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


phalloncus
A tumour or swelling of the penis. ... Origin: phallo-+ G. Onkos, mass ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phalloplasty
Surgical reconstruction of the penis. ... Origin: phallo-+ G. Plastos, formed ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phallotomy
<procedure> Surgical incision into the penis. ... Synonym: penotomy. ... Origin: phallo-+ G. Tome, a cutting ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phallotoxins
A class of heterodetic cyclic heptapeptides present in Amanita phalloides; together with the amatoxins, the main toxin components of this fungus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phallus
Origin: L, a phallus (in sense 1), Gr. ... 1. The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways. ... 2. <anatomy> The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived. ... 3. <botany> A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusti …

phanero-
Visible, obvious. ... Origin: G. Phaneros ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phanerogam
<plant biology> A plant with conspicuous reproductive parts, a plant reproducing by seeds. ... Compare: cryptogam. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

phanerogenic
Denoting a disease, the aetiology of which is manifest. ... Compare: cryptogenic. ... Origin: phanero-+ G. Genesis, origin ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phaneromania
<psychiatry> Rarely used term for constant preoccupation with some external part, as plucking the beard, pulling the lobe of the ear, picking at a pimple, etc. ... Origin: phanero-+ G. Mania, frenzy ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phaneroscope
<instrument> A lens used to concentrate the light from a lamp upon the skin, to facilitate examination of lesions of the skin and subcutaneous tissues. ... Origin: phanero-+ G. Skopeo, to view ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phanerosis
The act or process of becoming visible. ... Origin: phanero-+ G. Osis, condition ... Fatty phanerosis, presumed unmasking of previously invisible fat in the cytoplasm of cells; marked fatty metamorphosis is associated with an absolute increase in the fat content of cells, so that the occurrence of phanerosis is doubted. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phanerozoite
An exoerythrocytic tissue stage of malaria infection other than the primary exoerythrocytic stages (cryptozoite and metacryptozoite generations); consists chiefly of reinfection of the liver by merozoites produced by a blood infection (not found in falciparum malaria). ... Origin: phanero-+ G. Zoon, animal ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phanquone
4,7-Phenanthroline-5,6-dione;an amoebicide. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phantasia
Synonym: fantasy. ... Origin: G. Appearance ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phantasm
1. An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream. 'They be but phantasms or apparitions.' (Sir W. Raleigh) ... 2. A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion. 'Figures or little features, of which the description had produced …

phantasmagoria
1. An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colours, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another. ... 2. The apparatus by which such an effect is produced. ... 3. …

phantasmatomoria
Dementia with childish fantasies. ... Origin: G. Phantasma, an appearance, + moria, folly ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phantasmology
The study of spiritualistic manifestations and of apparitions. ... Origin: G. Phantasma, an appearance, + logos, study ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phantasmoscopia
Phantasmoscopy ... The delusion of seeing phantoms. ... Origin: G. Phantasma, an appearance, + skopeo, to view ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phantom
That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image. 'Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise.' (Pope) 'She was a phantom of delight.' (Wordsworth) Phantom ship. See Flying Dutchman, under Flying. ... <medicine> Phantom tumour, a swelling, especially of the abdomen, due t …

phantom aneurysm
A palpable throbbing aorta, mistaken by novices for an aneurysm. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phantom corpuscle
Synonym for achromocyte ... A hypochromic, crescent-shaped erythrocyte, probably resulting from artifactual rupture of a red cell with loss of haemoglobin. ... Synonym: achromacyte, achromatocyte, ghost corpuscle, phantom corpuscle, Ponfick's shadow, shadow corpuscle, shadow, Traube's corpuscle. ... Origin: G. A-priv. + chroma, colour, + kytos, hollow …

phantom limb
The sensation, after amputation of a limb, that the absent part is still present; there may also be paresthesias, transient aches, and intermittent or continuous pain perceived as originating in the absent limb. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

phantom limb pain
Synonym for phantom limb ... The sensation, after amputation of a limb, that the absent part is still present; there may also be paresthesias, transient aches, and intermittent or continuous pain perceived as originating in the absent limb. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

