immunoproliferative small intestinal disease ... A spectrum of conditions ranging from a benign plasma cell hyperplasia to a highly malignant lymphoma of the small intestine. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mediterranean region
The mediterranean sea, the mediterranean islands, and the countries bordering on the sea collectively. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Mediterranean theileriosis
tropical theileriosis ...

medium
<cell biology> Shorthand for culture medium or growth medium, the nutrient solution in which cells or organs are grown. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

medium artery
Synonym for muscular artery ... <anatomy, artery> An artery with a tunica media composed principally of circularly arranged smooth muscle. ... Synonym: distributing artery, medium artery. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medium vein
<anatomy, vein> A vein characterised by having a thinner wall and larger lumen than its corresponding artery, and a media with small bundles of circular muscle separated by considerable connective tissue; valves also occur. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
<enzyme> Deficiency in mitochondrial beta oxidation of fatty acids gives a disorder frequently masquerading as reye syndrome or sudden infant death; leads to buildup of octanoyl carnitine in urine ... Registry number: EC 1.3.- ... Synonym: mcaca-dehydrogenase, medium-chain acyl-coenzyme a dehydrogenase, octanoyl-CoA dehydrogenase, mcad enzyme
medlar
A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. Germanica); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bony endocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay. ... <botany> Japan medlar, a kind of thorn tree (Crataegus Azarolus); also, its fruit. ... Origin: OE. M …

medlars
A computerised biomedical bibliographic storage and retrieval system operated by the national library of medicine. From it a monthly and cumulated index medicus is generated and through it the online system, medline, as well as many other databases, is operated. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medline
An online database of medlars, the computerised bibliographic medical literature analysis and retrieval system of the national library of medicine. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medphalan
D-Phenylalanine mustard; d-sarcolysine; d-3-[p-[bis-(2-chloroethyl)amino]phenyl]alanine;an antineoplastic agent. ... Synonym: medfalan. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medrogestone
<chemical> 6,17-dimethylpregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dione. A synthetic progestational hormone with actions similar to those of progesterone. It is used in the treatment of menstrual irregularities and has also been employed in the treatment of prostatic hypertrophy and endometrial carcinoma. ... Pharmacological action: antineoplastic agent, hormonal …

medroxyprogesterone
<chemical> (6 alpha)-17-hydroxy-6-methylpregn-4-ene-3,20-dione. A synthetic progestational hormone used in veterinary practice as an estrus regulator. ... Pharmacological action: contraceptives, oral, synthetic, progestational hormones, synthetic. ... Chemical name: Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 17-hydroxy-6-methyl-, (6alpha)- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

medroxyprogesterone 17-acetate
<chemical> A synthetic progestin that is derived from 17-hydroxyprogesterone. It is a long-acting contraceptive that is effective both orally or by intramuscular injection and has also been used to treat breast and endometrial neoplasms. ... Pharmacological action: antineoplastic agent, hormonal, contraceptive agents, female, contraceptive age …

medroxyprogesterone acetate
17a-Hydroxy-6a-methylprogesterone;a progestational agent that is active orally as well as parenterally, and more potent than progesterone; used to control uterine bleeding and, in combination with ethynyl estradiol, as an oral contraceptive. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medrylamine
2-(p-Methoxy-alpha-phenylbenzyloxy-N,N-dimethylethylamine;an antihistaminic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medrysone
11b-Hydroxy-6a-methylpregn-4-ene-3,20-dione;a glucocorticoid used topically as an anti-inflammatory agent, usually on the eye. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medulla
The inner portion of an organ. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

medulla glandulae suprarenalis
Synonym for suprarenal medulla ... It is composed principally of anastomosing cords of cells in the core of the gland; the cells display a chromaffin reaction because of the presence of epinephrine and norepinephrine in their granules. ... Synonym: medulla glandulae suprarenalis, medulla of adrenal gland. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medulla nodi lymphatici
Synonym for medulla of lymph node ... The central portion of a node consisting of cordlike masses of lymphocytes, plasma cells, and macrophages in a stroma of reticular fibres separated by lymph sinuses; it reaches the surface of the node at the hilum. ... Synonym: medulla nodi lymphatici. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

medulla oblongata
The lowest subdivision of the brainstem, immediately adjacent to the spinal cord. Houses important cardiac and respiratory regulatory centres. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

medulla of adrenal gland
Synonym for suprarenal medulla ... It is composed principally of anastomosing cords of cells in the core of the gland; the cells display a chromaffin reaction because of the presence of epinephrine and norepinephrine in their granules. ... Synonym: medulla glandulae suprarenalis, medulla of adrenal gland. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...