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mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary
Category: Health and Medicine > Medical Dictionary
Date & country: 26/01/2008, UK
Words: 116197
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puerperal psychosisSynonym for postpartum psychosis ... <obstetrics, psychiatry> An acute mental disorder with depression in the mother following childbirth. ... Synonym: puerperal psychosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
puerperal sepsisSynonym for 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 septicaemiaA severe bloodstream infection resulting from an obstetric delivery or procedure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
puerperal tetanusTetanus occurring during the puerperium from infection of the obstetric wound. ... Synonym: postpartum tetanus, uterine tetanus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
puerperantSynonym: puerperal. ... 2. A puerpera. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
puerperium<obstetrics> The period or state of confinement after labour. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
puerto ricoAn island in the greater antilles in the west indies. Its capital is san juan. It is a self-governing commonwealth in union with the united states. It was discovered by columbus in 1493 but no colonization was attempted until 1508. It belonged to spain until ceded to the united states in 1898. It became a commonwealth with autonomy in internal affa …
Puestow procedureLongitudinal pancreaticojejunostomy for treatment of chronic pancreatitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Puestow, Charles<person> U.S. Surgeon, 1902-1973. ... See: Puestow procedure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
puff1. To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs. ... 2. To blow, as an expression of scorn; with at. 'It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.' (South) ... 3. To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion. 'The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from the chase.' (L' Estrange) ... 4. To swell with air; to be …
puffer1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation. ... 2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. ... 3. <zoology> Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. The …
puffin1. <zoology> An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; called also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea parrot. ... The name is also applied to other related species, as the horned puffin (F. Corniculata), the tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), …
puffs<molecular biology> Expanded areas of a polytene chromosome. at these areas the chromatin becomes less condensed and the fibres unwind, though they remain continuous with the fibres in the chromosome axis. ... A puff usually involves unwinding at a single band, though they can include many bands as in Balbiani rings. Puffs represent sites of a …
pug1. An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck. ... 2. A name for a monkey. ... 3. A name for a fox. ... 4. An intimate; a crony; a dear one. ... 5. Chaff; the refuse of grain. ... 6. A prostitute. ... 7. <zoology> One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog. ... 8. <zoology> Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupitheci …
pulaski<equipment> A heavy digging tool consisting of a handle attached to a metal head with two projecting blunt blades, one an axe, the other a hoe. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
pulchritude1. That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness. 'Piercing our heartes with thy pulchritude.' (Court of Love) ... 2. Attractive moral excellence; moral beauty. 'By the pulchritude of their souls make up what is wanting in the beauty of their bodies.' (Ray) ... Origin: L. Pulchritudo, fr. Pulcher beautiful.
Pulex cheopis
Former name for Xenopsylla cheopis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Pulex fasciatus
Former name for Nosopsyllus fasciatus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Pulex irritans
The human flea, a common flea that infests humans, many domestic animals (especially swine), and wild mammals and birds; a poor vector of plague. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Pulex penetrans
Incorrect name for Tunga penetrans. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Pulex serraticeps
Former name for Ctenocephalides canis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulicide
A chemical agent destructive to fleas. ... Origin: L. Pulex (pulic-), flea, + caedo, to kill ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pull
1. To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly. 'Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows.' (Shak) 'He put forth his hand . . . And pulled her in.' (Gen. Viii. 9) ... 2. To draw apart; to tear; to rend. 'He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.' (Lam. Iii. 11) ... 3. To gather with the hand, or by draw …
pulley of humerus
Synonym for trochlea of humerus ... The grooved surface at the lower end of the humerus articulating with the trochlear notch of the ulna. ... Synonym: trochlea humeri, pulley of humerus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulley of talus
Synonym for trochlea of the talus ... The rounded articular surface of the talus articulating with the distal ends of the tibia and fibula. ... Synonym: trochlea tali, pulley of talus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pullorum disease
An infectious disease of chicks and other young birds caused by the bacterium Salmonella pullorum, which is carried in the ovaries of adult hens and appears in the eggs; in incubator-hatched birds, the disease usually involves the lungs and air sacs, but often spreads in flocks of young birds as an alimentary tract infection manifested by severe di …
pullulanase
<enzyme> Minor descriptor (73-85); on-line and index medicus search glycoside hydrolases (73-85) ... Registry number: EC 3.2.1.41 ... Synonym: limit dextrinase, amylopectin glucanohydrolase, pullulan 6-glucanohydrolase, amyb gene product, puli gene product, pula protein, pula gene product ... (26 Jun 1999) ...
