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

morphophysiology
Synonym for functional anatomy ... <procedure> Anatomy studied in its relation to function. ... Synonym: morphophysiology, physiological anatomy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morphosynthesis
An awareness of space and of body schema represented in the parietal lobes of the cerebral cortex. ... Origin: morpho-+ synthesis ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morphotype
An infrasubspecific group of bacterial strains distinguishable from other strains of the same species on the basis of morphologic characters which may or may not be associated with a change in serologic state. ... Origin: morpho-+ G. Typos, stamp, model ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Morquio
Louis, Uruguayan physician, 1867-1935. ... See: Morquio's disease, Morquio's syndrome, Morquio-Ullrich disease, Brailsford-Morquio disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morquio disease
<radiology> Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) type IV, autosomal recessive, platyspondyly (universal vertebra plana = hallmark), dwarfism, kyphosis, severe disability, anterior beaks of vertebrae, wine glass pelvis ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Morquio-Ullrich disease
Synonym for Morquio's syndrome ... <syndrome> An error of mucopolysaccharide metabolism with excretion of keratan sulfate in urine; characterised by severe skeletal defects with short stature, severe deformity of spine and thorax, long bones with irregular epiphyses but with shafts of normal length, enlarged joints, flaccid ligaments, and wadd …

Morquio's disease
Synonym for Morquio's syndrome ... <syndrome> An error of mucopolysaccharide metabolism with excretion of keratan sulfate in urine; characterised by severe skeletal defects with short stature, severe deformity of spine and thorax, long bones with irregular epiphyses but with shafts of normal length, enlarged joints, flaccid ligaments, and wadd …

Morquio's syndrome
<syndrome> An error of mucopolysaccharide metabolism with excretion of keratan sulfate in urine; characterised by severe skeletal defects with short stature, severe deformity of spine and thorax, long bones with irregular epiphyses but with shafts of normal length, enlarged joints, flaccid ligaments, and waddling gait; autosomal recessive inh …

morrhuate sodium
The sodium salts of the fatty acids of cod liver oil; a sclerosing agent used in the treatment of varicose veins, mixed with a local anaesthetic. ... Origin: fr. Gadus morrhua, cod ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Morrison, Ashton
<person> Irish pathologist in the U.S., *1922. ... See: Verner-Morrison syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mors
Synonym for death ... 1. The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants. ... Local death is going on at times and in all parts of the living body, in which individual cells and elements are being cast off and replaced by new; a process essential to life. General death is of two kinds; death of th …

mors thymica
An old term for sudden death in young children, usually the result of infection; formerly erroneously attributed to an enlarged thymus. ... See: sudden infant death syndrome ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morse alphabet
A telegraphic alphabet in very general use, inventing by Samuel F.B.Morse, the inventor of Morse's telegraph. The letters are represented by dots and dashes impressed or printed on paper, as, .- (A), -.. (B), -. (D), . (E), . (O), .. (R), (T), etc, or by sounds, flashes of light, etc, with greater or less intervals between them. ... Source: Websters …

morsicatio
Habitual nibbling of the lips (labiorum), tongue (linguae), or buccal mucosa (buccarum); often produces a shaggy white lesion. ... Origin: L. Biting, fr. Mordeo, to bite ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morsicatio buccarum
White elevations of buccal mucosa caused by the pressure of molar teeth. ... Origin: L. Chewing of the cheeks ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morsulus
Synonym: troche. ... Origin: Mod. L. Dim. Of L. Morsus, a bite ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mort
A woman; a female. 'Male gypsies all, not a mort among them.' (B. Jonson) ... Origin: Etym. Uncert. ... 1. Death; especially, the death of game in the chase. ... 2. A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game. 'The sportsman then sounded a treble mort.' (Sir W. Scott) ... 3. The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. Mor …

mortal
1. Pertaining to or causing death. ... 2. Destined to die. ... Origin: L. Mortalis, fr. Mors, death ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mortality
The death rate. The ratio of the total number of deaths to the total population. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

mortality rate
<statistics> The proportion of deaths in a population or to a specific number of the population. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

