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


puberulent
<dermatology> Covered with fine, short, and nearly imperceptable down, minutely pubescent, the hairs soft, straight, erect, but scarcely visible to the unaided eye. ... (15 Dec 1997) ...

puberulous
<dermatology> Covered with minute, soft, erect hairs. ... (15 Dec 1997) ...

pubes
1. <anatomy> The hair which appears upon the lower part of the hypogastric region at the age of puberty. Hence (as more commonly used), the lower part of the hypogastric region; the pubic region. ... 2. <botany> The down of plants; a downy or villous substance which grows on plants; pubescence. ... Origin: L, the hair which appears on the …

pubescent
<paediatrics> Relating to someone who has just entered puberty. ... (15 Dec 1997) ...

pubic angle
Synonym for subpubic angle ... The angle formed between the inferior rami of the pubic bones. In the female, the angle approximates that angle between the widely extended thumb and index finger (90°); in the male, it approximates the angle between the widely abducted index and middle fingers (60°). ... See: pubic arch. ... Synonym: angulus subpubicus, …

pubic arch
The arch formed by the symphysis, bodies and inferior rami of the pubic bones. ... See: subpubic angle. ... Synonym: arcus pubis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubic arteries
See: pubic branch of inferior epigastric artery, pubic branch of obturator artery. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubic baldness
Loss of pubic hair. ... Synonym: pubomadesis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubic body
Synonym for body of pubis ... The flattened medial portion of the pubic bone entering into the pubic symphysis. From it extend the superior and inferior rami. ... Synonym: corpus ossis pubis, pubic body, body of pubic bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubic bone
Synonym for mons pubis ... The prominence caused by a pad of fatty tissue over the symphysis pubis in the female. ... Synonym: os pubis, mons veneris, pubes, pubic bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubic branch of obturator artery
<anatomy, artery> Branch arising from the obturator artery just prior to its pasage through the obturator canal; the branch passes superiorly on the posterior aspect of the pubis. Anastomosis: with contralateral partner and pubic branche of inferior epigastric artery. ... See: accessory obturator artery, pubic branch of inferior epigastric art …

pubic crest
The rough anterior border of the body of the pubis, continuous laterally with the pubic tubercle. ... Synonym: crista pubica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubic rami
See: pubes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubic region
The lower central region of the abdomen below the umbilical region. ... Synonym: hypogastrium, regio pubica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubic spine
Synonym for pubic tubercle ... A small projection at the anterior extremity of the crest of the pubis about 2 cm from the symphysis. ... Synonym: tuberculum pubicum, pubic spine, spina pubis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubic symphysis
The joint between the pubic bones at the front of the pelvis. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pubic tubercle
A small projection at the anterior extremity of the crest of the pubis about 2 cm from the symphysis. ... Synonym: tuberculum pubicum, pubic spine, spina pubis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubiotomy
Severance of the pubic bone a few centimeters lateral to the symphysis, in order to increase the capacity of a contracted pelvis sufficiently to permit the passage of a living child. ... Synonym: Gigli's operation, pelviotomy, pelvitomy. ... Origin: L. Pubis, pubic bone, + G. Tome, incision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

public assistance
Financial assistance to impoverished persons for the essentials of living through federal, state or local government programs. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

public facilities
An area of recreation or hygiene for use by the public. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

public health
The health of the human population as a whole. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

public health administration
Management of public health organizations or agencies. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

public health dentistry
A dental specialty concerned with the prevention of disease and the maintenance of oral health through promoting organised dental health programs at a community, state, or federal level. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

public health nurse
A nurse who provides care to individuals or groups in a community outside of institutions. Usually works through the auspices of a state or city health department. ... Synonym: community health nurse, community nurse. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

public health nursing
The field of nursing focusing on the health of the community through educational and preventive programs, as well as providing treatment and diagnostic services. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

public health practice
The activities and endeavors of the public health services in a community on any level. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

public hospital
Synonym for government hospital ... A hospital administered by officials of the city, county, state, or nation. ... Synonym: public hospital. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

public housing
Housing subsidised by tax funds, usually intended for low income persons or families. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

public opinion
The attitude of a significant portion of a population toward any given proposition, based upon a measurable amount of factual evidence, and involving some degree of reflection, analysis, and reasoning. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

public policy
A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

public relations
Relations of an individual, association, organization, hospital, or corporation with the publics which it must take into consideration in carrying out its functions. Publics may include consumers, patients, pressure groups, departments, etc. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