pullulate
To undergo pullulation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pullulation
The act of sprouting, or of budding as seen in yeast. ... Origin: L. Pullulo, pp. -atus, to sprout forth ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmo-
The lungs. ... See: pneum-, pneumo-. ... Origin: L. Pulmo, lung ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmoaortic
Relating to the pulmonary artery and the aorta. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmolith
Synonym: pneumolith. ... Origin: L. Pulmo, long, + G. Lithos, stone ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmometry
An obsolete term for spirometry. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary
<anatomy, chest medicine> Pertaining to the lungs. ... Origin: L. Pulmonarius ... (06 Oct 1997) ...
pulmonary acariasis
Infestation of the lungs of monkeys with the mite, Pneumonyssus simicola. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary acinus
The part of the airway consisting of a respiratory bronchiole and all of its branches. ... Synonym: primary pulmonary lobule, respiratory lobule. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary adenomatosis
A neoplastic disease in which the alveoli and distal bronchi are filled with mucus and mucus-secreting columnar epithelial cells; characterised by abundant, extremely tenacious sputum, chills, fever, cough, dyspnea, and pleuritic pain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary adenomatosis of sheep
A chronic pulmonary disease of sheep of viral origin, caused by a member of Herpesviridae characterised by adenomatous proliferations in the alveoli and small bronchioles resembling neoplasia. ... Synonym: jaagsiekte. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary adenomatosis, ovine
A pulmonary disease of sheep characterised by hyperplasia and hypertrophy of septal cells of the lung. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
<radiology> Overproduction of surfactant which can lead to alveolar (end-air-space) filling, peak age: 20 - 50 yrs, 33% asymptomatic, treatment: lavage Findings: bat-wing alveolar infiltrate, no interstitial disease, no adenopathy ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary alveoli
Small polyhedral outpouchings along the walls of the alveolar sacs, alveolar ducts and terminal bronchioles through the walls of which gas exchange between alveolar air and pulmonary capillary blood takes place. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary alveolus
One of the thin-walled saclike terminal dilations of the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveolar sacs across which gas exchange occurs between alveolar air and the pulmonary capillaries. ... Synonym: alveoli pulmonis, alveolus, air cells, air vesicles, bronchic cells. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary amoebiasis
Infection of the lung by amoebae; usually indicates extension of Entamoeba histolytica infection from abscess of liver, penetrating through the diaphragm into the lung. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary angiogram
<investigation, radiology> A diagnostic procedure which involves the injection of a radiopaque substance into the pulmonary artery to highlight its course on X-ray. Pulmonary embolism can be accurately diagnosed using this procedure. ... (15 Dec 1997) ...
pulmonary anthrax
A form of anthrax acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; there is an initial chill followed by pain in the back and legs, rapid respiration, dyspnea, cough, fever, rapid pulse, and extreme cardiovascular collapse. ... Synonym: anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, rag-sorter's disease, wool-sorter's pneu …
pulmonary arc
An obsolete term for pulmonary salient. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary area
The region of the chest at the second left intercostal space, where sounds produced at the pulmonary valve of the right ventricle are heard most distinctly. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary arteries
<anatomy> The pulmonary arteries deliver deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs. They are the only arteries in the human body that carry deoxygenated blood. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
pulmonary artery
<anatomy, artery> The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary artery aneurysm
Aneurysm of the pulmonary artery; rare in the absence of congenital heart disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary artery banding
A surgical method of decreasing pulmonary blood flow and thereby volume overload of the left ventricle, alleviating CHF in certain congenital heart defects. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary artery sarcoma
<radiology> Rare, age: 21 - 80 (most common: 45 - 55), usual presentation: hilar mass or hilar infiltrative lesion, other findings: decreased vascular markings, atelectasis / volume loss, metastatic nodules, decreased or absent perfusion on V/Q, intravascular soft-tissue mass on CT ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary aspergillosis
Synonym for bronchopulmonary aspergillosis ... An inflammatory and destructive disease of the bronchi and lungs due to the presence and growth of Aspergillus fumigatus. There are four varieties: 1) a bronchial infection with allergic manifestations, in which the fungus grows in the mucus (evoked by the inflammation), which may be expectorated as yel …
pulmonary atresia
