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

monoxenous
Synonym: monogenetic. ... Origin: mono-+ G. Xenos, stranger ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

monozoic
Unisegmented, as in cestodarian tapeworms. ... See: polyzoic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

monozygotic
Monozygous ... Synonym: unigerminal. ... See: monozygotic twins. ... Origin: mono-+ G. Zygotos, yoked ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

monozygotic twins
Identical twins, twins which are the result of a single zygote (fertilized egg) splitting into two cell masses and becoming two individuals. The twins are genetically identical and are always of the same sex (both males or both females). ... Compare: dizygotic twins. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

monozygous twins
Identical twins. Called monozygous because they originate from a single fertilised egg (a zygote). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Monro-Kellie doctrine
Synonym for Monro's doctrine ... A doctrine that states that the cranial cavity is a closed rigid box and that therefore a change in the quantity of intracranial blood can occur only through the displacement of or replacement by cerebrospinal fluid. ... Synonym: Monro-Kellie doctrine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Monro-Richter line
A line passing from the umbilicus to the anterior superior iliac spine. McBurney's point occurs on this line. ... Synonym: Monro's line, Richter-Monro line. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Monro, Alexander Jr
<person> Scottish anatomist, 1733-1817. ... See: Monro's doctrine, Monro's foramen, Monro's line, Monro's sulcus, Monro-Kellie doctrine, Monro-Richter line, Richter-Monro line. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Monro, Alexander Sr
<person> Scottish anatomist and surgeon, 1697-1767. ... See: bursa of Monro. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Monro's doctrine
A doctrine that states that the cranial cavity is a closed rigid box and that therefore a change in the quantity of intracranial blood can occur only through the displacement of or replacement by cerebrospinal fluid. ... Synonym: Monro-Kellie doctrine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Monro's foramen
Synonym for interventricular foramen ... The short, often slitlike passage that, on both the left and right side, connects the third brain ventricle (of the diencephalon) with the lateral ventricles (of the cerebral hemispheres); the passage is bounded anteriomedially by the column of fornix and posterolaterally by the anterior pole of the thalamus. …

Monro's line
Synonym for Monro-Richter line ... A line passing from the umbilicus to the anterior superior iliac spine. McBurney's point occurs on this line. ... Synonym: Monro's line, Richter-Monro line. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Monro's sulcus
Synonym for hypothalamic sulcus ... A groove in the lateral wall of the third ventricle on either side leading from the interventricular foramen to the aditus ad aqueductum cerebri; the sulcus-demarcated boundary between dorsal thalamus and hypothalamus. ... Synonym: sulcus hypothalamicus, Monro's sulcus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mons
An anatomical prominence or slight elevation above the general level of the surface. ... Origin: L. A mountain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mons pubis
The prominence caused by a pad of fatty tissue over the symphysis pubis in the female. ... Synonym: os pubis, mons veneris, pubes, pubic bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mons ureteris
A pinkish prominence on the wall of the bladder marking each ureteral orifice. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mons veneris
Synonym for mons pubis ... The prominence caused by a pad of fatty tissue over the symphysis pubis in the female. ... Synonym: os pubis, mons veneris, pubes, pubic bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Monsel solution
Ferric subsulfate solution used to coagulate superficial bleeding such as that following skin biopsy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Monson curve
The curve of occlusion in which each cusp and incisal edge touches or conforms to a segment of the surface of a sphere 8 inches in diameter with its centre in the region of the glabella. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Monson, George
<person> U.S. Dentist, 1869-1933. ... See: Monson curve, anti-Monson curve. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

monster
1. Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel. 'A monster or marvel.' (Chaucer) ... 2. Specifically, an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs. ... 3. Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty. ... Origin: OE. Monstre, F. M …

monsters
A foetus or infant with such pronounced developmental anomalies as to be grotesque and usually nonviable. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

montan wax
A mineral wax extracted from lignite. ... Origin: L. Montanus, of a mountain, fr. Mons, mountain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

montanic acid
Synonym: octacosanoic acid. ... Origin: montan ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

