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

pulsus bigeminus
Synonym for bigeminal pulse ... A pulse in which the beats occur in pairs. ... Synonym: bigemina, coupled pulse, pulsus bigeminus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus bisferiens
Synonym for bisferious pulse ... An arterial pulse with peaks that may be palpable. ... Synonym: pulsus bisferiens. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus caprisans
A bounding leaping pulse, irregular in both force and rhythm. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus catacrotus
Synonym for catacrotic pulse ... A pulse in which there is an upward notch interrupting the descending limb of the sphygmogram. ... Synonym: pulsus catacrotus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus catadicrotus
Synonym for catadicrotic pulse ... A catacrotic pulse in which there are two interrupting upward notches. ... Synonym: pulsus catadicrotus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus celer
A pulse beat swift to rise and fall. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus celerrimus
Synonym for water-hammer pulse ... <radiology> Corrigan's sign: increased pulse at wrist, aortic insufficiency, widened pulse pressure due to increased stroke volume, diastolic regurgitation ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pulsus cordis
The apex beat of the heart. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus debilis
A weak pulse. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus differens
A condition in which the pulses in the two radial or other corresponding arteries differ in strength. ... Synonym: pulsus incongruens. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus duplex
Synonym for dicrotic pulse ... A pulse which is marked by a double beat, the second, due to a palpable dicrotic wave, being weaker than the first. ... Synonym: pulsus duplex. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus durus
Synonym for hard pulse ... A pulse that strikes forcibly against the tip of the finger and is with difficulty compressed, suggesting hypertension. ... Synonym: pulsus durus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus filiformis
Synonym for thready pulse ... A small fine pulse, feeling like a small cord or thread under the finger. ... Synonym: pulsus filiformis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus fluens
Synonym for undulating pulse ... A toneless pulse in which there is a succession of waves without character or force. ... Synonym: pulsus fluens. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus formicans
A very small, nearly imperceptible pulse, the impression it gives to the finger being compared to formication. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus fortis
A full strong pulse. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus frequens
A rapid pulse. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus heterochronicus
An arrhythmic pulse. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus inaequalis
A pulse irregular in rhythm and force. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus incongruens
Synonym for pulsus differens ... A condition in which the pulses in the two radial or other corresponding arteries differ in strength. ... Synonym: pulsus incongruens. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus infrequens
A slow pulse. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus intercidens
Synonym for intermittent pulse ... Irregularity of the heart due to extrasystoles which are too weak to open the semilunar valves; often owing to the long pause following the premature beat, extra long pauses equal to two regular cycles occur from time to time between pulse beats. ... Synonym: pulsus intercidens. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus intercurrens
An occasional strong dicrotic pulse wave giving the impression of an intercurrent ventricular contraction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus irregularis perpetuus
Permanently irregular pulse often caused by, or characteristic of, atrial fibrillation; it may also be produced by a wide variety of other chaotic rhythms. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus magnus
A large full pulse. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus mollis
A soft, easily compressible pulse. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus monocrotus
Synonym for monocrotic pulse ... A pulse without any perceptible dicrotism. ... Synonym: pulsus monocrotus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus myurus
A pulse marked by a wave, the apex of which is reached suddenly and which then subsides very gradually. ... Synonym: mousetail pulse. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus paradoxus
Synonym for paradoxical pulse ... An exaggeration of the normal variation in the pulse volume with respiration, becoming weaker with inspiration and stronger with expiration; characteristic of cardiac tamponade, rare in constrictive pericarditis; so called because these changes are independent of changes in the cardiac rate as measured directly or b …

pulsus parvus
A pulse of small amplitude, as in aortic stenosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus parvus et tardus
Small, late pulse considered typical of severe aortic stenosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus quadrigeminus
Synonym for quadrigeminal pulse ... A pulse in which the beats are grouped in fours, a pause following every fourth beat. ... Synonym: pulsus quadrigeminus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus rarus
Synonym for pulsus tardus ... A pulse with pathologically gradual upstroke typical of severe aortic stenosis. ... See: plateau pulse. ... Synonym: pulsus rarus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus respiratione intermittens
Synonym for paradoxical pulse ... An exaggeration of the normal variation in the pulse volume with respiration, becoming weaker with inspiration and stronger with expiration; characteristic of cardiac tamponade, rare in constrictive pericarditis; so called because these changes are independent of changes in the cardiac rate as measured directly or b …

