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

Nocardia gibsonii
Synonym for Streptomyces gibsonii ... <bacteria> A species found in human infections. ... Synonym: Nocardia gibsonii. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nocardia infections
Infections with bacteria of the genus nocardia. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Nocardia leishmanii
Synonym for nocardia asteroides ... A species of bacterium of the family nocardiaceae, producing pulmonary infections in man. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Nocardia lurida
Former name for Amycolatopsis orientalis subsp. Lurida. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Nocardia lutea
A species found in a case of actinomycosis of the lacrimal gland. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Nocardia madurae
Former name for Actinomadura madurae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Nocardia mediterranei
A species that produces rifamycin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Nocardia orientalis
A species that produces vancomycin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nocardiaceae
A family of gram-positive, aerobic actinomycetes found in soil and animal tissue. Some species are the cause of infection in man and animals. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

nocardiasis
Synonym for nocardiosis ... <disease> Infection by any species of the bacteria Nocardia. Often affects the lungs and may be confused with tuberculosis. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

nocardioform
Denoting an organism that morphologically and culturally resembles members of the genus Nocardia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nocardioform group
A group of actinomycetes that forms mycelia that break up into rod-shaped or coccoid elements. Certain genera in this group are pathogenic to man. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

nocardiosis
<disease> Infection by any species of the bacteria Nocardia. Often affects the lungs and may be confused with tuberculosis. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

noci-
Hurt, pain, injury. ... Origin: L. Noceo ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

noci-influence
Injurious or harmful influence. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nociceptive
<physiology> The process of pain transmission, usually relating to a receptive neuron for painful sensations. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...

nociceptive reflex
Synonym for flexor reflex ... Flexion of ankle, knee, and hip when the foot is painfully stimulated; the crossed extension reflex occurs in association with it. ... Synonym: defense reflex, nociceptive reflex, withdrawal reflex. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nociceptor
A peripheral nerve organ or mechanism for the reception and transmission of painful or injurious stimuli. ... Origin: noci-+ L. Capio, to take ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nociceptors
Peripheral receptors for pain. Nociceptors include receptors which are sensitive to painful mechanical stimuli, extreme heat or cold, and chemical stimuli. All nociceptors are free nerve endings. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

nocifensor
Denoting processes or mechanisms that act to protect the body from injury; specifically, a system of nerves in the skin and mucous membranes that react to adjacent injury by causing vasodilation. ... Origin: noci-+ L. Fendo (only in compounds), to strike, ward off ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nocifensor reflex
Vascular dilation in a part surrounding an injury or in its neighborhood. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nociperception
The appreciation of injurious influences, referring to nerve centres. ... Origin: noci-+ perception ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nocodazole
<chemical> (5-(2-thienylcarbonyl) 1h-benzimidazol-2-yl)carbamic acid methyl ester. Nocodazole is an antineoplastic agent which exerts its effect by depolymerizing microtubules. ... Pharmacological action: antineoplastic agent. ... Chemical name: Carbamic acid, (5-(2-thienylcarbonyl)-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)-, methyl ester ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

noct-
Nocturnal. ... See: nycto-. ... Origin: L. Nox, night ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

noctalbuminuria
A pathological increase of albumin in urine excreted during the evening, a rarely observed event. ... Origin: L. Nox, night, + albuminuria ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

noctambulation
Synonym for somnambulism ... <psychiatry, neurology> Sleepwalking, rising out of bed and walking about during an apparent state of sleep, usually occurring in the first third of the night and lasting a few minutes to a half hour. ... Origin: L. Somnus = sleep, ambulare = to walk ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

noctambulism
Synonym for somnambulism ... <psychiatry, neurology> Sleepwalking, rising out of bed and walking about during an apparent state of sleep, usually occurring in the first third of the night and lasting a few minutes to a half hour. ... Origin: L. Somnus = sleep, ambulare = to walk ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

Noctiluca
<organism> A bioluminescent dinoflagellate. Responsible for many instances of marine phosphorescence. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

noctiphobia
<psychology> Morbid dread of night and its darkness and silence. ... Origin: noct-+ phobia ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nocturia
<symptom> The excessive urination at night. ... Origin: L. Nox = night, Gr. Ouron = urine ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

nocturnal
Pertaining to, occurring at or active at night. ... Origin: L. Nocturnus ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

nocturnal amblyopia
Synonym for nyctalopia ... Night blindness or difficulty in seeing at night. Symptom of vitamin A deficiency. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

nocturnal diarrhoea
Diarrhoea that occurs chiefly at night, usually in association with diabetic autonomic neuropathy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nocturnal dyspnea
Dyspnea occurring at night, several hours after assuming recumbent position. Occurs in heart failure and results from reabsorption of water from dependent areas after removal of effect of gravity, causing hypervolaemia, aggravating left-ventricular failure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nocturnal enuresis
Urinary incontinence during sleep. ... Synonym: bed-wetting. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nocturnal epilepsy
An epilepsy syndrome characterised by nocturnal seizures only. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nocturnal myoclonus
Frequently repeated muscular jerks occurring at the moment of dropping off to sleep. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nocturnal periodicity
A circadian rhythm with the periodicity expressed during nighttime hours, as in the night release of microfilariae of the human filaria Wuchereria bancrofti into the peripheral blood; this type of periodicity is found in regions where the vector mosquito is a night-biting species. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nocturnal vertigo
A feeling of falling when dropping off to sleep. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