monte carlo method
In statistics, a technique for numerically approximating the solution of a mathematical problem by studying the distribution of some random variable, often generated by a computer. The name alludes to the randomness characteristic of the games of chance played at the gambling casinos in monte carlo. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Monteggia
Giovanni B., Italian surgeon, 1762-1815. ... See: Monteggia's fracture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

monteggia fracture
<radiology> Angulated fracture at the junction of the proximal and middle third of ulna accompained by anterior dislocation of the radial head aetiology: transmission of force thorugh the hand and forearm with the elbow partially flexed, interosseous ligament drags the radius with the distal two-thirds of the ulna, MUGR mnemonic, Monteggia wi …

monteggia's fracture
A fracture of the forearm characterised by a fracture of the ulna with dislocation of the head of the radius. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

Montenegro test
Synonym for leishmanin test ... A delayed hypersensitivity test for cutaneous leishmaniasis; a positive test when granulomatous induration exceeds 5 min after 2-3 days at the intradermal injection site of a suspension of leishmanias in phenol. ... Synonym: Montenegro test. ... Origin: Leishmania + suffix -in, component, derivative ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Montgomery
William F., Irish obstetrician, 1797-1859. ... See: Montgomery's follicles, Montgomery's glands, Montgomery's tubercles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Montgomery's follicles
Synonym for areolar glands ... A number of small mammary glands forming small rounded projections from the surface of the areola of the breast; they enlarge with pregnancy and during lactation secrete a substance presumed to resist chapping. ... Synonym: glandulae areolares, Montgomery's follicles, Montgomery's glands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Montgomery's glands
Synonym for areolar glands ... A number of small mammary glands forming small rounded projections from the surface of the areola of the breast; they enlarge with pregnancy and during lactation secrete a substance presumed to resist chapping. ... Synonym: glandulae areolares, Montgomery's follicles, Montgomery's glands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Montgomery's tubercles
Elevated reddened areolar glands, usually associated with pregnancy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

month
One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month. ... In the common law, a month is a lunar month, or twenty-eight days, unless otherwise expressed. In the Unite …

monticulus
1. Any slight rounded projection above a surface. ... 2. The central portion of the superior vermis forming a projection on the surface of the cerebellum; its anterior and most prominent portion is called the culmen, its posterior sloping portion, the declive. ... Origin: L. Dim. Of mons, mountain ... Palmar monticuli, three small elevations in the di …

mood
Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood. 'Till at the last aslaked was mood.' (Chaucer) 'Fortune is merry, And in this mood will give us anything.' (Shak) 'The desperate recklessness of her mood.' (Hawthorne) ... Origin: OE. Mood, mod, AS. Modmind, feeling, heart, co …

mood disorders
Those disorders that have a disturbance in mood as their predominant feature. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mood swing
Oscillation of a person's emotional feeling tone between periods of euphoria and depression. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mood-congruent hallucination
Hallucination in which the content is mood appropriate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mood-incongruent hallucination
Hallucination that is not consistent with external stimuli; content is not consistent with either manic or depressed mood. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

moon
1. The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. S …

moon blindness
Synonym for periodic ophthalmia ... An acute iridocyclitis of horses, involving one or both eyes; it subsides only to recur at intervals of varying length and usually ends in blindness; the cause is uncertain but some have associated it with leptospires; does not appear to be contagious. ... Synonym: moon blindness. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

moon face
The round, usually red face, with large jowls, seen in Cushing's disease or in exogenous hyperadrenocorticalism. ... Moon shaped face, moon facies. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

moon facies
Roundness of the face due to increased fat deposition laterally seen in patients with hyperadrenocorticalism, either of endogenous (e.g., Cushing's disease) or exogenous origin, such as the use of cortisone-like drugs as therapy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Moon, Henry
<person> English surgeon, 1845-1892. ... See: Moon's molars. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Moon, Robert
<person> U.S. Ophthalmologist, 1844-1914. ... See: Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Moon's molars
Small dome-shaped first molar teeth occurring in congenital syphilis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

moor
Chiefly British term: an extensive area of open rolling infertile land consisting of sand, rock, or peat usually covered with heather, bracken, coarse grass and sphagnum moss, a boggy area of wasteland usually dominated by grasses and sedges growing in a thick layer of peat. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