public sector
The area of a nation's economy that is tax-supported and under government control. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

public utility commissions
State agencies that regulate investor-owned utilities operating in the state. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

public utility district
(PUD) A publicly owned energy producer or distributor. PUDs operate as special government districts under the authority of elected commissions. They are not regulated by public utility commissions. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

publication bias
The influence of study results on the chances of publication and the tendency of investigators, reviewers, and editors to submit or accept manuscripts for publication based on the direction or strength of the study findings. Publication bias has an impact on the interpretation of clinical trials and meta-analyses. Bias can be minimised by insistenc …

publications
Copies of a work or document distributed to the public by sale, rental, lease, or lending. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

published erratum
An acknowledgment of an error, issued by a publisher, editor, or author. It customarily cites the source where the error occurred, giving complete bibliographic data for retrieval. In the case of books and monographs, author, title, imprint, paging, and other helpful references will be given; in the case of journal articles, the author, title, pagi …

publishing
the business or profession of the commercial production and issuance of literature. It includes the publisher, publication processes, editing and editors. Production may be by conventional printing methods or by electronic publishing. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pubo-
Pubic, pubis. ... Origin: L. Pubes ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubocapsular
Relating to the pubis and the capsule of the hip joint. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubocapsular ligament
Synonym for pubofemoral ligament ... <anatomy> A thickened part of the capsule of the hip joint that extends from the superior ramus of the pubis to the intertrochanteric line of the femur. ... Synonym: ligamentum pubofemorale, ligamentum pubocapsulare, pubocapsular ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubococcygeal
Relating to the pubis and the coccyx. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubococcygeal muscle
Synonym for pubococcygeus muscle ... <anatomy> Fibres of the levator ani, arising from the pelvic surface of the body of the pubis and adjacent tendinous arch of obturator fascia, attaching to the coccyx. ... Synonym: musculus pubococcygeus, pubococcygeal muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubococcygeus muscle
<anatomy> Fibres of the levator ani, arising from the pelvic surface of the body of the pubis and adjacent tendinous arch of obturator fascia, attaching to the coccyx. ... Synonym: musculus pubococcygeus, pubococcygeal muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubofemoral
Relating to the os pubis and the femur. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubofemoral ligament
<anatomy> A thickened part of the capsule of the hip joint that extends from the superior ramus of the pubis to the intertrochanteric line of the femur. ... Synonym: ligamentum pubofemorale, ligamentum pubocapsulare, pubocapsular ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubomadesis
Synonym: pubic baldness. ... Origin: L. Pubes, pubic hair, + G. Madesis, baldness ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puboprostatic
Relating to the pubic bone and the prostate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puboprostatic ligament
<anatomy> The localised thickening of the superior fascia of the pelvic diaphragm anteriorly that anchors the prostate and neck of the bladder to the pubis on each side. It is composed of medial and lateral parts (ligaments) and usually contains smooth muscle. ... Synonym: ligamentum puboprostaticum, Denonvilliers' ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000)
puboprostatic muscle
<anatomy> Smooth muscle fibres within the puboprostatic ligament. ... Synonym: musculus puboprostaticus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puborectal
Relating to the pubis and the rectum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puborectal muscle
Synonym for puborectalis muscle ... <anatomy> The medial part of the musculus levator ani (pubococcygeus muscle) that passes from the body of the pubis around the anus to form a muscular sling at the level of the anorectal junction; it contracts to increase the perineal flexure during a peristalsis to maintain faecal continence and relaxes to …

puborectalis muscle
<anatomy> The medial part of the musculus levator ani (pubococcygeus muscle) that passes from the body of the pubis around the anus to form a muscular sling at the level of the anorectal junction; it contracts to increase the perineal flexure during a peristalsis to maintain faecal continence and relaxes to allow defecation. ... Synonym: muscu …