NOD mice
Nonobese diabetic mice. Have unique histocompatibility antigens, pancreatic beta cells are destroyed by an autoimmune response. ... (14 Oct 1997) ...

nodal
Relating to any node. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodal bigeminy
Synonym for atrioventricular junctional bigeminy ... Paired beats, each pair consisting of an A-V nodal extrasystole coupled to a beat of the dominant, usually sinus, rhythm. ... Synonym: nodal bigeminy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodal bradycardia
Synonym for atrioventricular junctional rhythm ... The cardiac rhythm when the heart is controlled by the A-V junction (including node); arising in the A-V junction, the impulse ascends to the atria and descends to the ventricles, each at varying speeds depending on site of the pacemaker. ... Synonym: A-V junctional rhythm, nodal bradycardia, nodal r …

nodal fever
Synonym for erythema nodosum ... <dermatology> A disorder characterised by the formation of tender, red nodules on the front of the legs. Erythema nodosum primarily affects women and has been associated with certain infections: coccidiomycosis, fungal infections, tuberculosis, hepatitis B and syphilis. ... A sensitivity to a particular drug (fo …

nodal plane
The plane corresponding to the optical centre of a simple lens. ... See: nodal point. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodal point
One of two point's in a compound optical system so related that a ray directed toward the first point will appear to have passed through the second point parallel to its original direction. ... Synonym: axial point. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodal rhythm
Synonym for atrioventricular junctional rhythm ... The cardiac rhythm when the heart is controlled by the A-V junction (including node); arising in the A-V junction, the impulse ascends to the atria and descends to the ventricles, each at varying speeds depending on site of the pacemaker. ... Synonym: A-V junctional rhythm, nodal bradycardia, nodal r …

nodal tachycardia
Synonym for atrioventricular junctional tachycardia ... Tachycardia originating in the A-V junction. ... Synonym: A-V junctional tachycardia, nodal tachycardia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodal tissue
See: atrioventricular node, sinuatrial node. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodding spasm
In infants, a drop of the head on the chest due to loss of tone in the neck muscles as in epilepsia nutans, or to tonic spasm of anterior neck muscles as in West's syndrome, in adults, a nodding of the head from clonic spasm's of the sternomastoid muscles. ... Synonym: salaam attack, salaam spasm, spasmus nutans. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

noddy
Origin: Prob. Fr. Nod to incline the head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness. ... 1. A simpleton; a fool. ... 2. <ornithology> Any tern of the genus Anous, as A. Stolidus. The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds. ... 3. An old game at cards. ... 4. A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle. ... 5. An inv …

node
A point in a plant stem at which one or more leaves are attached. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

node of Aschoff and Tawara
Synonym for atrioventricular node ... <cardiology> The location in the heart's conduction system, between the atria and the ventricles, which conducts the normal electrical impulse from the atria to the ventricles. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

node of ligamentum arteriosum
A lymph node of the anterior mediastinal group located adjacent to the ligamentum arteriosum. ... Synonym: nodus ligamenti arteriosi, lymph node of ligamentum arteriosum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

node of Ranvier
<anatomy, physiology> A region of exposed neuronal plasma membrane in a myelinated axon. Nodes contain very high concentrations of voltage gated ion channels and are the site of propagation of action potentials by saltatory conduction. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

node of Rouviere
One of the lateral group of retropharyngeal lymph nodes. ... See: retropharyngeal lymph nodes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

node, av
Atrioventricular node. Specialised heart tissue which acts as an electrical relay station between the upper chambers of the heart (atria) and the lower chambers of the heart (ventricles). Electrical signals from the sinoatrial (sa) node and the atria must pass through the av node to reach the ventricles. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

