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

mucin clot test
A test that reflects the polymerization of synovial fluid hyaluronate; a few drops of synovial fluid added to acetic acid form a clot; poor clot formation occurs in a variety of inflammatory conditions including septic arthritis, gouty arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. ... Synonym: Ropes test. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucinaemia
The presence of mucin in the circulating blood. ... Synonym: myxaemia. ... Origin: mucin + G. Haima, blood ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucinase
A term specifically applied to hyaluronate lyase, hyaluronoglucosaminidase, and hyaluronoglucuronidase (hyaluronidases), but more loosely to any enzyme that hydrolyzes mucopolysaccharide substances (mucins). ... Synonym: mucase, mucopolysaccharidase. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucinogen granules
Granule's that produce mucin, as in cells of the salivary glands and in the gastric and intestinal mucosae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucinoid
Synonym: mucoid. ... 2. Resembling mucin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucinoid degeneration
A term including both mucoid and colloid degeneration, the essential cellular changes in both being similar, the only difference being that, in colloid degeneration, the substance is firmer and more inspissated than in mucoid degeneration, in which it is thin and jelly-like. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucinolytic
Capable of bringing about the hydrolysis of mucin, as by a mucinase. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucinoses
Mucoid states characterised by the elevated deposition and accumulation of mucin (mucopolysaccharides) in dermal tissue. The fibroblasts are responsible for the production of acid mucopolysaccharides (glycosaminoglycans) in the ground substance of the connective tissue system. When fibroblasts produce abnormally large quantities of mucopolysacchari …

mucinosis
A condition in which mucin is present in the skin in excessive amounts, or in abnormal distribution; classified as: ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucinosis, follicular
A disease of the pilosebaceous unit, presenting clinically as grouped follicular papules or plaques with associated hair loss. It is caused by mucinous infiltration of tissues, and usually involving the scalp, face, and neck. It may be primary (idiopathic) or secondary to mycosis fungoides or reticulosis. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mucinous
Relating to or containing mucin. ... Synonym: mucoid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucinous carcinoma
<tumour> A variety of adenocarcinoma in which the neoplastic cells secrete conspicuous quantities of mucin, and, as a result, the neoplasms are likely to be glistening, sticky, and gelatinoid in consistency. ... Synonym: colloid cancer, colloid carcinoma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucins
A secretion containing mucopolysaccharides and protein that is the chief constituent of mucus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mucinuria
The presence of mucin in the urine. ... Origin: mucin + G. Ouron, urine ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muciparous gland
Synonym for mucous gland ... <anatomy> A type of merocrine gland that produces a thick (mucopolysaccharide rich) secretion as opposed to a serous gland). ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

mucitis
Inflammation of a mucous membrane. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muckle-Wells syndrome
<syndrome> A syndrome characterised by familial amyloidosis, notably involving the kidneys, progressive hearing loss of neural origin and unknown cause, and periods of febrile urticaria associated with pain in joints and muscles of the extremities; autosomal dominant inheritance. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muckle, T
<person> 20th century Canadian paediatrician. ... See: Muckle-Wells syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muco-
Mucous, mucous (mucous membrane). ... See: muci-, myxo-. ... Origin: L. Mucus ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucoalbuminous cells
Synonym for mucoserous cells ... Glandular cell's intermediate in histologic characteristics between serous and mucous cell's. ... Synonym: mucoalbuminous cells, seromucous cells. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucobuccal fold
The line of flexure of the mucous membrane as it passes from the mandible or maxillae to the cheek. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucociliary
<pathology> Pertaining to or affecting the mucus membrane and hairs (including eyelashes, nose hair): mucociliary clearing: the clearance of mucus by ciliary movement (particularly in the respiratory system). ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

mucociliary clearance
Rate of ciliary and secretory activity of the respiratory submucosal glands. It is a non-specific host defense mechanism, measurable in vivo by mucus transfer, ciliary beat frequency, and clearance of radioactive tracers. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mucoclasis
Denudation of any mucous surface. ... Origin: muco-+ G. Klasis, a breaking off ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucocolitis
Synonym for mucous colitis ... An affection of the mucous membrane of the colon characterised by colicky pain, constipation or diarrhoea (sometimes alternating), and passage of mucous or slimy pseudomembranous shreds and patches. ... Synonym: mucocolitis, myxomembranous colitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucocolpos
Presence of mucus in the vagina. ... Origin: muco-+ G. Kolpos, vagina ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucocutaneous
<dermatology> Pertaining to or affecting the mucous membrane and the skin. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

