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

apex auriculae
Synonym for tip of auricle ... A point projecting upward and posteriorly from the free outcurved margin of the helix a little posterior to its upper end. ... Synonym: apex auriculae, apex satyri, Woolner's tip. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex beat
The visible and/or palpable pulsation made by the apex of the left ventricle as it strikes the chest wall in systole; normally in the fifth intercostal space, about 10 cm to the left of the median line. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex capitis fibulae
Synonym for apex of head of fibula ... The pointed upper end of the fibular head to which is attached the arcuate popliteal ligament and part of the biceps femoris tendon. ... Synonym: apex capitis fibulae, styloid process of fibula. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex cartilaginis arytenoideae
Synonym for apex of arytenoid cartilage ... The pointed upper end of the cartilage which supports the corniculate cartilage and the aryepiglottic fold. ... Synonym: apex cartilaginis arytenoideae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex cordis
Synonym for apex of heart ... The blunt extremity of the heart formed by the left ventricle. ... See: apex beat. ... Synonym: apex cordis, vertex cordis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex cornus posterioris
Synonym for apex of the posterior horn ... The pointed extremity of each posterior gray column or cornu of the spinal cord. ... Synonym: apex cornus posterioris, caput cornus, tip of posterior horn. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex cuspidis dentis
Synonym for apex of cusp of tooth ... The tip of the peaklike projections from the crown of a tooth. ... Synonym: apex cuspidis dentis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex dentis
Synonym for apex of dens ... The tip of the dens of the axis to which is attached the apical ligament of the dens. ... Synonym: apex dentis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex impulse
Conventionally the lowermost, leftmost area of cardiac pulsation that is usually palpable. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex linguae
Synonym for tip of tongue ... The anterior extreme of the tongue which can be made pointed for sensing or probing and which rests against the lingual aspect of the incisor teeth. ... Synonym: apex linguae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex nasi
Synonym for tip of nose ... Anteriormost pointed end of external nose. ... Synonym: apex nasi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

APEX nuclease
<enzyme> DNA repair enzyme having both exonuclease and apurinic-apyrimidinic endonuclease activities; apex is from mouse; rapen from rat has high homology with apex ... Registry number: EC 3.1.- ... Synonym: rapen redox factor ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

apex of arytenoid cartilage
The pointed upper end of the cartilage which supports the corniculate cartilage and the aryepiglottic fold. ... Synonym: apex cartilaginis arytenoideae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex of cusp of tooth
The tip of the peaklike projections from the crown of a tooth. ... Synonym: apex cuspidis dentis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex of dens
The tip of the dens of the axis to which is attached the apical ligament of the dens. ... Synonym: apex dentis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex of head of fibula
The pointed upper end of the fibular head to which is attached the arcuate popliteal ligament and part of the biceps femoris tendon. ... Synonym: apex capitis fibulae, styloid process of fibula. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex of heart
The blunt extremity of the heart formed by the left ventricle. ... See: apex beat. ... Synonym: apex cordis, vertex cordis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex of lung
The rounded, upper extremity of each lung that extends into the cupula of the pleura. ... Synonym: apex pulmonis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex of orbit
The posterior part of the orbit into which the optic canal opens; forms the tip of the pyramidal-shaped space. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex of patella
The pointed lower end of the patella from which the ligamentum patellae passes to insert on the tibial tuberosity. ... Synonym: apex patellae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex of prostate
The lowermost part of the prostate, situated above the urogenital diaphragm. ... Synonym: apex prostatae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex of sacrum
The tapering lower end of the sacrum that articulates with the coccyx. ... Synonym: apex ossis sacri. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex of the posterior horn
The pointed extremity of each posterior gray column or cornu of the spinal cord. ... Synonym: apex cornus posterioris, caput cornus, tip of posterior horn. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex of urinary bladder
The junction of the superior and anteroinferior surfaces of the bladder, continuous above with the median umbilical ligament. ... Synonym: apex vesicae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex ossis sacri
Synonym for apex of sacrum ... The tapering lower end of the sacrum that articulates with the coccyx. ... Synonym: apex ossis sacri. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex patellae
Synonym for apex of patella ... The pointed lower end of the patella from which the ligamentum patellae passes to insert on the tibial tuberosity. ... Synonym: apex patellae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex pneumonia
Apical pneumonia, pneumonia of the apex or apices. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex prostatae
Synonym for apex of prostate ... The lowermost part of the prostate, situated above the urogenital diaphragm. ... Synonym: apex prostatae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex pulmonis
Synonym for apex of lung ... The rounded, upper extremity of each lung that extends into the cupula of the pleura. ... Synonym: apex pulmonis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex radicis dentis
Synonym for tip of tooth root ... The tip of a tooth root, the part farthest from the incisal or occlusal side. ... Synonym: apex radicis dentis, root apex, root tip. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex satyri
Synonym for tip of auricle ... A point projecting upward and posteriorly from the free outcurved margin of the helix a little posterior to its upper end. ... Synonym: apex auriculae, apex satyri, Woolner's tip. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apex vesicae
Synonym: apex of urinary bladder. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apexcardiogram
Graphic recording of the movements of the chest wall produced by the apex beat of the heart. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apexcardiography
Noninvasive graphic recording of cardiac pulsations from the region of the apex, usually of the left ventricle, and resembling the ventricular pressure curve. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apexification
Induced tooth root development or closure of the root apex by hard tissue deposition. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apexigraph
A device for determining the size and position of the apex of a tooth root. ... Origin: apex + G. Grapho, to write ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

