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

mucosectomy
<procedure> Excision of the mucosa, usually of the rectum prior to ileoanal anastomosis for treatment of ulcerative colitis. ... Origin: mucosa + G. Ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucoserous
Pertaining to an exudate or secretion that consists of both mucus and serum or a watery component. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

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

mucositis
<pathology> Inflammation of a mucous membrane. Oral mucositis is a common complication of chemotherapy and radiation therapy. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...

mucostatic
1. Denoting the normal relaxed condition of mucosal tissues covering the jaws. ... 2. Arresting the secretion of mucus. ... Origin: muco-+ G. Stasis, a standing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucous
1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance. ... 2. Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane. Mucous membrane. ... <anatomy> A form of connective tissue in an early stage of development, found in the umbilical cord and in the embryo, and also in certain tum …

mucous cast
Synonym for false cast ... <nephrology> An elongated, ribbon-like mucous thread with poorly defined edges and pointed or split ends, often confused with a true urinary cast. ... Synonym: cylindroid, mucous cast, pseudocast, spurious cast. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucous cell
A cell secreting mucus; e.g., a goblet cell. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

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) ...

mucous connective tissue
A type of connective tissue little differentiated beyond the mesenchymal stage; its ground substance of glycoproteins is abundant and contains fine collagenous fibres and fibroblasts; in its most characteristic form, it appears in the umbilical cord as Wharton's jelly. ... Synonym: gelatinous tissue. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucous cyst
A retention cyst resulting from obstruction in the duct of a mucous gland. ... Synonym: mucocele. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucous diarrhoea
Diarrhoea with the presence of considerable mucus in the stools. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

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

mucous glands of auditory tube
Glands located principally near the pharyngeal end of the auditory tube. ... Synonym: glandulae tubariae, glands of auditory tube, glands of eustachian tube. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucous membrane
<pathology> The lubricated inner lining of the mouth, nasal passages, vagina and urethra, any membrane or lining which contains mucous secreting glands. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

mucous membrane of tympanic cavity
Synonym for 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) ...

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

mucous neck cell
One of the acidic mucin-secreting cell's in the neck of a gastric gland. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucous papule
Synonym for condyloma latum ... A secondary syphilitic eruption of flat-topped papules, occurring in groups covered by a necrotic layer of epithelial detritus, and secreting a seropurulent fluid; they are found at the anus and wherever contiguous folds of skin produce heat and moisture. ... Synonym: flat condyloma, moist papule, mucous papule. ... (05 …

mucous patch
An oval to round, yellow-gray to white, membrane-covered lesion or lesions occurring on the mucous membranes; usually seen in secondary syphilis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucous plaque
Synonym for bacterial plaque ... In dentistry, a mass of filamentous microorganisms and large variety of smaller forms attached to the surface of a tooth which, depending on bacterial activity and environmental factors, may give rise to caries, calculus, or inflammatory changes in adjacent tissue. ... Synonym: dental plaque, mucous plaque, mucinous p …

mucous plug
A mass of mucus and cells filling the cervical canal between periods or during pregnancy; a mass of mucous occluding a main or lobar bronchus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucous polyp
An adenomatous polyp in which conspicuous amounts of mucin are formed, a polypoid cyst that contains mucus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucous rale
A bubbling rale heard on auscultation over bronchial tubes containing mucus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucous sheath of tendon
Synonym for synovial tendon sheath ... A sheath of synovial membrane enveloping certain of the tendons; it contains a small amount of synovial fluid. ... Synonym: vagina synovialis tendinis, mucous sheath of tendon, theca tendinis, vagina mucosa tendinis, vaginal synovial membrane. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucoviscidosis
An old name (but one that has prevailed in france and some other nations) for cystic fibrosis (cf), one of the most common and serious of all genetic (inherited) diseases. The cf gene is carried by 1/20 persons (in caucasian populations) and 1 in 400 couples is at risk for having children with cf. Cf is characterised by the production of abnormal s …

mucro
A sharp, abrupt terminal point. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