mortality rate, foetal
The ratio of foetal deaths to the sum of the births (the live births + the foetal deaths) in that year. In the united states, the foetal mortality rate plummeted from 19.2 per 1,000 births in 1950 to 9.2 per 1,000 births in 1980. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mortality rate, infant
The number of children dying under a year of age divided by the number of live births that year. The infant mortality rate in the united states, which was 12.5 per 1,000 live births in 1980, fell to 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 1990. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mortality rate, maternal
The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number of live births + foetal deaths) in that year. The maternal mortality rate in the united states in 1993 (and 1994) was 0.1 per 1,000 live births, or 1 mother dying per 10,000 live births. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mortality rate, neonatal
The number of children dying under 28 days of age divided by the number of live births that year. The neonatal mortality rate in the united states, which was 8.4 per 1,000 live births in 1980, declined to 5.8 per 1,000 live births in 1990. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mortar
1. A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle. ... 2. [F. Mortier, fr. L. Mortarium mortar (for trituarating). ... A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc, at high angles of elevation, as 45 deg, and even higher; so named from its resemblance in sha …

mortar kidney
Synonym for putty kidney ... A kidney containing caseous material trapped by stricture of the ureter due to tuberculous granulations in renal tuberculosis. ... Synonym: mortar kidney. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mortierella
A genus of saprophytic fungi (class Zygomycetes, family Mucoraceae) commonly found in nature and occasionally causing zygomycosis in humans. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mortification
1. <medicine> The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified; especially: Destruction of active qualities; neutralization. Subjection of the passions and appetites, by penance, absistence, or painful severities inflicted on the body. 'The mortification of our lusts has something in it that is troublesome, yet nothing that is unrea …

mortified
Synonym for gangrenous ... Relating to or affected with gangrene. ... Synonym: mortified. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mortify
1. To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in. ... 2. To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action. 'Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine.' (Bacon) 'He mortified pearls in vinegar.' (Hakewill) ... 3. To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bod …

mortis
Synonym for death ... 1. The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants. ... Local death is going on at times and in all parts of the living body, in which individual cells and elements are being cast off and replaced by new; a process essential to life. General death is of two kinds; death of th …

mortise
A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon. Mortise and tenon, made with a mortise and tenon; joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; used adjectively. Mortise joint, a joint made by a mortise and tenon. Mortise lock. See Lock. Mortise wheel …

mortise joint
Synonym for ankle joint ... The joint that is formed by the inferior articular and malleolar articular surfaces of the tibia, the malleolar articular surface of the fibula, and the medial malleolar, lateral malleolar, and superior surfaces of the talus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Morton, Dudley
<person> U.S. Orthopedist, 1884-1960. ... See: Morton's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Morton, Samuel
<person> U.S. Physician, 1799-1851. ... See: Morton's plane. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Morton, Thomas
<person> U.S. Physician, 1835-1903. ... See: Morton's neuralgia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Morton's neuralgia
Neuralgia of an interdigital nerve, usually the anastomotic branch between the medial and lateral plantar nerves, resulting from compression of the nerve by the metatarsophalangeal joint. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Morton's neuroma
<oncology, tumour> A ganglionic swelling or ganglion cyst in the forefoot. ... Symptoms include pain in the forefoot and localised swelling. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

Morton's plane
A plane passing through the summits of the parietal and occipital protuberances. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Morton's syndrome
<syndrome> Congenital shortening of the first metatarsal causing metatarsalgia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Morton's toe
A particular form of metatarsalgia caused by enlargement of the digital nerve. ... Compare: Morton's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mortuary
Origin: LL. Mortuarium. See Mortuary. ... 1. A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty. ... 2. …

mortuary practice
Activities associated with the physical burial of the dead. It excludes cultural practices such as funeral rites. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

morula
<biology> Stage of development in holoblastic embryos. The morula stage is usually likened to a spherical raspberry, a cluster of blastomeres without a cavity. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

moruloid
1. Resembling a morula. ... 2. Shaped like a mulberry. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

morus
<botany> A genus of trees, some species of which produce edible fruit; the mulberry. See Mulberry. ... Morus alba is the white mulberry, a native of India or China, the leaves of which are extensively used for feeding silkworms, for which it furnishes the chief food. Morus multicaulis, the many-stemmed or Chinese mulberry, is only a form of wh …