phantom pregnancy
An obsolete term for false pregnancy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phantom tumour
Accumulation of fluid in the interlobar spaces of the lung, secondary to congestive heart failure, radiologically simulating a neoplasm. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phantomise
In psychiatry, to create mental imagery by fantasy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

phantoms, imaging
Devices or objects in various imaging techniques used to visualise or enhance visualization by simulating conditions encountered in the procedure. Phantoms are used very often in procedures employing or measuring x-irradiation or radioactive material to evaluate performance. Phantoms often have properties similar to human tissue. Water demonstrates …

pharisaical
1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees. 'The Pharisaic sect among the Jews.' ... 2. Hence: Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous. 'Excess of outward and pharisaical holiness. ' . 'Pharisaical ostentation.' . Pharisa'icall …

pharmacal
pharmaceutic ...

pharmaceutic aid
Substances which are of little or no therapeutic value, but are necessary in the manufacture, compounding, storage, etc., of pharmaceutical preparations or drug dosage forms. They include solvents, diluting agents, and suspending agents, and emulsifying agents. Also, antioxidants; preservatives, pharmaceutical; dyes (colouring agents); flavoring ag …

pharmaceutical
1. Pertaining to pharmacy or to drugs. ... 2. <pharmacology> A medicinal drug. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

pharmaceutical biology
Synonym for pharmacognosy ... <pharmacology, study> A subfield of pharmacology which studies natural drugs, including the study of their biological and chemical components, botanical sources, and other characteristics (economic, biochemical, biological, etc.). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

pharmaceutical chemistry
Medicinal chemistry in its application to the analysis, development, preparation, and the manufacture of drugs. ... Synonym: medicinal chemistry, pharmacochemistry. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmaceutical preparations
Drugs intended for human or veterinary use, presented in their finished dosage form. Included here are materials used in the preparation and/or formulation of the finished dosage form. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pharmaceutical services
Total pharmaceutical services provided by a qualified pharmacist. In addition to the preparation and distribution of medical products, they may include consultative services provided to agencies and institutions which do not have a qualified pharmacist. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pharmaceutical solutions
Homogeneous liquid preparations that contain one or more chemical substances dissolved, i.e., molecularly dispersed, in a suitable solvent or mixture of mutually miscible solvents. For reasons of their ingredients, method of preparation, or use, they do not fall into another group of products. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pharmaceutics
Synonym: pharmacy. ... 2. The science of pharmaceutical systems, i.e., preparations, dosage forms, etc. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmaceutist
Synonym for pharmacist ... <specialist> An individual trained in preparing and dispensing medicines. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacies
Facilities for the preparation and dispensing of drugs. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pharmacist
<specialist> An individual trained in preparing and dispensing medicines. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacists
Those persons legally qualified by education and training to engage in the practice of pharmacy. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pharmacists' aides
Persons who perform certain functions under the supervision of the pharmacist. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pharmaco-
Drugs. ... Origin: G. Pharmakon, medicine ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacochemistry
Synonym for pharmaceutical chemistry ... Medicinal chemistry in its application to the analysis, development, preparation, and the manufacture of drugs. ... Synonym: medicinal chemistry, pharmacochemistry. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacodiagnosis
Use of drugs in diagnosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacodynamic
Relating to drug action. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacodynamics
<pharmacology, study> The study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and the mechanisms of their actions, including the correlation of actions and effects of drugs with their chemical structure, also, such effects on the actions of a particular drug or drugs. Contrast with pharmacokinetics. ... Origin: Gr. Dynamis = power ... ( …

pharmacoendocrinology
The pharmacology of endocrine function. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacoepidemiology
The science concerned with the benefit and risk of drugs used in populations and the analysis of the outcomes of drug therapies. Pharmacoepidemiologic data come from both clinical trials and epidemiological studies with emphasis on methods for the detection and evaluation of drug-related adverse effects, assessment of risk vs benefit ratios in drug …