Congenital absence of the normal valvular orifice into the pulmonary artery. This condition is characterised by cardiomegaly, reduced pulmonary vascularity, and right ventricular atrophy. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary blastoma
A malignant neoplasm of the lung composed chiefly or entirely of immature undifferentiated cells (i.e., blast forms) with little or virtually no stroma. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary bulla
An air-filled blister on the surface of the lung, a similar abnormality within the lung presenting as a thin-walled cavity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary capillary wedge pressure
The pressure obtained when a catheter is passed from the right side of the heart into the pulmonary artery as far as it will go and 'wedged' into an end artery. PCWP is measured by letting pulmonary blood flow guide a balloon-flotation catheter into a small pulmonary end artery. The pressure distal to the wedged catheter is an approximation of card …
pulmonary cavity
The portion of the thoracic cavity lying on either side of the mediastinum and occupied by a lung; the space existing when a lung is removed. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary circulation
The circulation of blood through the lungs. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary cirrhosis
Fibrosis of the lungs; usually interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary collapse
Secondary atelectasis due to bronchial obstruction, pleural effusion or pneumothorax, cardiac hypertrophy, or enlargement of other structures adjacent to the lungs. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary cone
Synonym for conus arteriosus ... The left or anterosuperior, smooth-walled portion of the cavity of the right ventricle of the heart, which begins at the supraventricular crest and terminates in the pulmonary trunk. ... Synonym: arterial cone, pulmonary cone, pulmonary conus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary conus
Synonym for conus arteriosus ... The left or anterosuperior, smooth-walled portion of the cavity of the right ventricle of the heart, which begins at the supraventricular crest and terminates in the pulmonary trunk. ... Synonym: arterial cone, pulmonary cone, pulmonary conus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary diffusing capacity
The ability of the alveolocapillary membrane to transfer gas. This is a reflection of the thinness and area of the alveolocapillary membrane. The diffusing capacity is a measure of the amount of gas transferred per minute from the alveolar gas to the pulmonary capillary blood divided by the mean pressure gradient of the gas between the alveolar gas …
pulmonary disease (specialty)
A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of the respiratory system. It is especially concerned with diagnosis and treatment of diseases and defects of the lungs and bronchial tree. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary distomiasis
Synonym for paragonimiasis ... Infection with trematodes of the genus paragonimus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary dysmaturity syndrome
<syndrome> A respiratory disorder occurring in small, premature infants who are incapable of normal pulmonary ventilation and who often die of hypoxia after an illness of 6 to 8 weeks; the lungs contain widespread focal emphysematous blebs and the parenchyma has thickened alveolar walls; diagnosed principally on the basis of the clinical hist …
pulmonary embolism
<cardiology> The lodgment of a blood clot in the lumen of a pulmonary artery, causing a severe dysfunction in respiratory function. ... Pulmonary emboli often have origin in the veins of the lower extremities where clots form in the deep leg veins and then travel to the lungs via the venous circulation. ... Symptoms and features include acute o …
pulmonary emphysema
Condition of the lungs characterised by increase beyond normal in the size of air spaces distal to the terminal bronchioles, either from dilatation of the alveoli or from destruction of their walls. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary encephalopathy
Synonym for hypoventilation coma ... Coma seen with advanced lung failure and resultant hypoventilation. ... Synonym: CO2 narcosis, hypoxic-hypercarbic encephalopathy, pulmonary encephalopathy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary eosinophilia
A disease characterised by pulmonary infiltrations of eosinophils and blood eosinophilia. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary fibrosis
Chronic inflammation and progressive fibrosis of the pulmonary alveolar walls, with steadily progressive dyspnea, resulting finally in death from oxygen lack or right heart failure. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary fistula
A parietal fistula communicating with the lung. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary gas exchange
The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between alveolar air and pulmonary capillary blood. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary glomangiosis
Glomangiosis occurring within small pulmonary arteries in severe pulmonary hypertension and congenital heart disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary glomus
A structure similar to the carotid body, found in relation to the pulmonary artery. ... Synonym: glomus pulmonale. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary haemosiderosis
Haemosiderosis usually associated with mitral stenosis and marked by an accumulation of macrophages loaded with haemosiderin within the alveoli. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary hamartoma