Morvan, Augustin
<person> French physician, 1819-1897. ... See: Morvan's chorea, Morvan's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Morvan's chorea
Synonym for myokymia ... Continuous involuntary quivering or rippling of muscles at rest, caused by spontaneous, repetitive firing of groups of motor unit potentials. ... Synonym: fibrillary chorea, kymatism, Morvan's chorea. ... Origin: myo-+ G. Kyma, wave ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Morvan's disease
Synonym for syringomyelia ... <radiology> Syrinx, congenital: 90% associated with Arnold-Chiari, acquired: trauma, tumour, infection, haemorrhage, syringomyelia dissection of cerebrospinal fluid within cord no ependymal lining, hydromyelia dilatation of central canal lined by ependyma associated with, myelomeningocele, Arnold-Chiari malformati …

mos
<oncogene> An oncogene, identified in mouse sarcoma, encoding a serine/threonine protein kinase. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

mosaic
<genetics> Descriptive of an organism that consists of two or more genetically distinct cell lines. ... (14 Nov 1997) ...

mosaic egg
<biology> At one time a distinction was drawn between those organisms in which the egg seemed to have a firmly committed fate map built in and regulating embryos. ... In the former, after the first cleavage one blastomere was committed to produce one set of tissues, the other blastomere a different set and removal of one blastomere led to the …

mosaic fundus
Synonym for tessellated fundus ... A normal fundus to which a deeply pigmented choroid gives the appearance of dark polygonal areas between the choroidal vessels, especially in the periphery. ... Synonym: fundus tigre, leopard fundus, leopard retina, mosaic fundus, tigroid fundus, tigroid retina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mosaic inheritance
Inheritance in which the paternal influence is dominant in one group of cells and the maternal in another. ... Compare: lyonization. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mosaic pattern
On high-resolution CT scans of the lungs, a pattern of brighter and darker regions corresponding to differences in perfusion or aeration; found in some cases of chronic thromboembolism or of bronchiolitis obliterans. ... Compare: oligaemia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mosaic viruses
Viruses which produce a mottled appearance of the leaves of plants. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mosaicism
The occurrence in an individual of two or more cell populations of different chromosomal constitutions, derived from a single zygote. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mosasauria
<paleontology> An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentlike in form and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with large recurved tteth, but they had paddlelike feet. Some of them were over fifty feet long. They are, essentially, fossil sea serpents with p …

mosasaurus
<paleontology> A genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the lizards, but having the body much elongated, and the limbs in the form of paddles. The first known species, nearly fifty feet in length, was discovered in Cretaceous beds near Maestricht, in the Netherlands. ... Alternative forms: Mososaurus. ... Origin: NL, fr. L. Mosa the River M …

Moschcowitz test
Demonstration of lower limb ischemia by occlusion of the arterial circulation for five minutes with a tourniquet or Esmarch bandage. Following release, skin colour normally will return in a few seconds; with arterial obstruction (e.g., arteriosclerotic) colour returns more slowly. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Moschcowitz, Eli
<person> U.S. Physician, 1879-1964. ... See: Moschcowitz' disease, Moschcowitz test. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Moschcowitz' disease
Synonym for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura ... A rapidly fatal or occasionally protracted disease with varied symptoms in addition to purpura, including signs of central nervous system involvement, due to formation of fibrin or platelet thrombi in arterioles and capillaries in many organs. ... Synonym: Moschcowitz' disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

moschus
Musk. ... Origin: G. Moschos, musk ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mosenthal test
An infrequently used test to evaluate renal concentrating ability by measuring the density of urine every two hours during the ingestion of a controlled diet. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mosenthal, Herman Otto
<person> American physician, 1878-1954. ... See: Mosenthal test. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mosler, Karl
<person> German physician, 1831-1911. ... See: Mosler's diabetes, Mosler's sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mosler's diabetes
Inosituria with excretion of large quantities of water. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mosler's sign
<clinical sign> Tenderness over the sternum in a patient with acute myeloblastic anaemia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mosquito
Origin: Sp. Mosquito, fr. Moscafly, L. Musca. Cf. Musket. ... <zoology> Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when num …

mosquito clamp
A small haemostat, straight or curved, with or without teeth; used to hold delicate tissue or for haemostasis. ... Synonym: mosquito forceps. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mosquito control
The reduction or regulation of the population of mosquitoes through chemical, biological, or other means. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mosquito forceps
Synonym for mosquito clamp ... A small haemostat, straight or curved, with or without teeth; used to hold delicate tissue or for haemostasis. ... Synonym: mosquito forceps. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

moss
To cover or overgrow with moss. 'An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.' (Shak) ... Origin: Mossed; Mossing. ... 1. <botany> A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively ter …