pharmacogenetics
The convergence of pharmacology and genetics dealing with genetically determined responses to drugs. For example, after the administration of a muscle relaxant commonly used in surgery, a patient may remains apneic incapable of breathing on their own for hours due to a genetically determined defect in metabolizing (processing) the muscle relaxant.< …

pharmacognosist
One skilled in pharmacognosy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacognosy
<pharmacology, study> A subfield of pharmacology which studies natural drugs, including the study of their biological and chemical components, botanical sources, and other characteristics (economic, biochemical, biological, etc.). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

pharmacokinetic
Relating to the disposition of drugs in the body (i.e., their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacokinetics
<pharmacology, study> The action of drugs in the body over a period of time, including the processes of absorption, distribution, localisation in tissues, biotransformation and excretion. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

pharmacologic
<pharmacology> Pertaining to pharmacology or to the properties and reactions of drugs. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

pharmacology
<study> The medical science that deals with the discovery, chemistry, effects, uses and manufacture of drugs. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

pharmacology, clinical
The branch of pharmacology that deals directly with the effectiveness and safety of drugs in humans. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pharmacomania
<psychiatry> Morbid impulse to take drugs. ... Origin: pharmaco-+ G. Mania, frenzy ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacon
<pharmacology> A drug. ... Origin: Gr. Pharmakon ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

pharmacopedics
Pharmacopedia ... The teaching of pharmacy and pharmacodynamics. ... Origin: pharmaco-+ G. Paideia, instruction, fr. Pais (paid-), a child ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacopeia
An official authoritative listing of drugs. Aspirin has, for example, long been in the pharmacopeia. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pharmacopeial
Relating to the Pharmacopeia; denoting a drug in the list of the Pharmacopeia. ... See: official. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacopeial gel
A suspension, in a water medium, of an insoluble drug in hydrated form wherein the particle size approaches or attains colloidal dimensions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacophilia
Morbid fondness for taking drugs. ... Origin: pharmaco-+ G. Phileo, to love ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacophobia
<psychology> Morbid fear of taking drugs. ... Origin: pharmaco-+ G. Phobos, fear ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacopoeias
Authoritative treatises on drugs and preparations, their description, formulation, analytic composition, physical constants, main chemical properties used in identification, standards for strength, purity, and dosage, chemical tests for determining identity and purity, etc. They are usually published under governmental jurisdiction (e.g., usp, the …

pharmacopsychosis
Rarely used term for a psychosis causally related to taking a drug. ... Origin: pharmaco-+ psychosis ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacoresistent epilepsy
Synonym for intractable epilepsy ... Epilepsy not adequately controlled by medication. ... Synonym: pharmacoresistent epilepsy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacotherapy
Treatment of disease by means of drugs. ... See: chemotherapy. ... Origin: pharmaco-+ G. Therapeia, therapy ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharmacuetical
Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy; as, pharmaceutical preparations. Pharmacue'tically, Pharmaceutical chemistry, that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances. ... Origin: L. Pharmaceuticus, Gr, …

pharmacy
1. The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist. ... 2. A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop. ... Origin: OE. Fermacie, OF. Farmacie, pharmacie, F. Pharmacie, …

pharmacy administration
The business and managerial aspects of pharmacy in its broadest sense. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pharmacy and therapeutics committee
An advisory group composed primarily of staff physicians and the pharmacist which serves as the communication link between the medical staff and the pharmacy department. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pharmacy service, hospital
Hospital department responsible for the receiving, storing, and distribution of pharmaceutical supplies. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pharmalogical studies
<pharmacology> Studies to assess the potential harmful or other effects of drugs ... (16 Dec 1997) ...