APF
<abbreviation> Animal protein factor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apgar
Short for Apgar score. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

APGAR score
<paediatrics> A recording of the physical health of a newborn infant, determined after examination of the adequacy of respiration, heart action, muscle tone, skin colour and reflexes. Total numerical score is 10. ... (10 Jan 1998) ...

Apgar, Virginia
<person> U.S. Anaesthesiologist, 1909-1974. ... See: Apgar score. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphagia
Inability to eat. ... Origin: G. A-priv. + phago, to eat ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphakia
<ophthalmology> The loss or absence of the lens of an eye. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

aphakia, postcataract
Absence of the crystalline lens resulting from cataract extraction. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aphakic eye
The eye from which the lens is absent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphakic glaucoma
Glaucoma following cataract removal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphalangia
Congenital absence of a digit, or more specifically, absence of one or more of the long bones (phalanges) of a finger or toe. ... Origin: G. A-priv. + phalanx ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphanisis
Loss of sexuality. ... Origin: G. Aphaneia, disappearance ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphasia
<clinical sign, neurology> A defect or loss of the ability to speak or write, loss of ability to understand spoken or written language, due to injury or disease of the brain centres. ... Origin: Gr. Phasis = speech ... (16 Dec 1997) ...

aphasia, broca
Loss of ability to speak and write caused by damage to the motor association cortex in the frontal lobe (broca's area). The deficit in language production ranges from almost complete muteness to a slowed, deliberate speech constructed from very simple grammatical structures. Patients use only key words: for 'the large gray cat' the patient with bro …

aphasia, conduction
A type of fluent aphasia in which there is normal comprehension of spoken language but words are repeated incorrectly. It results from a lesion of the arcuate fasciculus connecting broca's and wernicke's areas. Like patients with wernicke's aphasia (aphasia, wernicke), patients with conduction aphasia are fluent but have many paraphasic errors (inc …

aphasia, primary progressive
A type of aphasia appearing gradually and gradually worsening without any major change in other cognitive functions. It is regarded by some authors as a syndrome which may be due to various degenerative diseases of the cerebral cortex (notably alzheimer disease, owing to its frequency), while others see in it an autonomous disease related to a neur …