Moss tube
A triple-lumen, nasogastric, feeding-decompression tube, that utilises a gastric balloon to occlude cardioesophageal junction, with simultaneous oesophageal aspiration and intragastric feeding, a double-lumen, gastric lavage tube, that provides continuous delivery of saline via a small bore, with simultaneous aspiration of fluid and some particles …

moss-lichen wetland
<ecology> A wetland dominated by mosses (mainly peat mosses) and lichens with little taller vegetation. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

Moss, Gerald
<person> U.S. Physician, *1931. ... See: Moss tube. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Moss, Melvin
<person> U.S. Oral pathologist, *1923. ... See: Gorlin-Chaudhry-Moss syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mosses
A class of plants within the bryophyta comprising the mosses, which are found in both damp (including freshwater) and drier situations. Mosses possess erect or prostrate leafless stems, which give rise to leafless stalks bearing capsules. Spores formed in the capsules are released and grow to produce new plants. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Mossman fever
A fever, noted especially among sugar cane cutters in the Mossman District of North Queensland, caused by a leptospira. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mosso, Angelo
<person> Italian physiologist, 1846-1910. ... See: Mosso's ergograph, Mosso's sphygmomanometer. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mosso's sphygmomanometer
An apparatus for measuring the blood pressure in the digital arteries. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mossy cell
One of the two types of neuroglia cell's, consisting of a rather large body with numerous short branching processes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mossy fibres
Highly branched nerve fibre's in the cerebellar cortex that terminate in rosette formations and synapse upon granule cell dendrites. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mossy fibres, hippocampal
Axons of certain cells in the dentate gyrus. They project to the polymorphic layer of the dentate gyrus and to the proximal dendrites of pyramidal cells of the hippocampus. These mossy fibres should not be confused with mossy fibres that are cerebellar afferents (see nerve fibres). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mossy foot
A profuse velvety papillomatous growth that develops large warty projections; caused by chronic lymphedema and stasis with maceration and associated infection. ... Synonym: lymphedematous keratoderma, lymphostatic verrucosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Motais, Ernst
<person> French ophthalmologist, 1845-1913. ... See: Motais' operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Motais' operation
Transplantation of the middle third of the tendon of the superior rectus muscle of the eyeball into the upper lid, between the tarsus and skin, to supplement the action of the levator muscle in ptosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mote
A small particle; a speck. ... Origin: A.S. Mot ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

moth
1. <zoology> Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth. ... 2. <zoology> Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. See these terms under Clothes, Grain, etc. ... 3. <zoology> Any one of various …

moth patch
Synonym for chloasma ... <dermatology> Melasma cholasma hepaticum a term formerly used to refer to circumscribed facial hyperpigmentation resembling melasma that may occur as a cutaneous manifestation of chronic liver disease. ... Origin: Gr. Chloazein = to be green ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

moth-eaten alopecia
Patchy hair loss of parietal and occipital regions of the scalp, characteristic of secondary syphilis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mother
1. A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child. ... 2. That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix. 'Alas! poor country! . It can not Be called our mother, but our grave.' (Shak) 'I behold . The solitary majesty of Crete, mother of a religion, it is said, that lived two th …

mother cell
A cell which, by division, gives rise to two or more daughter cell's. ... Synonym: brood cell, metrocyte, parent cell. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mother colony
A colony which gives rise to a secondary colony (a daughter colony), the latter growing on the surface of the former; the mother colony is larger than the daughter colony, and the characteristics of the colony's may differ. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mother cyst
A hydatid cyst from the inner, or germinal, layer, from which secondary cyst's containing scoleces (daughter cyst's) are developed; sometimes tertiary cyst's (granddaughter cyst's) are developed within the daughter cyst's; occurs most frequently in the liver, but may be found in other organs and tissues; symptoms are those of a tumour of the part a …

mother liquor
The saturated solution remaining after a crystallization or precipitation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mother of vinegar
In vinegar, the fungus of acetous fermentation appearing as a stringy sediment. ... Origin: A.S. Modder, mud ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mother star
Synonym for monaster ... The single star figure at the end of prophase in mitosis. ... Synonym: mother star. ... Origin: mono-+ G. Aster, star ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mother superior complex
The tendency of a psychotherapist to play a mothering role to the detriment of the therapeutic process. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mother surrogate
One who substitutes for or takes the place of the mother. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...