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

nonunion
Failure of normal healing of a fractured bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nonuterotropic
Not causing an effect on the uterus. ... Compare: nonoestrogenic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nonvalent
Having no valency; not capable of entering into chemical composition. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nonvenereal syphilis
Syphilis caused by organisms closely related to Treponema pallidum; spread by personal, but not necessarily venereal, contact; usually acquired in childhood, most common in areas of provery and overcrowding; rare in the United States; includes yaws, pinta and bejel. ... Synonym: endemic syphilis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nonverbal
Denoting communication without sounds or words; e.g., by signs, symbols, facial expressions, gestures, posture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nonverbal communication
Transmission of emotions, ideas, and attitudes between individuals in ways other than the spoken language. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

nonviable
1. Incapable of independent existence; often denoting a prematurely born foetus. ... 2. Denoting a microorganism or parasite incapable of metabolic or reproductive activity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nonvital pulp
Synonym for necrotic pulp ... Necrosis of the dental pulp which clinically does not respond to thermal stimulation; the tooth may be asymptomatic or sensitive to percussion and palpation. ... Synonym: dead pulp, nonvital pulp. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nonvital tooth
A tooth with a nonvital pulp. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

noogenic neurosis
In existential psychiatry, the neurotic symptomatology resulting from existential frustration. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Noonan
Jacqueline A., U.S. Paediatric cardiologist, *1921. ... See: Noonan's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

noonan syndrome
<syndrome> A multifaceted disorder due to a basic defect of connective tissue. It is characterised by short stature, webbed neck, ptosis, skeletal malformations, hypertelorism, hormonal imbalance, cryptorchidism, multiple cardiac abnormalities (most commonly including pulmonary valve stenosis), and some degree of mental retardation. The pheno …

Noonan's syndrome
<syndrome> The male phenotype of Turner's syndrome, characterised by congenital heart disease, especially pulmonary stenosis, pigeon breast, webbing of the neck, antimongoloid slanting of the palpebrae, and other less regular minor features; autosomal dominant inheritance. It is equally common in males and in females; hence the alternative de …

nootropic agents
Drugs used to specifically facilitate learning or memory, particularly to prevent the cognitive deficits associated with dementias. These drugs act by a variety of mechanisms. While no potent nootropic drugs have yet been accepted for general use, several are being actively investigated. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

nopaline oxidase
<enzyme> Catalyses oxidative cleavage of nopaline into l-arginine and 2-ketoglutarate; no required cofactors; activity requires noxa and noxb gene products; isolated from agrobacterium tumefaciens ... Registry number: EC 1.5.99.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

nopaline permease
<chemical> ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

nopaline synthase
<enzyme> Forms n(2)-(1,3-dicarboxypropyl)arginine from NADPH, alpha-ketoglutarate and arginine; classified by analog with reverse reaction for EC 1.5.1.11 ... Registry number: EC 1.5.1.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

nor-
1. Chemical prefix denoting 1) elimination of one methylene group from a chain, the highest permissible locant being used; 2) contraction of a (steroid) ring by one CH2 unit, the locant being the capital letter identifying the ring. Elimination of two methylene groups is denoted by the prefix dinor-; three groups, by trinor-, etc. ... 2. Chemical pr …

NOR-banding
A procedure which utilises a silver stain that preferentially accumulates in the nucleoli-organizing regions, i.e., the satellite regions of the acrocentric chromosomes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

noradrenaline
<drug, hormone> Catecholamine neurohormone, the neurotransmitter of most of the sympathetic nervous system (of so called adrenergic neurons): binds more strongly to _ adrenergic receptors. Stored and released from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

noradrenaline acid tartrate
norepinephrine bitartrate ...

noradrenaline bitartrate
norepinephrine bitartrate ...