mucocutaneous junction
The site of transition from epidermis to the epithelium of a mucous membrane. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
A grave disease caused by Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis, endemic in southern Mexico and Central and South America, except for the equatorial region of Chile; the organism does not invade the viscera, and the disease is limited to the skin and mucous membranes, the lesions resembling the sores of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by L. Mexicana …

mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
<syndrome> An acute febrile illness in children first described in Japan in the late 1960's. Referred to as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome because of typical changes in the mucus membranes that line the lips and mouth. Enlarged and tender lymph glands are also seen. ... Synonym:: Kawasaki disease. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

mucocutaneous muscle
Synonym for cutaneomucous muscle ... <anatomy> The 'sucking muscle,' a labial muscle formed by sagittal fibres running from the skin to the mucous membrane. ... Synonym: Aeby's muscle, Bovero's muscle, compressor muscle of lips, Klein's muscle, Krause's muscle, mucocutaneous muscle, musculus cutaneomucosus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucocyst
<microbiology> Small membrane bounded vesicular organelle in pellicle of ciliate protozoans that will discharge a mucus like secretion. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

mucoenteritis
1. Inflammation of the intestinal mucous membrane. ... Synonym: mucomembranous enteritis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucoepidermoid
Denoting a mixture of mucus-secreting and epithelial cells, as in mucoepidermoid carcinoma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucoepidermoid carcinoma
<tumour> Most commonly a salivary gland carcinoma of low grade malignancy in children, but with variable malignancy in adults; composed of mucous, epidermoid, and intermediate cells, with mucous cells abundant only in low grade carcinoma's; recurrence is frequent, and high grade carcinoma's metastasize to cervical nodes. ... Synonym: mucoepide …

mucoepidermoid tumour
A malignant epithelial tumour of glandular tissue, especially the salivary glands, characterised by acini with mucus-producing cells and by the presence of malignant squamous elements. most mucoepidermoid tumours are low-grade lesions readily cured by adequate excision. They may appear in any age group. They grow slowly. If high-grade, they behave …

mucoepithelial dysplasia
An epithelial cell dishesive disease characterised by red, periorificial mucosal lesions of oral, nasal, vaginal, urethral, anal, bladder, and conjunctival mucosa, with cataracts, follicular keratosis, non-scarring alopecia, frequent pulmonary infections, pneumothorax, and sometimes cor pulmonale; autosomal dominant inheritance. ... (05 Mar 2000) …

mucoglobulin
A glycoprotein or mucoprotein in which the protein component is a globulin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucoid
Resembling mucus. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

mucoid adenocarcinoma
<tumour> Sometimes applied to mucinous carcinoma, or adenocarcinoma containing mucin secreting neoplastic cells. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucoid colony
A colony showing viscous or sticky growth typical of an organism producing large quantities of a carbohydrate capsule. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucoid degeneration
A conversion of any of the connective tissues into a gelatinous or mucoid substance. ... Synonym: myxoid degeneration, myxomatous degeneration, myxomatosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucoid impaction of bronchus
Plugging of the lumen of bronchi due to thickened mucus, interfering with ventilation of corresponding lung segments and leading to characteristic clustered linear and grape-like radiologic densities and occasionally atelectasis and pneumonia; characteristically seen in cystic fibrosis but it can occur in a variety of disease states. ... (05 Mar 200 …

mucoid medial degeneration
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 …

mucolipidosis
<biochemistry> A group of inherited metabolic diseases characterised by the accumulation of excessive amounts of acid mucopolysaccharides, sphingolipids, and/or glycolipids in visceral and mesenchymal cells. Abnormal amounts of sphingolipids or glycolipids are present in neural tissue. Mental retardation and skeletal changes are common. ... (1 …

mucolipidosis I
<biochemistry> Mucolipidosis somewhat like a mild form of Hurler's syndrome with mild dysostosis multiplex, and moderate mental retardation due to neuraminidase deficiency. ... Inheritance: autosomal recessive. ... Synonym: lipomucopolysaccharidosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucolipidosis II
<biochemistry> Mucolipidosis of early onset and with severe symptoms like those in Hurler's syndrome but with normal urinary mucopolysaccharides, vacuolated lymphocytes, and inclusion bodies in cultured fibroblasts (I-cells). ... The lysosomes lack hydrolases but high concentrations of lysosomal enzymes are found in the extracellular fluids su …

mucolipidosis III
<biochemistry> Mucolipidosis with mild Hurler-like symptoms, restricted joint mobility, short stature, mild mental retardation, and dysplastic skeletal changes, especially of the hip. Aortic and mitral valve disease are often present. ... It is associated with a deficiency of UDP-N-acetyl glucosamine and lysosomal enzyme N-acetylglucosaminyl-1 …