Moore, Charles
<person> English surgeon, 1821-1870. ... See: Moore's method. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Moore, Robert Foster
<person> British ophthalmologist, 1878-1963. ... See: Moore's lightning streaks. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Moore's lightning streaks
Photopsia manifested by vertical flashes of light, seen usually on the temporal side of the affected eye, caused by the involutional shrinkage of vitreous humor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Moore's method
Treatment of aneurysm by the introduction of silver or zinc wire into the sac to induce fibrin deposition. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mooren, Albert
<person> German ophthalmologist, 1828-1899. ... See: Mooren's ulcer. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mooren's ulcer
Chronic inflammation of the peripheral cornea that slowly progresses centrally with corneal thinning and sometimes perforation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mooruk
<zoology> A species of cassowary (Casuarius Bennetti) found in new Britain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. Its crest is biloted; the neck and breast are black; the back, rufous mixed with black; and the naked skin of the neck, blue. ... Origin: Native name. ... Sou …

moose
<zoology> A large cervine mammal (Alces machlis, or A. Americanus), native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is about as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. It closely resembles the European elk, and by many zoologists is considered the same species. See Elk. ... <zoology> Moose bird, a locality …

Mooser bodies
A term used to refer to the rickettsiae found in the exudate (and in tissue) from the tunica vaginalis in endemic typhus fever (caused by Rickettsia typhi). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mooser, Hermann
<person> Swiss pathologist in Mexico, *1891. ... See: Mooser bodies. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mopidamol
<chemical> 2,2',2'',2'''-((4-(1-piperidinyl)pyrimido(5,4-d)pyrimidine- 2,6-diyl)dinitrilo)tetrakisethanol. Proposed antineoplastic agent that may have antiplatelet properties. ... Pharmacological action: antineoplastic agent, platelet aggregation inhibitors. ... Chemical name: Ethanol, 2,2',2'',2'''-((4-(1-piperidinyl)pyrimido(5,4-d)pyrimidine- …

MOPP
Acronym for mechlorethamine, oncovin (vincristine), procarbazine, and prednisone, a chemotherapy regimen used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

moraine
<geology> An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier. ... If the moranie is at the extremity of the glacier it is a terminal moranie; if at the side, a lateral moranie; if parallel to the side on the central portion of the glacier, a medial moranie. In the last case it is formed by the union of the lateral m …

moral
1. Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as th …

moral ataxia
Inconstancy of ideas and of conscious intent, as a manifestation of hysteria. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

moral treatment
A type of milieu therapy utilised in the 19th century, emphasizing religious doctrine and benevolent guidance in activities of daily living; as such it was a form of psychotherapy as opposed to somatic treatment's such as bloodletting and purging. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morale
The prevailing temper or spirit of an individual or group in relation to the tasks or functions which are expected. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

morally
1. In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality. 'By good, good morally so called, 'bonum honestum' ought chiefly to be understood.' (South) ... 2. According to moral rules; virtuously. 'To live morally.' ... 3. In moral qualities; in disposition and character; as, one who physically and morally endures hardships. ... 4. In a manner …

morals
Standards of conduct as right or wrong. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Morand
Sauveur F., French surgeon, 1697-1773. ... See: Morand's foot, Morand's spur. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Morand's foot
A foot having eight toes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Morand's spur
Synonym for calcar avis ... The lower of two elevations on the medial wall of the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle of the brain, caused by the depth of the calcarine sulcus. ... Synonym: Haller's unguis, hippocampus minor, minor hippocampus, Morand's spur, unguis avis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morantel
<chemical> (e)-1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-1-methyl-2-[2-(3-methyl-2-thienyl)vinyl]pyrimidine tartrate (1:1). Antinematodal agent used mainly for livestock. ... Pharmacological action: anthelmintic, antinematodal agent, ... Chemical name: Pyrimidine, 1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-1-methyl-2-(2-(3-methyl-2-thienyl)ethenyl)-, (E)- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Morax
Victor, French ophthalmologist, 1866-1935. ... See: Moraxella, Morax-Axenfeld diplobacillus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Morax-Axenfeld diplobacillus
Synonym for Moraxella lacunata ... A species causing conjunctivitis in man; it is the type species of the genus Moraxella. ... Synonym: Morax-Axenfeld diplobacillus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