nodi
Plural of nodus. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici anorectales
An alternate term for pararectal lymph nodes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici appendiculares
Synonym for appendicular lymph nodes ... Nodes along the appendicular vessels in the mesoappendix; they receive afferent vessels from the vermiform appendix and send efferent vessels to the ileocolic lymph nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici appendiculares. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici axillares
Synonym for axillary lymph nodes ... Numerous nodes around the axillary veins which receive the lymphatic drainage from the upper limb, scapular region and pectoral region (including mammary gland); they drain into the subclavian trunk. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici axillares, axillary glands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici axillares apicales
Synonym for apical group of axillary lymph nodes ... The group of lymph node's located at the apex of the axillary fossa that receive lymphatic drainage from other groups of axillary node's and then drain in turn into the subclavian lymphatic trunk. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici axillares apicales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici brachiales
Synonym for lateral group of axillary lymph nodes ... Lymph nodes along the brachial vein that receive lymph drainage from most of the free superior limb and send efferent vessels to the central group of axillary lymph nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici brachiales, brachial lymph nodes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici bronchopulmonales
Synonym for bronchopulmonary lymph nodes ... Lymph nodes in the hilum of the lung that receive lymph from the pulmonary node's, and drain to the tracheobronchial nodes. ... Synonym: glandulae bronchiales, bronchial glands, hilar lymph nodes, nodi lymphatici bronchopulmonales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici coeliaci
Synonym for coeliac lymph nodes ... Nodes located along the coeliac trunk which drain lymph from the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, spleen, and biliary tract and drain to the cisterna chyli via the right and left intestinal lymphatic trunks. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici coeliaci, coeliac glands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici colici
Synonym for colic lymph nodes ... nodi lymphatici colici ...

nodi lymphatici colici dextri
Synonym for right colic lymph nodes ... Nodes located along the right colic artery that drain the upper part of the ascending colon. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici colici dextri. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici colici medii
Synonym for middle colic lymph nodes ... Nodes along the middle colic artery and its branches that drain the right colic flexure and most of the transverse colon. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici colici medii. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici colici sinistri
Synonym for left colic lymph nodes ... Small nodes along the left colic artery and its branches that drain the left flexure and upper part of the descending colon; efferent vessels pass to the inferior mesenteric nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici colici sinistri. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici cubitales
Synonym for cubital lymph nodes ... Two groups of nodes, superficial and deep, lying along the basilic vein above the medial epicondyle; they receive afferents from the ulnar side of the forearm and hand, and send efferents to the brachial nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici cubitales, epitrochlear nodes, lymph nodes of elbow. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici faciales
Synonym for facial lymph nodes ... A chain of lymph nodes lying along the facial vein that receive afferent vessels from the eyelids, nose, cheek, lip, and gums, and send efferent vessels to the submandibular nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici faciales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici gastrici dextri
Synonym for right gastric lymph nodes ... Small nodes along the course of the right gastric artery that drain part of the lesser curvature of the stomach. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici gastrici dextri. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici gastrici sinistri
Synonym for left gastric lymph nodes ... Nodes located along the left gastric artery and its branches; they are divided into paracardial, upper and lower groups. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici gastrici sinistri, superior gastric lymph nodes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici gluteales
Synonym for gluteal lymph nodes ... Nodes of the internal iliac group; they are subdivided into two groups: interior gluteal lymph nodes, located along the inferior gluteal vein; superior gluteal lymph nodes located along the superior gluteal vein. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici gluteales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici hepatici
Synonym for hepatic lymph nodes ... Nodes located along the hepatic artery as far as the porta hepatis; they drain the liver, gallbladder, stomach, duodenum, and pancreas, and send efferents to the coeliac nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici hepatici. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici ileocolici
Synonym for ileocolic lymph nodes ... Nodes located along the ileocolic artery that drain lymph from the ascending colon to the superior mesenteric nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici ileocolici. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici iliaci interni
Synonym for internal iliac lymph nodes ... Nodes that lie along the internal iliac artery and its branches; they receive lymph from the pelvic viscera, the gluteal region, and the deep parts of the perineum, and send efferent vessels to the common iliac nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici iliaci interni. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici inguinales profundi
Synonym for deep inguinal lymph nodes ... Several small nodes deep to the fascia lata and medial to the femoral vein; they receive lymph from the deep structures of the lower limb, from the glans penis and from superficial inguinal nodes; efferents pass to the external iliac nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici inguinales profundi. ... (05 Mar 2000) …

nodi lymphatici intercostales
Synonym for intercostal lymph nodes ... One or two small nodes located posteriorly in each intercostal space; they receive lymph from the parietal pleura, intercostal space, and posterior body wall; the nodes in the upper spaces empty into the thoracic duct; the nodes in the lower spaces form a descending intercostal trunk that opens into the cister …