mucro cordis
An obsolete term for apex of heart. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucro sterni
Synonym for xiphoid process ... <anatomy> Composed of cartilage at the inferior aspect of the sternal body. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

mucron
Attachment organelle of aseptate gregarines, similar to an epimerite; the latter is set off from the rest of the gregarine body by a septum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucronate
Synonym: xiphoid. ... Origin: L. Mucronatus, pointed ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mucus
The free slime of the mucous membranes, composed of secretion of the glands, along with various inorganic salts, desquamated cells and leucocytes. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

mucus colitis
A common gastrointestinal disorder characterised by abdominal pain, bloating, mucous in stools, and irregular bowel habits with alternating diarrhoea and constipation, symptoms that tend to be chronic and wax and wane over the years. Although mucus colitis can cause chronic recurrent discomfort, it appears to be an abnormal condition of gut contrac …

mucus glycoprotein sulfotransferase
<enzyme> Specific for gastric mucus sulfation ... Registry number: EC 2.8.2.- ... Synonym: mucus gp sulfotransferase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

mucus impaction
Filling of the proximal bronchi, and also the bronchioles, with mucus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mud
<plant biology> Particles in siliciclastic sediment that are 0.0625 millimetres in size or smaller, according to the Udden-Wentworth scale. Particles classified as mud are often farther subdivided into silt and clay. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

mud bed
A bed in which the mattress consists of semiliquid mud made from special clays, covered with a sheet of plastic material; used to widely distribute the pressure of the body weight over the dependent surface, for patients with burns or large anaesthetic areas. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mud fever
A leptospirosis caused by the grippotyphosa serovar of Leptospira interrogans. ... Synonym: bluecomb disease of turkeys. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mud therapy
The therapeutic use of mud in packs or baths. It includes mud, earth, clay, and peat. The original mud was fango, a volcanic mud from the battaglia thermal springs in italy, applied externally in the treatment of rheumatism and other diseases of the joints and muscles. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

muddy
1. Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots. ... 2. Turbid with mud; as, muddy water. ... 3. Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure. 'This muddy vesture of decay.' (Shak) ... 4. Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague. 'Cold hearts and muddy un …

mudflat
Flat unvegetated wetlands subject to periodic flooding and minor wave action. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

Muehrcke, Robert
<person> ... See: Muehrcke's lines. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muehrcke's bands
Synonym for Muerhrcke's sign ... <clinical sign> Apparent leukonychia with white bands parallel to lanula of the nails, seen in hypoalbuminaemia. ... Synonym: Muehrcke's bands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muehrcke's lines
White line's, parallel with the lanula and separated from each other by normal pink areas; associated with hypoalbuminaemia; the line's do not move outward with nail growth, but disappear when the serum albumen returns to normal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mueller
U.S. Manufacturer of surgical instruments. ... See: Mueller electronic tonometer. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mueller electronic tonometer
A Schiotz type tonometer that electronically indicates the extent of corneal indentation; may also have an attached recorder for continuous pressure readings (tonography). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mueller-Hinton agar
Medium containing beef infusion, peptone, and starch used primarily for the disk-agar diffusion method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mueller-Hinton medium
An agar-based media composed of beef infusion, casamino acids, and starch useful in the isolation of gonococci and meningococci; the recommended medium for antibacterial susceptibility tests for most common aerobic and facultatively anaerobic bacteria. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muellerius capillaris
One of the most common species of hair lungworms (subfamily Protostrongylinae) of sheep, goats, and deer. It is smaller than Dictyocaulus, inhabits the smaller bronchi and lung parenchyma, and is relatively nonpathogenic to its host. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muerhrcke's sign
<clinical sign> Apparent leukonychia with white bands parallel to lanula of the nails, seen in hypoalbuminaemia. ... Synonym: Muehrcke's bands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muff
1. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold. ... 2. <mechanics> A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe. ... 3. A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet. ... 4. [Perhaps a different word; cf. Prov. E. Maffle to slammer] A stupid fellow; a poor …

muffle
1. Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff. ... 2. <chemistry> An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc. ... 3. A small o …

muffle furnace
An electric furnace heated by direct transfer of heat from a resistant muffle, a dental furnace heated by a muffle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