pharming
<technique> A genetic-engineering technique by which the embryos of livestock are injected with human genetic material encoded to produce chemicals normally generated only by the human body, so that blood, proteins, and organs from the fully grown animals can be used in medicines and cross-species organ transplants. ... Synonym: transgenics.
pharyng-
See: pharyngo-. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal
<anatomy> Of or pertaining to the pharynx; in the region of the pharynx. ... See: Pharynx. ... <anatomy> A pharyngeal bone or cartilage; especially, one of the lower pharyngeals, which belong to the rudimentary fifth branchial arch in many fishes, or one of the upper pharyngeals, or pharyngobranchials, which are the dorsal elements in the …

pharyngeal arches
Synonym for branchial arches ... Typically, 6 arch's in vertebrates; in the lower vertebrates, they bear gills; in the higher vertebrates, they appear transiently and give rise to specialised structures in the head and neck. ... Synonym: pharyngeal arches, visceral arches. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve
<anatomy, nerve> Conveys motor fibres from the cranial root of the accessory nerve to the pharyngeal constrictor muscles, the intrinsic muscles of the soft palate and the levator palati muscle; may also bring some general sensory fibres to the pharyngeal plexus. ... Synonym: rami pharyngei nervi vagi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal branches
Branches to the pharynx. ... Synonym: pharyngei, rami pharyngeales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal bursa
<anatomy> A cystic notochordal remnant found inconstantly in the posterior wall of the nasopharynx at the lower end of the pharyngeal tonsil. ... Synonym: bursa pharyngea, Luschka's bursa, Tornwaldt's cyst. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal calculus
Synonym for pharyngolith ... A concretion in the pharynx. ... Synonym: pharyngeal calculus. ... Origin: pharyngo-+ G. Lithos, stone ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal canal
On the undersurface of the vaginal process of the sphenoid bone, a furrow that is converted into a canal by the sphenoidal process of the palatine bone; it transmits the pharyngeal branch of the maxillary artery and the pharyngeal nerve from the pterygopalatine ganglion. ... Synonym: canalis palatovaginalis, palatovaginal canal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal cartilages
Synonym for branchial cartilages ... Cartilage's developing within the vertebrate or embryonic branchial arches; they form the cartilaginous viscerocranium. ... Synonym: pharyngeal cartilages. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal diseases
General or unspecified diseases of the pharynx. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pharyngeal fistula
A form of fistula colli congenita. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal flap
A flap from the posterior wall of the pharynx to the soft palate, as a speech aid in cleft palate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal fornix
The non-muscular upper end of the nasopharynx where the pharyngeal mucosa is firmly applied to the body of the sphenoid bone and to pharyngobasilar fascia. ... Synonym: fornix pharyngis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal glands
Racemose mucous glands beneath the mucous membrane of the pharynx. ... Synonym: glandulae pharyngeae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal grooves
Embryonic endodermal or ectodermal groove's between successive pharyngeal arches. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal hypophysis
Residual tissue derived from the hypophysial diverticulum that lies in the lamina propria of the nasopharynx; its cells and their arrangement are identical with those of the pars distalis. ... Synonym: pars pharyngea hypophyseos. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal isthmus
Communicating space between nasopharynx and oropharynx, sealed off by elevation of the soft palate and contraction of portions of the superior pharyngeal constrictor (palatopharyngal sphincter) during swallowing. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal membranes
Synonym for closing membranes ... Thin sheets, composed of ectoderm externally and endoderm internally, which separate the pharyngeal pouches from the overlying branchial clefts in the early embryo. ... Synonym: pharyngeal membranes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal mucosa
The mucous coat of the pharynx. ... Synonym: tunica mucosa pharyngis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal muscles
The muscles of the pharynx are the inferior, middle and superior constrictors, salpingopharyngeus, and stylopharyngeus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pharyngeal opening of auditory tube
An opening in the upper part of the nasopharynx about 1.2 cm behind the posterior extremity of the inferior concha on each side. ... Synonym: ostium pharyngeum tubae auditivae, pharyngeal opening of eustachian tube. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal pituitary
The embryonic remnant of the oral end of Rathke's pouch that is cut off from the adenohypophysis by the developing sphenoid bone; composed chiefly of chromophobes and, under normal conditions, considered physiologically inactive. ... See: hypophysis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pharyngeal plexus
The plexus of nerves including branches of the glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves (cranial root), that lies along the posterior wall of the pharynx, a venous plexus on the posteriolateral walls of the pharynx, emptying through the pharyngeal veins into the internal jugular. ... Synonym: plexus pharyngeus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...