aphasia, wernicke
Impairment in the comprehension of speech and meaning by words, both spoken and written, and of the meanings conveyed by their grammatical relationship in sentences. It is caused by a lesion primarily affecting wernicke's area, the left posterior portion of the temporal lobe. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aphasic
Relating to or suffering from aphasia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphasiologist
A specialist who deals with speech disorders caused by dysfunction of the language areas of the brain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphasiology
The science of speech disorders caused by dysfunction of the cerebral language areas. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphasmid
1. Lacking phasmids, as seen in nematodes of the class Adenophorasida (Aphasmidia). ... 2. Common name for a member of the class Aphasmidia, now Adenophorasida. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Aphasmidia
Synonym for Adenophorasida ... A class of nematodes lacking lateral canals opening into the excretory system and phasmids, with few or no caudal papillae, eggs unsegmented, and with polar plugs or hatching in utero. It includes the genera Trichuris, Capillaria, and Trichinella among important parasites of man and domestic animals. ... See: Secernenta …

aphemesthesia
Loss of the sense of articulate speech; inability to recognise what one is saying. ... Origin: G. A-priv. + pheme, speech, + aisthesis, sensation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphemic
Relating to aphemia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphephobia
Synonym for haphephobia ... <psychology> A morbid dislike or fear of being touched. ... Synonym: aphephobia. ... Origin: G. Haphe, touch, + phobos, fear ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apheresis
<haematology, procedure> A technique in which blood products are separated from a donor and the desired elements collected and the rest returned to the donor. ... This has the advantage of specificity and a good harvest, for example a good platelet collection may be obtained from two or three donors in which the conventional method would invol …

aphid
<zoology> One of the genus Aphis; an aphidian. They are small insects that suck the juices of plants. Some genera are asterochiton, eriosoma, and phylloxera. ... (25 Jun 1999) ...

aphidicolin
<chemical> Tetradecahydro-3,9-dihydroxy-4,11b-dimethyl-8,11a-methano-11ah-cyclohepta(a)naphthalene-4,9-dimethanol. ... An antiviral antibiotic produced by cephalosporium aphidicola and other fungi. It inhibits the growth of eukaryotic cells and certain animal viruses by selectively inhibiting the cellular replication of DNA polymerase II or th …

aphilopony
An obsolete term for an aversion, or lack of desire, to work. ... Origin: G. A-priv. + philo, to like, + ponos, work ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphis
<zoology> A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family Aphidae, including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies. ... Besides the true males and females, there is a race of wingless asexual individuals which have the power of producing living young in rapid succession, and these in turn may produce others of the …

aphonia
<clinical sign, neurology> Inability to produce speech sounds. Often due to a disease of the voice producing structures. ... See: alalia. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

aphonia paralytica
Aphonia due to paralysis of the vocal cords. ... Spastic aphonia, aphonia caused by spasmodic contraction of the laryngeal adductor muscles provoked by attempted phonation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphonic
Relating to aphonia. ... Synonym: aphonous. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphonic pectoriloquy
Synonym for Baccelli's sign ... <clinical sign> An obsolete sign: good conduction of the whisper in nonpurulent pleural effusions. ... Synonym: aphonic pectoriloquy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphonogelia
Inability to laugh out loud. ... Origin: G. A-priv. + phone, sound, + gelan, to laugh ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphonous
Synonym for aphonic ... Relating to aphonia. ... Synonym: aphonous. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphorism
A short popular sayings effectively expressing or astutely professing general truths or useful thoughts. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aphotesthesia
Decreased sensitivity of the retina to light caused by excessive exposure to sunlight. ... Origin: G. A-priv. + phos, light, + aisthesis, perception ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphrasia
<clinical sign, neurology> Inability to speak or understand phrases. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

aphrodisia
Sexual desire, especially when excessive. ... Origin: G. Aphrodisios, relating to Aphrodite ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphrodisiac
<physiology> A chemical agent or odour that stimulate sexual desires. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aphrodisiomania
<psychiatry> Abnormal and excessive erotic interest. ... Origin: G. Aphrodisia, sexual pleasures, + mania, insanity ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphtha
<dermatology> Roundish pearl-coloured specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc, terminating in white sloughs, better known as thrush and the specks are called aphthae. ... Synonym: thrush, candidiasis. ... Origin: Sing. Of Aphthae. L, fr. Gr. (mostly in pl, Hipp) an eruption, thrush, fr. To set on fire, inflame. ... (25 Jun 1999) ...