nodi lymphatici interiliaci
Synonym for interiliac lymph nodes ... Several lymph nodes located between the external and internal iliac arteries and the obturator artery; these nodes are considered by some to be part of the medial external iliac nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici interiliaci. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici interpectorales
Synonym for interpectoral lymph nodes ... Small lymph nodes located between the pectoralis major and minor muscles; they receive lymph from the muscles and the mammary gland, and deliver lymph to the axillary lymphatic plexus. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici interpectorales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici jugulares laterales
Synonym for lateral jugular lymph nodes ... Nodes of the lateral deep cervical group lying lateral to the internal jugular vein; they usually empty into the jugular trunk. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici jugulares laterales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici lienales
An alternate term for splenic lymph nodes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici linguales
Synonym for lingual lymph nodes ... Lymph node along the lingual vein receiving drainage from the tongue (except tip); drain to submandibular lymph nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici linguales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici lumbales dextri
Synonym for right lumbar lymph nodes ... The chain of lymph nodes associated with the inferior vena cava; it is divided into three groups: nodi lymphatici cavales laterales on the right of the inferior vena cava; nodi lymphatici precavales, in front of the inferior vena cava; nodi lymphatici postcavales, under nodus lymphaticus, behind the inferior …

nodi lymphatici lumbales intermedii
Synonym for intermediate lumbar lymph nodes ... The chain of lymph nodes located between the aorta and the inferior vena cava. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici lumbales intermedii, lumbar lymph nodes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici lumbales sinistri
Synonym for left lumbar lymph nodes ... The chain of lymph nodes associated with the aorta in the abdomen; it is divided into three groups: lateral aortic lymph nodes on the left of the aorta; pre-aortic lymph nodes in front of the aorta; post-aortic lymph nodes, behind the aorta. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici lumbales sinistri, lumbar lymph nodes. …

nodi lymphatici mastoidei
Synonym for retroauricular lymph nodes ... Two or three nodes in the region of the mastoid process; they receive afferent lymphatic vessels from the scalp and auricle and send efferent vessels to the superior deep cervical nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici mastoidei, mastoid lymph nodes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici obturatorii
Synonym for obturator lymph nodes ... Nodes of the internal iliac group located along the obturator artery. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici obturatorii. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici occipitales
Synonym for occipital lymph nodes ... One or two small nodes along the occipital vessels close to the trapezius muscle that receive afferents from the posterior scalp and drain into the superior deep cervical nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici occipitales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici pancreatici
Synonym for pancreatic lymph nodes ... Nodes draining the body and tail of the pancreas; they are subdivided into two groups: inferior pancreatic lymph nodes (nodi lymphatici pancreatici inferiores ), located along the inferior pancreatic artery; superior pancreatic lymph nodes (nodi lymphatici pancreatici superiores ), located along the splenic art …

nodi lymphatici pancreticolienales
Synonym for pancreaticosplenic lymph nodes ... Lymph nodes of the pancreatic tail and spleen, receiving afferents from both organs plus the greater curvature of the stomach; they drain to the coeliac lymph nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici pancreticolienales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici paramammarii
Synonym for paramammary lymph nodes ... Several lymph nodes on the lateral side of the mammary gland that receive afferents from the mammary gland and send efferents to the axillary pectoral group of lymph nodes. The paramammary lymph nodes are commonly considered as part of the pectoral group of axillary nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici paramamma …

nodi lymphatici pararectales
Synonym for pararectal lymph nodes ... Nodes located on either side of the rectum; they send efferents to the middle rectal and superior rectal nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici pararectales, nodi lymphatici anorectales, anorectal lymph nodes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici parasternales
Synonym for parasternal lymph nodes ... A number of small nodes that lie along the course of the internal thoracic vessels; lymph enters these nodes from the anterior intercostal spaces, pericardium, diaphragm, liver and medial mammary gland; the efferent vessels pass upward to join the bronchomediastinal trunk of the same side. ... Synonym: nodi lym …

nodi lymphatici paratracheales
Synonym for paratracheal lymph node ... Nodes along the sides of the trachea in the neck and in the posterior mediastinum; receive drainage of superior (and inferior) tracheobranchial (nodes, trachea and oesophagus); drain to bronchomediastinal lymphatic trunk(s), thoracic duct. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici paratracheales, tracheal lymph nodes. ... (0 …

nodi lymphatici parauterini
Synonym for parauterine lymph nodes ... Nodes on either side of the uterus draining lymph to the internal iliac nodes and to the lumbar nodes via lymphatic vessels following the ovarian arteries. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici parauterini. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici paravaginales
Synonym for paravaginal lymph nodes ... Lymph nodes in association with the vagina; they drain to the internal iliac nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici paravaginales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici paravesiculares
Synonym for paravesical lymph nodes ... The lymph nodes located around the urinary bladder and, in the male, the prostate; there are three groups: prevesicular lymph nodes, in front of the bladder; lateral vesical lymph nodes, on the right and left sides; postvesicular lymph nodes behind the bladder. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nodi lymphatici parietales
Synonym for parietal lymph nodes ... The lymph nodes draining the walls of the abdomen or of the pelvis. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici parietales, parietal nodes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...