noradrenergic system
The system of nerve cells that uses noradrenaline as its neurotransmitter. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

norandrostanes
Androstanes in which ring contractions have occurred or which are lacking carbon-18. Compounds with any degree of unsaturation are included. Androstanes which are lacking carbon-19 are estranes. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

norcocaine esterase
<enzyme> Aspect of EC 3.1.1.1,carboxylesterase ... Registry number: EC 3.1.1.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

nordazepam
<chemical> An intermediate in the metabolism of diazepam to oxazepam. It may have actions similar to those of diazepam. ... Pharmacological action: anti-anxiety agents, gaba modulators. ... Chemical name: 2H-1,4-Benzodiazepin-2-one, 7-chloro-1,3-dihydro-5-phenyl- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

nordefrin
<chemical> A norepinephrine derivative used as a vasoconstrictor agent. ... Pharmacological action: vasoconstrictor agents. ... Chemical name: 1,2-Benzenediol, 4-(2-amino-1-hydroxypropyl)- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

nordefrin hydrochloride
Dl-a(1-Aminoethyl)-3,4-dihydrobenzyl alcohol hydrochloride;a sympathomimetic and vasoconstrictor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Nordhausen sulfuric acid
Sulfuric acid containing sulfurous acid gas in solution. ... Synonym: fuming sulfuric acid. ... Origin: named for Nordhausen, a town in Saxony where it was first prepared ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

nordihydroguaiaretic acid
<chemical> A potent lipoxygenase inhibitor that interferes with arachidonic acid metabolism. The compound also inhibits formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase, carboxylesterase, and cyclooxygenase to a lesser extent. It also serves as an antioxidant in fats and oils. ... Pharmacological action: antioxidants, cyclooxygenase inhibitors, keratolytic a …

norepinephrine
Synonym for noradrenaline ... <drug, hormone> Catecholamine neurohormone, the neurotransmitter of most of the sympathetic nervous system (of so called adrenergic neurons): binds more strongly to _ adrenergic receptors. Stored and released from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

norethandrolone
<chemical> 17-hydroxy-19-norpregn-4-en-3-one. A synthetic hormone with anabolic and androgenic properties and moderate progestational activity. ... Pharmacological action: anabolic steroids. ... Chemical name: 19-Norpregn-4-en-3-one, 17-hydroxy-, (17alpha)- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

norethindrone
<chemical> (l7 alpha)-17 hydroxy-19-norpregn-4-en-20-yn-3-one. A synthetic progestational hormone with actions similar to those of progesterone but functioning as a more potent inhibitor of ovulation. It has weak oestrogenic and androgenic properties. The hormone has been used in treating amenorrhoea, functional uterine bleeding, endometriosi …

norethisterone
Synonym for norethindrone ... <chemical> (l7 alpha)-17 hydroxy-19-norpregn-4-en-20-yn-3-one. A synthetic progestational hormone with actions similar to those of progesterone but functioning as a more potent inhibitor of ovulation. It has weak oestrogenic and androgenic properties. The hormone has been used in treating amenorrhoea, functional u …

norethynodrel
<chemical> (17 alpha)-17-hydroxy-19-norpregn-5(10)-en-20-yn-3-one. A synthetic progestational hormone with actions and uses similar to those of progesterone. It has been used in the treatment of functional uterine bleeding and endometriosis. As a contraceptive, it has usually been administered in combination with mestranol. ... Pharmacological …

norfenfluramine
<chemical> A fenfluramine analog that inhibits serotonin uptake and may provoke release of serotonin. It is used as an appetite depressant and an experimental tool in animal studies. ... Pharmacological action: appetite depressants, serotonin agents, serotonin uptake inhibitors. ... Chemical name: Benzeneethanamine, alpha-methyl-3-(trifluoromet …

norfloxacin
<chemical> 1-ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-7-(1-piperazinyl)-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid. Quinoline-derived synthetic antibacterial agent with a very broad spectrum of action. Oral administration yields highly bactericidal plasma, tissue, and urine levels. Norfloxacin inhibits bacterial DNA-gyrase and is used in gastrointestinal, eye, and u …

norgestrel
<chemical> (+-)-13-ethyl-17-hydroxy-18,19-dinorpregn-4-en-20-yn-3-one. A progestational agent with actions similar to those of progesterone. This racaemic or (+-)-form has about half the potency of the levo form (levonorgestrel). Norgestrel is used as a contraceptive and ovulation inhibitor and for the control of menstrual disorders and endom …

norgestrienone
<chemical> 17-hydroxy-19-nor-17 alpha-pregna-4,9,11-trien-20-yn-3-one. A synthetic steroid with progestational and contraceptive activities. ... Pharmacological action: contraceptives, oral, synthetic, progestational hormones, synthetic. ... Chemical name: 19-Norpregna-4,9,11-trien-20-yn-3-one, 17-hydroxy-, (17alpha)- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

norleucine
<chemical> Chemical name: Norleucine ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