pubourethral triangle
A triangle in the perineum bounded by the transversus perinei, the ischiocavernosus, and the bulbocavernosus muscles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubovaginal muscle
Synonym for pubovaginalis muscle ... <anatomy> In the female, the most medial fibres of the levator ani (pubococcygeus) muscle that extend from the pubis into the lateral walls of the vagina. ... Synonym: musculus pubovaginalis, pubovaginal muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubovaginal operation
Operative procedure for urinary incontinence. A strip of tissue, usually autologous rectus abdominis fascia, is used to suspend or elevate bladder neck and posterior urethra toward pubic symphysis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubovaginalis muscle
<anatomy> In the female, the most medial fibres of the levator ani (pubococcygeus) muscle that extend from the pubis into the lateral walls of the vagina. ... Synonym: musculus pubovaginalis, pubovaginal muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubovesical
Relating to the pubic bone and the bladder. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubovesical ligament
<anatomy> In the female the fascial thickening comparable to the puboprostatic ligament. ... Synonym: ligamentum pubovesicale. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubovesical muscle
Synonym for pubovesicalis muscle ... <anatomy> Smooth muscle fibres within the pubovesical ligament in the female. ... Synonym: musculus pubovesicalis, pubovesical muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pubovesicalis muscle
<anatomy> Smooth muscle fibres within the pubovesical ligament in the female. ... Synonym: musculus pubovesicalis, pubovesical muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

PUBS
Percutaneous Umbilical Blood Sampling. In PUBS, a needle is inserted through the mother's abdominal wall and the uterine wall and usually blood is withdrawn from the umbilical vein where the umbilical cord inserts into the placenta. Blood may also be withdrawn from the umbilical vein on its way to the foetal liver such as in situations where the fo …

Puchtler-Sweat stain
<technique> For basement membranes, a staining method using resorcin-fuchsin and nuclear fast red solutions after Carnoy's fixative; basement membranes are gray to black and nuclei pink to red. ... For haemoglobin and haemosiderin, a complex staining method in which, on a yellow background, haemoglobin is stained red, haemosiderin blue to gree …

Puchtler-Sweat stains
See: Puchtler-Sweat stain for basement membranes, Puchtler-Sweat stain for haemoglobin and haemosiderin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puck
1. <medicine> A celebrated fairy, 'the merry wanderer of the night;' called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. 'He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall.' (Drayton) ... 2. <zoology> The goatsucker. ... Origin: OE. Pouke; cf. OSw. Puke, Icel. Puki an evil demon, W. Pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. Poker a bugbear, …

pudding
1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc. 'And solid pudding against empty praise.' (Pope) ... 2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency of, pudding. ... 3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat, etc.; a sausage. …

pudding opium
Synonym for Boston opium ... Opium so diluted after importation as barely to meet the official requirements. ... Synonym: pudding opium. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puddle sign
<clinical sign> A sign of free abdominal fluid: the patient assumes a position on all fours; one flank is percussed by repeated light flicking of constant intensity while a Bowles-type stethoscope is placed over the most dependent portion of the abdomen and gradually moved toward the flank opposite the percussion; a sharp increase in the inte …

puddling
1. <physics> The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc, with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the process of rendering anything impervious to liquids by means of puddled material. Puddle. ... See: Puddle. ... 2. <chemistry> The art or process of converting cast iron into wrought iron or steel by su …

pudendal anaesthesia
Local anaesthesia produced by blocking the pudendal nerves near the spinal processes of the ischium; used in obstetrics. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pudendal canal
The space within the obturator internis fascia lining the lateral wall of the ischiorectal fossa that transmits the pudendal vessels and nerves. ... Synonym: canalis pudendalis, Alcock's canal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pudendal cleavage
Synonym for pudendal cleft ... The cleft between the labia majora. ... Synonym: rima pudendi, fissura pudendi, pudendal cleavage, pudendal slit, rima vulvae, urogenital cleft, vulvar slit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pudendal cleft
The cleft between the labia majora. ... Synonym: rima pudendi, fissura pudendi, pudendal cleavage, pudendal slit, rima vulvae, urogenital cleft, vulvar slit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pudendal haematocele
Effusion of blood into the labium majus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pudendal hernia
Synonym for perineal hernia ... A hernia protruding through the pelvic diaphragm. ... Synonym: levator hernia, pudendal hernia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pudendal nerve
<anatomy, nerve> Formed by fibres from the ventral primary rami of the second, third, and fourth sacral spinal nerves; it exits the pelvis via the greater sciatic foramen, passes posterior to the sacrospinous ligament, and accompanies the internal pudendal artery, into the perineum via the lesser sciatic foramen; it gives off inferior rectal …