mucolipidosis IV
<biochemistry> Psychomotor retardation with cloudy corneas and retinal degeneration, with inclusion cells in cultured fibroblasts; may be due to a deficiency of neuramidase, but details are uncertain. ... Inheritance: autosomal recessive. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucolysis
The solution, digestion, or liquefaction of mucus. ... Origin: muco-+ G. Lysis, dissolution ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucolytic
Destroying or dissolving mucin, an agent that so acts: a mucopolysaccharide or glycoprotein, the chief constituent of mucus. ... Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

mucomembranous
Relating to a mucous membrane. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucomembranous enteritis
An affection of the intestinal mucous membrane characterised by constipation or diarrhoea (sometimes alternating), colic, and the passage of pseudomembranous shreds or incomplete casts of the intestine. ... Synonym: mucoenteritis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muconate cycloisomerase
<enzyme> Do not confuse with 3-carboxy-cis,cis-muconate lactonizing enzyme ... Chemical name: 4-carboxy- methyl-4-hydroxyisocrotonolactone lyase(decycling) ... Registry number: EC 5.5.1.1 ... Synonym: cis,cis-muconate lactonizing enzyme, cis, cis-muconate cyclase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

muconolactone delta-isomerase
<enzyme> Catalyses the conversion of 4-hydroxy-4-carboxymethylisocrotonolactone to 3-oxoadipate enol-lactone; minor descriptor (75-83); on-line and index medicus search isomerases (75-83) ... Registry number: EC 5.3.3.4 ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

mucopeptide
<protein> Synonym for peptidoglycan. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

mucopeptide glycohydrolase
Synonym for lysozyme ... <cell biology, enzyme> Glycosidase that hydrolyses the bond between N acetyl muramic acid and N acetyl glucosamine, thus cleaving an important polymer of the cell wall of many bacteria. Present in tears, saliva and in the lysomes of phagocytic cells, it is an important antibacterial defence, particularly against gram-p …

mucoperichondrial flap
A flap composed of mucosa and perichondrium, as from the nasal septum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucoperiosteal
Relating to mucoperiosteum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucoperiosteal flap
A flap composed of mucosa and periosteum, as from the hard palate or gingiva. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucoperiosteum
Mucous membrane and periosteum so intimately united as to form practically a single membrane, as that covering the hard palate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucopolysaccharidase
<chemical> Mixture of an 'eliminase' and a glucuronidase ... Chemical name: lyase, mucopolysaccharide ... Synonym: thiomucase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

mucopolysaccharide
<biochemistry> The polysaccharide components of proteoglycans, now more usually known as glycosaminoglycans. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

mucopolysaccharidoses
Inherited diseases in humans resulting from inability to break down glycosaminoglycans. Hunter syndrome and Hurler syndrome, for example: result from defects in lysosomal enzymes needed to break down sulphated mucopolysaccharides. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

mucopolysaccharidosis
Any of a group of lysosomal storage diseases that have in common a disorder in metabolism of mucopolysaccharides, as evidenced by excretion of various mucopolysaccharides in urine and infiltration of these substances into connective tissue, with resulting various defects of bone, cartilage, and connective tissue. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucopolysaccharidosis I
Systemic lysosomal storage disease caused by a deficiency of alpha-l-iduronidase and characterised by progressive physical deterioration with urinary excretion of dermatan sulfate and heparan sulfate. There are three recognised phenotypes representing a spectrum of clinical severity from severe to mild: hurler's syndrome, hurler-scheie syndrome and …

mucopolysaccharidosis II
Systemic lysosomal storage disease marked by progressive physical deterioration and caused by a deficiency of l-sulfoiduronate sulfatase. This disease differs from mucopolysaccharidosis I by slower progression, lack of corneal clouding, and x-linked rather than autosomal recessive inheritance. The mild form produces near-normal intelligence and lif …

mucopolysaccharidosis III
Mucopolysaccharidosis characterised by heparitin sulfate in the urine, progressive mental retardation, mild dwarfism, and other skeletal disorders. There are four clinically indistinguishable but biochemically distinct forms, each due to a deficiency of a different enzyme. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mucopolysaccharidosis IV
Genetic disorder of mucopolysaccharide metabolism characterised by skeletal abnormalities, joint instability, development of cervical myelopathy, and excessive urinary keratan sulfate. There are two biochemically distinct forms, each due to a deficiency of a different enzyme. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mucopolysaccharidosis vi
Mucopolysaccharidosis with excessive chondroitin sulfate b in urine, characterised by dwarfism and deafness. It is caused by a deficiency of n-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase (arylsulfatase b). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mucopolysaccharidosis vii
Mucopolysaccharidosis characterised by excessive dermatan and heparan sulfates in the urine and hurler-like features. It is caused by a deficiency of beta-glucuronidase. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mucopolysacchariduria
The excretion of mucopolysaccharides in the urine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucoprotein
General term for a protein-polysaccharide complex, usually implying that the protein component is the major part of the complex, in contradistinction to mucopolysaccharide; mucoprotein's include the a1-and a2-globulins of serum (and others). Sometimes called glycoproteins, although this term usually refers to those mucoproteins's containing less th …