norma
Synonym: profile. ... Origin: L. A carpenter's square ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

norma anterior
Synonym for norma facialis ... The outline of the skull viewed from in front. ... Synonym: norma anterior, norma frontalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

norma basilaris
Synonym for external base of skull ... External aspect of the base of skull ... Synonym: norma basilaris, basis cranii externa, norma inferior, norma ventralis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

norma facialis
The outline of the skull viewed from in front. ... Synonym: norma anterior, norma frontalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

norma frontalis
Synonym for norma facialis ... The outline of the skull viewed from in front. ... Synonym: norma anterior, norma frontalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

norma inferior
Synonym for external base of skull ... External aspect of the base of skull ... Synonym: norma basilaris, basis cranii externa, norma inferior, norma ventralis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

norma lateralis
The profile of the skull; the outline of the skull viewed from either side. ... Synonym: norma temporalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

norma occipitalis
The outline of the skull viewed from behind. ... Synonym: norma posterior. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

norma posterior
Synonym for norma occipitalis ... The outline of the skull viewed from behind. ... Synonym: norma posterior. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

norma sagittalis
The outline of a sagittal section through the skull. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

norma superior
Synonym for norma verticalis ... The outline of the surface of the skull viewed from above. ... Synonym: norma superior. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

norma temporalis
Synonym for norma lateralis ... The profile of the skull; the outline of the skull viewed from either side. ... Synonym: norma temporalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

norma ventralis
Synonym for external base of skull ... External aspect of the base of skull ... Synonym: norma basilaris, basis cranii externa, norma inferior, norma ventralis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

norma verticalis
The outline of the surface of the skull viewed from above. ... Synonym: norma superior. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normal
<microscopy> An imaginary line forming a right angle with the tangent to a curved surface at a particular point. It is used as a basis for determining angles of incidence, reflection, and refraction. ... (05 Aug 1998) ...

normal animal
In research, an experimental animal that has neither suffered an attack of a particular disease nor received an injection of a specific microorganism or its toxin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normal antibody
Antibody demonstrable in the serum or plasma of various persons or animals not known to have been stimulated by specific antigen, either artificially or as the result of naturally occurring contact. ... Synonym: natural antibody. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normal antitoxin
Serum that is capable of neutralizing an equivalent quantity of a normal toxin solution. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normal bite
Synonym for normal occlusion ... That arrangement of teeth and their supporting structure which is usually found in health and which approaches an ideal or standard arrangement. ... Synonym: normal bite. ... Synonym: neutral occlusion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normal butyric acid
(also written as n-butyric acid), butanoic acid, CH3CH2CH2COOH, which occurs in combination with glycerol in cow's butter; and isobutyric acid, 2-methylpropanoic acid, (CH3)2CHCOOH, one of the intermediates in valine catabolism, found in combination with glycerol in croton oil and elsewhere. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normal cholesteraemic xanthomatosis
Synonym for Hand-Schuller-Christian disease ... histiocytosis ...

normal distribution
Continuous frequency distribution of infinite range. Its properties are as follows: 1) continuous, symmetrical distribution with both tails extending to infinity; 2) arithmetic mean, mode, and median identical; and 3) shape completely determined by the mean and standard deviation. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

normal electrical axis
A mean electrical axis of the heart situated between -30° and +90°. ... See: hexaxial reference system. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normal hearing
Synonym for acusis ... The ability to perceive sound normally. ... Synonym: normal hearing. ... Origin: G. Akousis, hearing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normal horse serum
The sterile and filtered serum of a healthy, unvaccinated horse. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normal human plasma
Sterile plasma obtained by pooling approximately equal amounts of the liquid portion of citrated whole blood from eight or more adult humans who have been certified as free from any disease which is tranmissible by transfusion, and treating it with ultraviolet irradiation to destroy possible bacterial and viral contaminants. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normal human serum
Sterile serum obtained by pooling approximately equal amounts of the liquid portion of coagulated whole blood from eight or more persons who are free from any disease transmissible by transfusion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normal human serum albumin
A sterile preparation of serum albumin obtained by fractionating blood plasma proteins from healthy persons; used as a transfusion material and to treat oedema due to hypoproteinaemia. ... Synonym: dried human albumin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normal occlusion
That arrangement of teeth and their supporting structure which is usually found in health and which approaches an ideal or standard arrangement. ... Synonym: normal bite. ... Synonym: neutral occlusion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normal opsonin
That normally present in the blood, i.e., without stimulation by a known, specific antigen such as certain complement components; it is relatively thermolabile and reacts with various organisms. ... Synonym: common opsonin, thermolabile opsonin. ... Specific opsonin, antibodies formed in response to stimulation by a specific antigen, either as a resu …

normal pressure hydrocephalus
<neurology> A brain disorder caused by blockage of the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), with enlargement of the ventricles of the brain (keep the pressure normal) and compression of brain tissue. Brain atrophy is the result. In this condition the CSF is produced normally but not reabsorbed. ... Symptom onset is gradual. A key feature is deme …

normal range
Normal results can fall outside the normal range. By convention, the normal range is set to cover ninety-five percent (95%) of values from a normal population. Five percent (5%) of normal results therefore fall outside the normal range. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

normal serum
A nonimmune serum, usually with reference to a serum obtained prior to immunization. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normal tartrate
Tartrate that contains no uncombined acid groups. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normal toxin
A toxin solution holding exactly 100 lethal doses in 1 ml. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normal values
A set of laboratory test value's used to characterise apparently healthy individuals; now replaced by reference value's. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normalisation
The process of bringing or restoring to the normal standard. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

normalise
To effect normalization. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normalization
1. Making normal or according to the standard. ... 2. Reducing or strengthening of a solution to make it normal. ... 3. Adjusting one curve to another by multiplication of the points of the one by some arbitrary factor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normally posed tooth
A tooth in correct spatial relationship with its antagonist. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normative
Pertaining to the normal or usual. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normeperidine
A metabolite of meperidine in which the N-methyl group has been removed. The compound possesses convulsant properties. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normetanephrine
<chemical> A methylated metabolite of norepinephrine that is excreted in the urine and found in certain tissues. It is a marker for tumours. ... Chemical name: Benzenemethanol, alpha-(aminomethyl)-4-hydroxy-3-methoxy- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

normethadone
Desmethylmethadone; phenyldimazone; 6-dimethylamino-4,4-diphenyl-3-hexanone;an antitussive with narcotic properties. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normo-
Normal, usual. ... Origin: L. Normalis, according to pattern ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normobaric
Denoting a barometric pressure equivalent to sea level pressure. ... Origin: normo-+ G. Baros, weight ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normoblast
<haematology> Nucleated cell of the myeloid series found in bone marrow, that give rise to red blood cells. ... See: erythroblast. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

normoblastosis
Excessive production of normoblasts by the bone marrow. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normocapnia
A state in which the arterial carbon dioxide pressure is normal, about 40 mm Hg. ... See: eucapnia. ... Origin: normo-+ G. Kapnos, vapor ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normocephalic
Synonym: mesocephalic. ... Origin: normo-+ G. Kephale, head ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normochromia
Normal colour; referring to blood in which the amount of haemoglobin in the red blood cells is normal. ... Origin: normo-+ G. Chroma, colour ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normochromic
Being normal in colour; referring especially to red blood cells that possess the normal quantity of haemoglobin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normochromic anaemia
Any anaemia in which the concentration of haemoglobin in the erythrocytes is within the normal range, i.e., the mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration is from 32 to 36%. ... Synonym: isochromic anaemia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normocyte
<haematology> Erythrocyte of normal size and shape. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

normocytic anaemia
Any anaemia in which the erythrocytes are normal in size, i.e., the mean corpuscular volume ranges from 82 to 92 cu um. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normocytosis
A normal state of the blood with regard to its component formed elements. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normoerythrocyte
Synonym for normocyte ... <haematology> Erythrocyte of normal size and shape. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

normoglycaemia
Synonym for euglycaemia ... A normal blood glucose concentration. ... Synonym: normoglycaemia. ... Origin: eu-+ G. Glykys, sweet, + haima, blood ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normoglycaemic
Synonym for euglycaemic ... Denoting, characteristic of, or promoting euglycaemia. ... Synonym: normoglycaemic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

normoglycaemic glycosuria
Synonym for renal glycosuria ... The recurring or persistent excretion of glucose in the urine, in association with blood glucose levels that are in the normal range; results from the failure of proximal renal tubules to reabsorb glucose at a normal rate from the glomerular filtrate (low renal threshold); defect in the glucose carrier in the nephron …