MUGA scan
This noninvasive test uses radioactive tracers to delineate the hearts chambers and major vessels. It may be used to detect a heart attack, heart muscle function and coronary artery disease. The patient receives a radioactive tracer by injection (into a vein) and then the heart is imaged using a gamma camera. The heart is imaged before and after ex …

muir-torre syndrome
<radiology> Rare syndrome consisting of: soft tissue tumours: keratoacanthoma, actinic keratosis, etc., internal malignancies (50% gastrointestinal, 25% genito-urinary), autosomal dominant inheritance, high incidence of colonic polyps, 120 reported cases ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Muir, E
<person>. ... See: Muir-Torre syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

MUK protein kinase
<enzyme> Related to mapkkk proteins; activates jnk/sapk pathway; genbank d49785 ... Registry number: EC 2.7.1.- ... Synonym: protein kinase muk ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

mulberry
Origin: OE. Moolbery, murberie, AS. Murberie, where the first part is fr. L. Morum mulberry; cf. Gr,. Cf. Murrey, Sycamore. ... 1. <botany> The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus Morus; also, the tree itself. See Morus. ... 2. A dark pure colour, like the hue of a black mulberry. Mulberry mass. ... <biology> See Morula. Paper mulberry …

mulberry calculus
A hard smooth urinary calculus composed of calcium oxalate, so-called because of its resemblance to a mulberry. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mulberry molar
A molar tooth with alternating nonanatomical depressions and rounded enamel nodules on its crown surface, usually associated with congenital syphilis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mulberry ovary
The type of ovary produced by the administration of anterior pituitary extracts to immature rats; such an ovary contains many more follicles than normal, with the follicles in various stages of development and with prominent corpora lutea on their surfaces, thus the perceived resemblance to a mulberry. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mulberry spots
The abdominal eruption in typhus fever. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mulch
<botany> A natural or artificial layer of ground-up plants or other materials applied to the soil surface. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

mulching
<botany> Coverage of the ground with mulch. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

Mulder's test
Synonym for xanthoprotein reaction ... A qualitative test for proteins; a yellow product is formed by reacting proteins with hot, concentrated nitric acid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mule
1. <zoology> A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny. ... Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy, and proverbial for stubbornness. ... 2. <botany> A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating …

mule-spinner's cancer
Carcinoma of the scrotum or adjacent skin exposed to oil, observed in some workers in cotton-spinning mills. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mules, Philip
<person> English ophthalmologist, 1843-1905. ... See: Mules' operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Mules' operation
Evisceration of the eyeball followed by the insertion within the sclera of a spherical prosthesis to support an artificial eye. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mulibrey nanism
Autosomal recessive disorder with defects of liver, brain, muscle, and eyes. ... Origin: taken from muscle, liver, brain, and eyes ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muliebria
The female genital organs. ... Origin: L. Neut pl. Of muliebris, relating to mulier, a woman ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mullein
<botany> Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus. Moth mullein. See Moth. Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla) with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a spreading border. P …

Muller, Friedrich von
<person> German physician, 1858-1941. ... See: Muller's sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muller, Heinrich
<person> German anatomist, 1820-1864. ... See: Muller's radial cells, Muller's fibres, Muller's muscle, Muller's trigone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muller, Hermann
<person> German histologist, 1866-1898. ... See: formol-Muller fixative, Muller's fixative. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muller, Johannes
<person> German anatomist, physiologist, and pathologist, 1801-1858. ... See: Muller's capsule, Muller's duct, Muller's law, Muller's manoeuvre, Muller's tubercle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muller, Peter
<person> German obstetrician, 1836-1922. ... See: Hillis-Muller manoeuvre. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muller, Walther
<person> 20th century German physicist. ... See: Geiger-Muller counter, Geiger-Muller tube. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muller's capsule
Synonym for glomerular capsule ... The expanded beginning of a nephron composed of an inner and outer layer: the visceral layer consists of podocytes which surround a tuft of capillaries (glomerulus); the parietal layer is simple squamous epithelium which becomes cuboidal at the tubular pole. ... Synonym: capsula glomeruli, Bowman's capsule, malpighi …