pudendal sac
A pear-shaped encapsulated collection of connective tissue and fat in each labium majus. ... Synonym: Broca's pouch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pudendal slit
Synonym for pudendal cleft ... The cleft between the labia majora. ... Synonym: rima pudendi, fissura pudendi, pudendal cleavage, pudendal slit, rima vulvae, urogenital cleft, vulvar slit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pudendal ulcer
Synonym for granuloma inguinale ... <disease, microbiology> A rare sexually transmitted disease that is caused by Calymmatobacterium granulomatis. ... This infection is more common in the tropical and subtropical areas such as India, Guyana and new Guinea. There are approximately 100 cases reported annually in the United States. Men are affecte …

pudendal veins
See: external pudendal veins, internal pudendal vein. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pudendum femininum
Synonym for vulva ... <anatomy> The visible external female genitalia consisting of the mons pubis, labia, clitoris, vaginal orifice, vestibule and vestibular glands. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

pudendum muliebre
Synonym for vulva ... <anatomy> The visible external female genitalia consisting of the mons pubis, labia, clitoris, vaginal orifice, vestibule and vestibular glands. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

Pudenz
Robert H., U.S. Neurosurgeon, *1911. ... See: Heyer-Pudenz valve. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pudic nerve
Synonym for pudendal nerve ... <anatomy, nerve> Formed by fibres from the ventral primary rami of the second, third, and fourth sacral spinal nerves; it exits the pelvis via the greater sciatic foramen, passes posterior to the sacrospinous ligament, and accompanies the internal pudendal artery, into the perineum via the lesser sciatic foramen; …

Pudlak
P., 20th century Czech physician. ... See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type VI. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pueblo
A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of Arizona and new Mexico. It is often of large size and several stories high, and is usually built either of stone or adobe. The term is also applied to any Indian village in the same region. ... <ethnology> Pueblo Indians, any tribe or community of Indians living in pueblos. The princip …

puerile
Boyish; childish; trifling; silly. 'The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents.' (De Quincey) ... Synonym: Youthful, boyish, juvenile, childish, trifling, weak. ... See: Youthful. ... Origin: L. Puerilis, fr. Puer a child, a boy: cf. F. Pueril. ... Source: Websters Di …

puerile respiration
An exaggeration of the normal respiratory sounds, heard in children and in adults after exertion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puerpera
A woman who has just given birth. ... Origin: L., fr. Puer, child, + pario, to bring forth ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puerperal convulsions
Synonym for puerperal eclampsia ... Convulsions and coma associated with hypertension, oedema, or proteinuria occurring in a woman following delivery. ... Synonym: puerperal convulsions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puerperal disorders
Disorders or diseases associated with the six-to-eight-week period immediately following labour and delivery. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

puerperal eclampsia
Convulsions and coma associated with hypertension, oedema, or proteinuria occurring in a woman following delivery. ... Synonym: puerperal convulsions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puerperal fever
Postpartum sepsis with a rise in fever after the first 24 hours following delivery, but before the eleventh postpartum day. ... Synonym: childbed fever, puerperal sepsis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puerperal haemoglobinaemia
Synonym for postparturient haemoglobinuria ... <haematology, obstetrics> A sudden, severe haemolytic disease that appears sporadically in well nourished dairy cows 2 to 4 weeks after calving, and usually occurs in stabled animals in the winter and early spring; the cause is not known, although the disease is often associated with hypophosphate …

puerperal haemoglobinuria
Synonym for postparturient haemoglobinuria ... <haematology, obstetrics> A sudden, severe haemolytic disease that appears sporadically in well nourished dairy cows 2 to 4 weeks after calving, and usually occurs in stabled animals in the winter and early spring; the cause is not known, although the disease is often associated with hypophosphate …

puerperal infection
An infection occurring in the puerperium or postpartum period. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

puerperal mastitis
Mastitis, usually suppurative, occurring in the later part of the puerperium. ... Synonym: lactational mastitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puerperal morbidity
Illness arising during the first 10 days of the postpartum period, i.e., a temperature of 38°C (100.4°F) or more on any two days of the first 10, excluding the first 24 hours. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puerperal period
The period elapsing between the termination of labour and the return of the generative tract to its normal condition; the 6 weeks following the completion of labour. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puerperal phlebitis
Synonym for phlegmasia alba dolens ... An extreme edematous swelling of the leg following childbirth, due to thrombosis of the iliofemoral veins. ... Synonym: leukophlegmasia dolens, milk leg, puerperal phlebitis, thrombotic phlegmasia, white leg. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...