<tumour> Hamartoma of the lung, producing a coin lesion composed primarily of cartilage and bronchial epithelium. ... Synonym: adenochondroma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary heart
The right atrium and ventricle, receiving the venous blood and propelling it to the lungs. ... See: cor pulmonale. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary hypertension
<cardiology> Abnormally elevated blood pressure within the pulmonary circuit (pulmonary artery). ... Pulmonary hypertension may be secondary to another disease process (VSD, ASD, severe COAD) or occur as a primary disease process known as primary pulmonary hypertension. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
pulmonary hypostasis
Hydrostatic congestion of the lung. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary incompetence
Defective closure of the pulmonic valve permitting regurgitation into the right ventricle during diastole. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary insufficiency
Pulmonary here refers to the valve between the right ventricle of the heart and the pulmonary artery. If this valve is insufficient (incompetant) in its performance, blood sloshes back from the pulmonary artery into the right ventricle. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary ligament
<anatomy> Two-layered fold formed as the pleura of the mediastinum is reflected onto the lung inferior to the root of the lung. ... Synonym: ligamentum pulmonale, ligamentum latum pulmonis, Teutleben's ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary lymph nodes
Small nodes that occur along the bronchi within the lung; they receive the drainage from localised areas of the lung and send efferents to bronchopulmonary nodes. ... Synonym: nodi lymphatici pulmonales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary murmur
A murmur produced at the pulmonary orifice of the heart, either obstructive or regurgitant. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary oedema
<cardiology> A severe state of increased interstitial fluid within the lung that leads to flooding of the alveoli with fluid. This results in a severe disturbance of gas exchange across the alveolar surface. Often results from the ineffective pump function of the heart (noncardiac causes also exist). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
pulmonary orifice
Synonym for opening of pulmonary trunk ... The opening of the pulmonary trunk from the right ventricle, guarded by the pulmonary valve. ... Synonym: ostium trunci pulmonalis, pulmonary orifice. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary osteoarthropathy
hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy ...
pulmonary pleura
Synonym for visceral pleura ... The layer investing the lungs and dipping into the fissures between the several lobes. ... Synonym: pleura pulmonalis, pleura visceralis, pulmonary pleura. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary pleurisy
Inflammation of the pleura covering the lungs. ... Synonym: visceral pleurisy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary plexus
One of two autonomic plexus's, anterior and posterior, at the hilus of each lung, formed by cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerves of the sympathetic trunk and bronchial branches of the vagus nerve; from them various branches accompany the bronchi and arteries into the lung. ... Synonym: plexus pulmonalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary pressure
The blood pressure in the pulmonary artery. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary ridges
A pair of ridge's overlying the common cardinal veins and bulging from the lateral body wall into the embryonic celom; so called because they give early indication of where the pleuropericardial folds will develop. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary sarcoidosis
<radiology> Stage, I hilar/mediastinal lymph nodes, II nodes and lung disease, III lung disease only, upper lobe predominance, superinfection with Aspergillus (investigate with thin-cut CT) See: sarcoidosis ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary schistosomiasis
Pulmonary manifestations of infection with schistosoma, usually Schistosoma mansoni, occurring when schistosomals, which form in the skin from the cercariae which have entered from infected water, migrate via the blood stream to the lungs, en route to the gastrointestinal tract and the portal vein; symptoms are usually limited to cough. ... (05 Mar …
pulmonary siderosis
Synonym for pneumoconiosis siderotica ... Pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of iron dust. ... Synonym: pulmonary siderosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary sinuses
The space at the origin of the pulmonary trunk between the dilated wall of the vessel and each cusp of the pulmonic valve. ... Synonym: sinus trunci pulmonalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
pulmonary sling
<radiology> Aberrant course of left pulmonary artery between trachea and oesophagus, may cause obstructive emphysema of the right lung if the right main stem bronchus is compressed ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
pulmonary stenosis
<cardiology> A congenital or acquired heart valve defect. The abnormal narrowing and ineffective opening of the pulmonic valve. ... Symptoms include cyanosis and difficulty breathing. Treatment is surgical in most cases of significant valvular stenosis. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