Muller's fibres
Sustentacular neuroglial cells of the retina running through the thickness of the retina from the internal limiting membrane to the bases of the rods and cones where they form a row of junctional complexes. ... Synonym: Muller's radial cells, sustentacular fibres of retina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muller's fixative
A hardening fixative composed of potassium dichromate, sodium sulfate, and distilled water, similar to Regaud's fixative. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muller's law
Each type of sensory nerve ending, however stimulated (electrically, mechanically, etc.), gives rise to its own specific sensation; moreover, each type of sensation depends not upon any special character of the different nerves but upon the part of the brain in which their fibres terminate. ... Synonym: law of specific nerve energies. ... (05 Mar 200 …

Muller's manoeuvre
After a forced expiration, an attempt at inspiration is made with closed mouth and nose or closed glottis, whereby the negative pressure in the chest and lungs is made very subatmospheric; the reverse of Valsalva manoeuvre. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muller's muscle
Synonym for orbitalis muscle ... <anatomy> A rudimentary nonstriated muscle, crossing the infraorbital groove and sphenomaxillary fissure, intimately united with the periosteum of the orbit. ... Synonym: musculus orbitalis, Muller's muscle, orbital muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muller's radial cells
Synonym for Muller's fibres ... Sustentacular neuroglial cells of the retina running through the thickness of the retina from the internal limiting membrane to the bases of the rods and cones where they form a row of junctional complexes. ... Synonym: Muller's radial cells, sustentacular fibres of retina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muller's sign
<clinical sign> In aortic insufficiency, rhythmical pulsatory movements of the uvula, synchronous with the heart's action; accompanied by swelling and redness of the velum palati and tonsils. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muller's trigone
The floor of the supraoptic recess of the third ventricle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Muller's tubercle
A median protuberance projecting into the embryonic urogenital sinus from its dorsal wall; it is formed from the fused caudal ends of the paramesonephric ducts and is the first evidence of the embryonic uterus and vagina. ... Synonym: sinus tubercle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mullerian adenosarcoma
<tumour> A tumour of the uterus or ovaries, of low grade malignancy, characterised by benign appearing glands and a sarcomatous stroma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mullerian duct
<radiology> FEMALE, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina Male, appendix testis, prostatic utricle anomalies: mullerian agenesis most likely to be absent uterus and vagina, incomplete fusion most likely to be bicornuate/double uterus, double vagina, both associated with renal agenesis Cf: wolffian duct ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mullerian ducts
Two ducts of the embryo which empty into the cloaca, and which in the female develop into vagina, uterus and oviducts; in the male they disappear except for the vestigial vagina masculina and the appendix testis. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mullerian inhibiting factor
Synonym for mullerian inhibiting substance ... A 535 amino acid glycoprotein secreted by the Sertoli cells of the testis. It is related to inhibin. ... Synonym: mullerian inhibiting factor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mullerian inhibiting substance
A 535 amino acid glycoprotein secreted by the Sertoli cells of the testis. It is related to inhibin. ... Synonym: mullerian inhibiting factor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mullerian regression factor
Mullerian duct inhibitory factor, a non-steroidal substance of foetal testicular origin that acts unilaterally to inhibit development of the paramesonephric (mullerian) ducts and acts with testosterone to promote development of the vas deferens and related structures. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mullet
1. <zoology> Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and M. Cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts. ... 2. <zoology> Any species of the genu …

mulling
In dentistry, the final step of mixing dental amalgam, when the triturated mass is kneaded to complete the amalgamation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

multangular
Having many angles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

multangular bone
See: trapezium, trapezoid bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

multi locus enzyme electrophoresis
Inhibition of translation of the transcript of a transposase gene by a multicopy plasmid with suitable inhibitory gene. The plasmid inhibits transposition events in the host bacterium. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

multi-
Many, properly joined only to words of L. Derivation. ... See: pluri-. ... Compare: poly-. ... Origin: L. Multus, much ... (05 Mar 2000) ...