moraxella
A genus of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria occurring as rods (subgenus moraxella) or cocci (subgenus branhamella). Its organisms are parasitic on the mucous membranes of man and other warm-blooded animals. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

moraxella (branhamella) catarrhalis
Gram-negative aerobic cocci that are frequently isolated from the nasal cavity of man. They rarely cause disease but may play a role as an extranasal invader in the respiratory tract. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

moraxella (moraxella) bovis
A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is most frequently isolated from bovine eyes in cases of infectious keratoconjunctivitis (keratoconjunctivitis, infectious), but also occurs in unaffected eyes and the nasal cavity of cattle. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Moraxella anatipestifer
A species causing a respiratory disease in ducklings. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Moraxella bovis
A bacterial species causing pinkeye in cattle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Moraxella catarrhalis
A species that causes upper respiratory tract infections, particularly in immunocompromised hosts; the type species of the genus Moraxella. ... Synonym: Branhamella catarrhalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Moraxella conjunctivitis
Synonym for angular conjunctivitis ... A subacute bilateral conjunctival inflammation sometimes caused by the Moraxella bacillus, marked by redness of the lateral canthi and scanty, stringy discharge that adheres to the lashes. ... Synonym: Moraxella conjunctivitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Moraxella kingae
Synonym for 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) ...

Moraxella lacunata
A species causing conjunctivitis in man; it is the type species of the genus Moraxella. ... Synonym: Morax-Axenfeld diplobacillus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Moraxella nonliquefaciens
A species found in the respiratory tract of man, especially in the nose; usually not pathogenic, but occasionally causes sinusitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Moraxella osloensis
A species found in the genitourinary tract, blood, spinal and chest fluids, and nose; rarely found in the respiratory tract; usually not pathogenic, although some strains have been isolated from serious pathologic conditions in humans. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Moraxella phenylpyruvica
A species of unknown pathogenicity found in the genitourinary tract, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, and in pus from various lesions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morbid
1. Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant. 'Her sick and morbid heart.' ... 2. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy. ... Synonym: Diseased, sickly, sick. ... Morbid, Diseased. Morbid is sometim …

morbid impulse
An impulse that drives one to commit some act, usually of a deviant or forbidden nature, notwithstanding efforts to restrain oneself. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morbid obesity
Obesity sufficient to prevent normal activity or physiologic function, or to cause the onset of a pathologic condition. ... Simple obesity, obesity resulting when caloric intake exceeds energy expenditure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morbid thirst
Synonym for dipsesis ... An abnormal or excessive thirst, or a craving for unusual forms of drink. ... Synonym: dipsosis, morbid thirst. ... Origin: G. Dipseo, to thirst ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morbidity
A diseased condition or state, the incidence of a disease or of all diseases in a population. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

morbidity rate
The sickness rate, the number of people who are sick or have a disease compared with the number who are well. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

morbific
Synonym: pathogenic. ... Origin: L. Morbus, disease, + facio, to make ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morbigenous
Synonym: pathogenic. ... Origin: L. Morbus, disease, + G. -gen, producing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morbility
Synonym for morbidity ... A diseased condition or state, the incidence of a disease or of all diseases in a population. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

morbilli
Synonym: measles. ... Origin: Mediev. L. Morbillus, dim. Of L. Morbus, disease ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morbilliform
Resembling measles. ... Origin: see morbilli ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morbillivirus
<virology> A genus of the family paramyxoviridae (subfamily paramyxovirinae) where all the virions have haemagglutinin but not neuraminidase activity. All members produce both cytoplasmic and intranuclear inclusion bodies. ... Type species is measles virus, other species include canine distemper virus and the related seal virus. Infections mai …

morbilous
Relating to measles. ... Origin: see morbilli ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morbus
Synonym: disease. ... Origin: L. Disease ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morbus Addisonii
Synonym for chronic adrenocortical insufficiency ... Adrenocortical insufficiency usually as the result of idiopathic atrophy or destruction of both adrenal glands by tuberculosis, an autoimmune process, or other diseases; characterised by fatigue, decreased blood pressure, weight loss, increased melanin pigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes …