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


Ouchterlony method
Synonym for Ouchterlony test ... Double (gel) diffusion test in two dimensions. ... See: gel diffusion precipitin tests in two dimensions. ... Synonym: Ouchterlony method. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Ouchterlony technique
A technique in which both reaction partners (antigen and antibody) are allowed to diffuse to each other in a gel in a precipitation reaction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Ouchterlony test
Double (gel) diffusion test in two dimensions. ... See: gel diffusion precipitin tests in two dimensions. ... Synonym: Ouchterlony method. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

oul-
For words beginning thus, see ulo-. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ounce
1. A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437 grains. ... 2. The twelfth part of a troy pound. ... The troy ounce contains twenty pennyweights, each of twenty-four grains, or, in all, 480 grains, and is the twelfth part of the troy pound. The troy ounce is also a weight in apothecaries' weight. [Troy ounce is sometimes wr …

ourang
Synonym for orang-outang ... <zoology> An arboreal anthropoid ape (Simia satyrus), which inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang. ... Alternative forms: orang-outan, orang-utan, ourang-utang, and oran-utan. ... It is over four feet high, when full grown, and has very long arms, which reach nearly or quite to the ground when the bo …

ourang-outang
Synonym for orang-outang ... <zoology> An arboreal anthropoid ape (Simia satyrus), which inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang. ... Alternative forms: orang-outan, orang-utan, ourang-utang, and oran-utan. ... It is over four feet high, when full grown, and has very long arms, which reach nearly or quite to the ground when the bo …

ouretic
Synonym for diuretic ... <pharmacology> An agent that promotes the excretion of urine. ... Origin: Gr. Diouretikos = promoting urine ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

ourology
Synonym for urology ... <study> A branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the urinary tract and urogenital system. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

ousel
<zoology> One of several species of European thrushes, especially the blackbird (Merula merula, or Turdus merula), and the mountain or ring ousel (Turdus torquatus). ... <zoology> Alternative forms: ouzel] Rock ousel, the European dipper (Cinclus aquaticus), and the American dipper (C. Mexicanus). ... Origin: OE. Osel, AS. Sle; akin to G. …

oust
1. To take away; to remove. 'Multiplication of actions upon the case were rare, formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted.' (Sir M. Hale) ... 2. To eject; to turn out. 'From mine own earldom foully ousted me.' (Tennyson) ... Origin: OF. Oster, F. Oter, prob. Fr. L. Obstare to oppose, hence, to forbid, take away. See Obstacle, and cf. Ouster. ... Sourc …

ouster
A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin. 'Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement.' (Blackstone) Ouster le main. [Ouster + F. La main the hand, L. Manus. ... A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for th …

out of phase
Not in phase, moving in opposite directions at the same time; 180° out of phase; a possible characteristic of two simultaneous oscillations of similar frequency. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

outbreak
The occurrence of a large number of cases of a disease in a short period of time. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

outbreak epidemic
A localised epidemic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

outcome and process assessment
Evaluation procedures that focus on both the outcome or status (outcome assessment) of the patient at the end of an episode of care - presence of symptoms, level of activity, and mortality; and the process (process assessment) - what is done for the patient diagnostically and therapeutically. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

outcome assessment
Research aimed at assessing the quality and effectiveness of health care as measured by the attainment of a specified end result or outcome. Measures include parameters such as improved health, lowered morbidity or mortality, and improvement of abnormal states (such as elevated blood pressure). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

outer cone fibre
Located between the inner segment and the cell body. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

outer malleolus
Synonym for lateral malleolus ... The process at the lateral side of the lower end of the fibula, forming the projection of the lateral part of the ankle; the lateral malleolus is more inferiorly placed then the medial malleolus. ... Synonym: malleolus lateralis, external malleolus, extramalleolus, outer malleolus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

outer membrane
The larger of the two membranes of a double membrane. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

outer table of skull
The outer compact layer of the cranial bones. ... Synonym: lamina externa cranii. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

outlet
An exit or opening of a passageway. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

outlet forceps delivery
Delivery by forceps applied to the foetal head when it has reached the perineal floor and is visible between contractions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

outliers, drg
In health care reimbursement, especially in the prospective payment system, those patients who require an unusually long hospital stay or whose stay generates unusually high costs. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

outline form
The shape of the area of the tooth surface included within the cavosurface margins of the cavity preparation of a dental restoration. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

outpatient
A patient who is not an inpatient (not hospitalised). Outpatient care is called ambulatory care. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

outpatient anaesthesia
Synonym for patient controlled analgesia ... <anaesthetics, procedure> Self-administration of analgesics by a patient instructed in doing so, usually refers to self-dosing with intravenous opioid (for example, morphine) administered by means of a programmable pump. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...

outpatient clinics, hospital
Organised services in a hospital which provide medical care on an outpatient basis. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

outpatients
Persons who receive ambulatory care at an outpatient department or clinic without room and board being provided. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

output
1. The amount of coal or ore put out from one or more mines, or the quantity of material produced by, or turned out from, one or more furnaces or mills, in a given time. ... 2. <physiology> That which is thrown out as products of the metabolic activity of the body; the egesta other than the faeces. See Income. ... The output consists of: (a) Th …

outrage
1. To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse. 'Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it without a return.' (Atterbury) 'This interview outrages all decency.' (Broome) ... 2. Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female). ... Origin: F. Outrager. See Ou …

outron
<molecular biology> Found at the 5' end of pre mRNAs, that are to be trans spliced: contains an intron like sequence, followed by a splice acceptor. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

outside
1. Of or pertaining to the outside; external; exterior; superficial. ... 2. Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc.; as, an outside estimate. Outside finish, a term for the minor parts, as corner boards, hanging stiles, etc, required to complete the exterior of a wooden building; rare in masonry. ... Source: Websters Dict …

outside out patch
A variant of patch clamp technique, in which a disc of plasma membrane covers the tip of the electrode, with the outer face of the plasma membrane facing outward, to the bath. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

ova
Two or more ovums. (Ova is the plural of ovum). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

oval
1. Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions. ... 2. Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with one end broader than the other, or with both ends of about the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical. ... 3. Broadly elliptical. A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.
oval amputation
Amputation in which the flaps are obained by oval incisions through the skin and muscle, rarely used term for oblique amputation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

oval area of Flechsig
Synonym for semilunar fasciculus ... A compact bundle composed of descending branches of posterior root fibres located near the border between the fasciculi gracilis and cuneatus of the cervical and thoracic spinal cord; it corresponds to the septomarginal fasciculus, Hoche's tract, or oval area of Flechsig in the lumbar, and to the triangle of Phil …

oval corpuscle
Synonym for tactile corpuscle ... One of numerous oval bodies found in the papillae of the skin, especially those of the fingers and toes; they consist of a connective tissue capsule in which the axon fibrils terminate around and between a pile of wedge-shaped epithelioid cells. ... Synonym: corpusculum tactus, Meissner's corpuscle, oval corpuscle, t …

oval fasciculus
Synonym for semilunar fasciculus ... A compact bundle composed of descending branches of posterior root fibres located near the border between the fasciculi gracilis and cuneatus of the cervical and thoracic spinal cord; it corresponds to the septomarginal fasciculus, Hoche's tract, or oval area of Flechsig in the lumbar, and to the triangle of Phil …

oval window
Fenestra of the vestibule; an oval opening in the medial wall of the middle ear leading into the vestibule. Normally it is covered by the base of the stapes. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

ovalbumin
<protein> A major protein constituent of egg white. A phosphoprotein of 386 amino acids (44 kD) with one N linked oligosaccharide chain. Synthesis is stimulated by oestrogen. ... The gene, of which there is only one in the chicken genome, has eight exons and is of 7.8 kbase, it was one of the first genes to be studied in this sort of detail.
ovalocyte
Synonym: elliptocyte. ... Origin: L. Ovalis, oval, + G. Kytos, cell ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovalocytic anaemia
Synonym for elliptocytic anaemia ... Anaemia characterised by elliptical erythrocytes (ovalocytes) resembling those observed normally in camels; 1 to 15% of erythrocytes in nonanaemic persons may be oval, but greater proportions are observed in certain patients with microcytic anaemia. ... See: elliptocytosis. ... Synonym: cameloid anaemia, ovalocytic …

ovalocytosis
<haematology> Hereditary disorder of erythrocytes relatively common in areas where malaria is endemic. Not only are the erythrocytes more rigid, but there is a mutation in Band III protein, the anion transporter. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

ovarialgia
Pain in an ovary. ... Synonym: oophoralgia. ... Origin: ovario-+ G. Algos, pain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarian
<anatomy> Pertaining to an ovary or ovaries (female gonad). ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

ovarian amenorrhoea
Amenorrhoea due to deficiency of oestrogenic hormone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarian artery
<anatomy, artery> Origin, aorta; distribution, ureter, ovary, ovarian ligament and uterine tube; anastomoses, uterine. ... Synonym: arteria ovarica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarian branch of uterine artery
Terminal branch of uterine artery (with tubal branch) which runs through mesovarium supplying ovary from medial aspect and anastomosing with ovarian branch of ovarian artery. ... Synonym: ramus ovaricus arteriae uterinae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarian bursa
<anatomy> The peritoneal recess between the medial aspect of the ovary and the mesosalpinx. ... Synonym: bursa ovarica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarian cancer
<gynaecology, oncology> A malignant tumour of the ovary is the leading cause of death from gynaecologic malignancies. Often diagnosed in later stages, symptoms include abdominal pain, increasing abdominal girth and abnormal uterine bleeding. ... Birth control pill use is thought to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer. ... (05 Jan 1998) ...

ovarian colic
Lower abdominal pain due to torsion or twisting of an ovary, as with an ovarian cyst. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarian cycle
The normal sex cycle which includes development of an ovarian (graafian) follicle, rupture of the follicle with discharge of the ovum, and formation and regression of a corpus luteum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarian cyst
<gynaecology> The ovary will form a fluid filled cyst on the surface of the ovary each month after an egg is released from the ovary during normal ovulation. Larger cysts can cause pain and bleeding (rupture). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

ovarian cystic disease
<gynaecology> A painful condition associated with the recurrent formation of large ovarian cysts. ... Distention of the ovarian capsule causes pain and rupture of a larger cyst can, in rare instances, cause internal bleeding. Treatment often includes hormone manipulation (birth control pills). ... (05 Jan 1998) ...

ovarian cysts
General term for cysts and cystic diseases of the ovary. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

ovarian dysmenorrhoea
A form of secondary dysmenorrhoea due to disease of an ovary. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarian failure, premature
Premature failure of ovulation associated with hypergonadotropinism and hypoestrogenism in women under the age of 40. The aetiology appears to be multifactorial and many cases are idiopathic. When follicles are present but the ovaries are unable to respond to gonadotropins, resistant ovary syndrome results and this may be associated with autoimmune …

ovarian fibroma
<radiology> Bilateral in 10%, malignant counterpart (fibrosarcoma) very rare, associated with Meigs syndrome ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

ovarian fimbria
The longest of the fimbriae of the uterine tube; it extends from the infundibulum to the ovary. ... Synonym: fimbria ovarica, infundibulo-ovarian ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarian follicle
<biology, gynaecology> In mammals the group of cells around the primary oocyte proliferate and form a surrounding noncellular layer. ... A space opens up in the follicle cells and the whole structure is then the ovarian Graafian) follicle. ... (05 Jan 1998) ...

ovarian fossa
A depression in the parietal peritoneum of the pelvis; it is bounded in front by the obliterated umbilical artery, and behind by the ureter and the uterine vessels; it lodges the ovary. ... Synonym: fossa ovarica, Claudius' fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarian function tests
Methods used for assessment of ovarian function. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

ovarian granulosa cell
<biology, gynaecology> During oogenesis in mammals the ovarian (Graafian) follicle, in which the developing ovum lies, is lined with follicle cells, the peripheral follicle cells form the stratum granulosum or ovarian granulosa. ... (05 Jan 1998) ...

ovarian granulosa-theca cell tumour
<radiology> Any age, most benign, oestrogens may lead to isosexual precocious puberty (pathognomonic), large tumour with areas of cystic degeneration ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

ovarian hormone
Synonym for relaxin ... <protein> Polypeptide hormone produced by corpus luteum and found in the blood of pregnant animals. Acts, as its name suggests, to cause muscle relaxation during parturition. Human relaxin has an A chain of 24 amino acids and a B chain of 29. Has structural similarity to insulin. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
<syndrome> Syndrome composed of a combination of ovarian enlargement and an acute fluid shift out of the intravascular space. The enlargement is caused by ovarian cyst formation and the fluid shift may result in ascites, hydrothorax, or generalised oedema. The syndrome is most usually seen as a complication of ovulation induction, a treatment …