aphthae major
A severe form of aphthae characterised by unusually numerous, large, deep, and frequent ulcers; healing may take as long as six weeks and results in scarring. ... Synonym: Mikulicz' aphthae, periadenitis mucosa necrotica recurrens, recurrent scarring aphthae, Sutton's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphthae minor
Synonym for aphtha ... <dermatology> Roundish pearl-coloured specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc, terminating in white sloughs, better known as thrush and the specks are called aphthae. ... Synonym: thrush, candidiasis. ... Origin: Sing. Of Aphthae. L, fr. Gr. (mostly in pl, Hipp) an eruption, thrush, fr. To set on fire, inflame. ... …

aphthoid
Resembling aphthae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphthosis
Any condition characterised by the presence of aphthae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphthous
Characterised by or relating to aphthae or aphthosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphthous stomatitis
Synonym for aphtha ... <dermatology> Roundish pearl-coloured specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc, terminating in white sloughs, better known as thrush and the specks are called aphthae. ... Synonym: thrush, candidiasis. ... Origin: Sing. Of Aphthae. L, fr. Gr. (mostly in pl, Hipp) an eruption, thrush, fr. To set on fire, inflame. ... …

aphthous ulcer
<gastroenterology> A type of benign mouth ulcer often caused by injury to the mucosal lining of the oral cavity, viral infection or vitamin deficiency. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

aphthovirus
<virology> A genus of the family picornaviridae causing foot-and-mouth disease in cloven-hoofed animals. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aphylactic
Rarely used term for pertaining to or characterised by aphylaxis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aphylaxis
Rarely used term for lack of protection against disease. ... Synonym: nonimmunity. ... Origin: G. A-priv. + phylaxis, a guarding ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apiaceae
<botany> Also called umbelliferae, the parsley family, in the order apiales, includes carrots, hemlock, celery, parsnips, fennel (ferula), and plants used as herbs including anise, dill, and cumin. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

apical
<anatomy> Relating to or located at the tip (an apex). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

apical abscess
<dentistry> A dental abscess that occurs at the end of a root, caused by tooth decay which invades the pulp chamber of the tooth. ... Involvement of the pulp chamber can lead to destruction of the nerve and blood vessels which supply the tooth. These infections must be treated by root canal therapy (endodontics) or tooth extraction. ... (27 Sep …

apical angle
The angle between two plane surfaces of a prism. ... Synonym: refracting angle of a prism. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apical area
The area about the root end of a tooth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apical branch
The apical branch of the following: 1) superior lobar branches of left and right pulmonary arteries; 2) left superior pulmonary vein. ... Synonym: ramus superior. ... Synonym: ramus apicalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apical cap
<radiology> Local pleural thickening at lung apex, ascribed incorrectly to TB, aetiology: non-specific fibrous scarring (most common), Pancoast tumour ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

apical complex
A set of anterior structures that characterise one or several developmental stages of members of the protozoan phylum Apicomplexa; includes the following structures, visible by electron microscopy: polar ring, conoid, rhoptries, micronemes, and subpellicular tubules. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apical dendrite
Synonym for apical process ... The dendritic process extending from the apex of a pyramidal cell of the cerebral cortex toward the surface. ... Synonym: apical dendrite. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apical dental foramen
Synonym for apical foramen of tooth ... The opening at the apex of the root of a tooth that gives passage to the nerve and blood vessels. ... Synonym: foramen apicis dentis, apical dental foramen, root foramen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

apical dominance
<plant biology> Growth inhibiting effect exerted by actively growing apical bud of higher plant shoots, preventing the growth of buds further down the shoot. Thought to be mediated by the basipetal movement of auxin from the apical bud. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

apical ectodermal ridge
The layer of surface ectodermal cells at the apex of the embryonic limb bud; considered to exert an inductive influence on the condensation of underlying mesenchyme. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...