mucoproteins
Conjugated proteins in which mucopolysaccharides are combined with proteins. The mucopolysaccharide moiety is the predominant group with the protein making up only a small percentage of the total weight. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mucopurulent
Containing both mucus and pus. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

mucopurulent conjunctivitis
Synonym for acute catarrhal conjunctivitis ... An obsolete term for conjunctivitis with marked hyperaemia and mucopurulent discharge, with a tendency toward spontaneous recovery. ... Synonym: mucopurulent conjunctivitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucopus
A mucopurulent discharge; a mixture of mucous material and pus. ... Synonym: mycopus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mucoraceae
A family of fungi (class Zygomycetes) comprised of terrestrial, aquatic, and sometimes parasitic organisms; includes the genera Mucor, Absidia, Rhizopus, and Mortierella. Although the various species of the four genera are ordinarily saprobic, free-living forms, some of them cause zygomycosis (mucormycosis) in humans. ... Origin: L. Mucor, mold ... ( …

mucorales
An order of zygomycetous fungi, usually saprophytic, causing damage to food in storage, but which may cause respiratory infection or mucormycosis in persons suffering from other debilitating diseases. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mucormycosis
<microbiology> A fungal infection caused by infection with various fungi from the class, Zygomycetes. The organism is widely distributed through air, water and soil. This infection occurs predominately in the immunocompromised patient, burn patients and those on steroid therapy. ... The most common manifestation is an orbital cellulitis causin …

mucosa
<pathology> A mucous membrane or tunica mucosa. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

mucosa of auditory tube
The lining coat of the auditory tube. ... Synonym: tunica mucosa tubae auditivae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucosa of bronchi
The inner coat of the bronchi. ... Synonym: tunica mucosa bronchiorum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucosa of ductus deferens
The inner layer of the ductus deferens. ... Synonym: tunica mucosa ductus deferentis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucosa of female urethra
The inner mucosal layer of the female urethra. ... Synonym: tunica mucosa urethrae femininae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucosa of gallbladder
The inner coat of the gallbladder. ... Synonym: tunica mucosa vesicae biliaris, tunica mucosa vesicae felleae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucosa of seminal vesicle
The mucous membrane of the seminal vesicle. ... Synonym: tunica mucosa vesiculae seminalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucosa of small intestine
The mucous coat of the small intestine. ... Synonym: tunica mucosa intestini tenuis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucosa of tympanic cavity
The mucous layer of the tympanic cavity and the structures in it. ... Synonym: tunica mucosa cavitatis tympani, mucous membrane of tympanic cavity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucosa of ureter
The inner layer of the ureter. ... Synonym: tunica mucosa ureteris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucosa of urinary bladder
The inner coat of the urinary bladder. ... Synonym: tunica mucosa vesicae urinariae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucosa of uterine tube
The mucous layer of the uterine tube. ... Synonym: tunica mucosa tubae uterinae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucosal
<anatomy> Pertaining to a mucous membrane. ... (11 Nov 1997) ...

mucosal disease
Synonym for bovine virus diarrhoea ... A specific infectious disease of cattle, caused by a togavirus; characterised by ulceration of the mouth, pharynx, oesophagus, and sometimes the stomachs and intestines; may or may not be accompanied by severe diarrhoea. ... Synonym: mucosal disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucosal disease virus
Synonym for bovine virus diarrhoea virus ... A virus of the genus Pestivirus, in the family Togaviridae, causing bovine virus diarrhoea; New York, Oregon, and Indiana strains of the virus are recognised. ... Synonym: mucosal disease virus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucosal folds of gallbladder
The interlacing folds of the mucosa that produce a honeycomb appearance in the interior of the gallbladder. ... Synonym: plicae tunicae mucosae vesicae felleae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucosal graft
A graft of mucous membrane, usually the full-thickness of the lining of the cheek or lower lip. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucosal relief radiography
Radiographic technique showing fine detail of gastrointestinal mucosa after coating it with a barium suspension and distending the organ with air or gas released from an ingested powder. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucosal tunics
Synonym for mucosa ... <pathology> A mucous membrane or tunica mucosa. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

mucosanguineous
Pertaining to an exudate or other fluid material that has a relatively high content of blood and mucus. ... Origin: muco-+ L. Sanguis, blood ... (05 Mar 2000) ...