ovarian ligament
<anatomy> A cordlike bundle of fibres passing to the side of the uterus from the lower end of the ovary, between the folds of the broad ligament (mesovarium). ... Synonym: ligamentum ovarii proprium, proper ligament of ovary. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarian plexus
An autonomic plexus derived from the aortic plexus and accompanying the ovarian artery to the ovary, broad ligament, and uterine tube. ... Synonym: plexus ovaricus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarian pregnancy
Development of an impregnated ovum in an ovarian follicle. ... See: Spiegelberg's criteria. ... Synonym: oocyesis, ovariocyesis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarian stromal tumours
<radiology> Age 20 - 50 yrs, 20% of all ovarian tumours, fibroma / fibrosarcoma, granulosa-theca cell tumour, with or without oestrogens most likely to be precocious puberty, endometrial hyperplasia/carcinoma, fibrocystic breast disease, Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour, aka: arrhenoblastoma, with or without androgens most likely to be masculinizat …

ovarian teratoma
See: Ovary, dermoid cyst of the. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

ovarian tubular adenoma
Synonym for arrhenoblastoma ... <oncology, tumour> A type of ovarian tumour whose sells secrete a male sex hormone (testosterone) causing virilisation in women. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

ovarian tumour
Synonym for ovarian cancer ... <gynaecology, oncology> A malignant tumour of the ovary is the leading cause of death from gynaecologic malignancies. Often diagnosed in later stages, symptoms include abdominal pain, increasing abdominal girth and abnormal uterine bleeding. ... Birth control pill use is thought to reduce the risk of ovarian cance …

ovarian tumours
<radiology> Before age 45 most likely to be 98% benign, 2/3 of cancers in ages 40 - 65 yrs see also: ovarian stromal tumours ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

ovarian varicocele
A varicose condition of the pampiniform plexus in the broad ligament of the uterus. ... Synonym: tubo-ovarian varicocele, utero-ovarian varicocele. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarian vein syndrome
<syndrome> Ureteral obstruction due to compression by enlarged ovarian vein, usually right side and during pregnancy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarian veins
See: right ovarian vein, left ovarian vein. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarian wedge resection
<gynaecology, procedure> The surgical removal of a portion of a polycystic ovary to induce ovulation. ... (05 Jan 1998) ...

ovariectomy
<procedure, surgery> The surgical excision of one or both ovaries. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

ovario-
Ovari- ... Ovary. ... See: oo-, oophor-. ... Origin: L. Ovarium ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarioabdominal pregnancy
Ovarian pregnancy which, as the result of the embryo's growth, becomes abdominal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovariocele
Hernia of an ovary. ... Origin: ovario-+ G. Kele, hernia ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovariocentesis
Puncture of an ovary or an ovarian cyst. ... Origin: ovario-+ G. Kentesis, puncture ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovariocyesis
Synonym: ovarian pregnancy. ... Origin: ovario-+ G. Kyesis, pregnancy ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovariodysneuria
Ovarian pain or neuralgia. ... Origin: ovario-+ G. Dys-, bad, + neuron, nerve ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovariogenic
Originating in the ovary. ... Origin: ovario-+ G. -gen, producing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovariohysterectomy
<procedure> Removal of ovaries and uterus. ... Synonym: oophorohysterectomy. ... Origin: ovario-+ G. Hystera, uterus, + ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovariolytic
Destructive to the ovary. ... Origin: ovario-+ G. Lysis, dissolution ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarioncus
Synonym: oophoroma. ... Origin: ovario-+ G. Onkos, tumour ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovariopathy
Any disease of the ovary. ... Synonym: oophoropathy. ... Origin: ovario-+ G. Pathos, suffering ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovariorrhexis
Rupture of an ovary. ... Origin: ovario-+ G. Rhexis, rupture ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovariosalpingectomy
<procedure> Operative removal of an ovary and the corresponding oviduct. ... Synonym: oophorosalpingectomy. ... Origin: ovario-+ salpingectomy ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovariosalpingitis
Inflammation of ovary and oviduct. ... Synonym: oophorosalpingitis. ... Origin: ovario-+ salpingitis ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovariosteresis
Synonym: ovariectomy. ... Origin: ovario-+ G. Steresis, deprivation, loss ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovariostomy
<procedure> Establishment of a temporary fistula for drainage of a cyst of the ovary. ... Synonym: oophorostomy. ... Origin: ovario-+ G. Stoma, mouth ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarium
Synonym: ovary. ... Origin: Mod. L. Fr. Ovum, egg ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarium bipartitum
An ovary separated into two distinct parts. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

ovarium disjunctum
An ovary partially or completely divided into two sections. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...