pulsus tardus
A pulse with pathologically gradual upstroke typical of severe aortic stenosis. ... See: plateau pulse. ... Synonym: pulsus rarus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus tremulus
A feeble fluttering pulse. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus trigeminus
Synonym for trigeminal pulse ... A pulse in which the beats occur in trios, a pause following every third beat. ... Synonym: pulsus trigeminus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus vacuus
A very weak pulse hardly distending the arterial wall. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulsus venosus
Synonym for venous pulse ... A pulsation occurring in the veins, especially the internal jugular vein. ... Synonym: pulsus venosus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pultaceous
Macerated; pulpy. ... Origin: G. Poltos, porridge ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulverise
To reduce to a powder. ... Origin: L. Pulverizo, fr. Pulvis, pulveris, dust ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulverization
Reduction to powder. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulverulent
In a state of powder; powdery. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulvinar nucleus
The large caudal portion of the lateral thalamic nuclear group; may be divided into oral, inferior, medial and lateral parts based on cytoarchitecture and connections; functionally related to the visual system. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulvinate
Raised or convex, denoting a form of surface elevation of a bacterial culture. ... Origin: L. Pulvinus, cushion ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pulvinus
<plant biology> A swelling at the base of the stalk of a leaf or leaflet, often glandular or responsive to touch. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

PUM
See Piling unmerchantable material. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

pumice
<chemical> A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray colour, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, especially. In the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. ... Synonym: …

pumiced foot
A condition of the horse's hoof, frequently associated with chronic laminitis, in which the sole is level with or extends beyond the bearing surface of the hoof wall, causing lameness, particularly when the animal moves on hard surfaces; the sole becomes thick and flaky. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pump
An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston. ... For various kinds of pumps, see Air p …

pump failure
A term used to emphasize mechanical default of the heart as a pump; in acute myocardial infarction, pump failure signifies congestive heart failure, pulmonary oedema, or cardiogenic shock. ... Compare: electrical failure. ... Synonym: power failure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pump lung
Synonym for shock lung ... In shock, the development of oedema, impaired perfusion, and reduction in alveolar space so that the alveoli collapse. ... Synonym: pump lung, wet lung, white lung. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pump-oxygenator
A machine that does the work both of the heart (pump blood) and the lungs (oxygenate the blood). Used, for example, in open heart surgery. Blood returning to the heart is diverted through the machine before returning it to the arterial circulation. Also called a heart-lung machine. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pumpkin
<botany> A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion. Pumpkin seed. The flattish oval seed of the pumpkin. ... <zoology> The common pondfish. ... Origin: For older pompion, pompon, OF. Pompon, L. Pepo, peponis, Gr, properly, cooked by the sun, ripe, mellow; so called becaus …

pun
A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation. 'A better put on this word was made on the Beggar's Opera, which, it was said, made Gay rich, and Rich gay.' (Walpole) ... Origin: Cf. Pun to pound, Pound t …

puna
Synonym: altitude sickness. ... Origin: Sp., fr. Quechua puna, a high, dry Andean plateau ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punch
To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket. Punching machine, or Punching press, a machine tool for punching holes in metal or other material; called also punch press. ... Origin: From Punch, a tool; cf. F. Poinconner. ... A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), suga …

punch biopsy
A punch is an instrument for cutting and removing a disk of tissue. A punch biopsy of the skin may for example be done to make the diagnosis of a malignancy. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

punch card
A card on which data are stored by means of holes made in specified positions so that data can be sorted, processed, and analyzed. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punch grafts
Small full-thickness graft's of the scalp, removed with a circular punch and transplanted to a bald area to grow hair. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punchdrunk
See: punchdrunk syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punchdrunk syndrome
<syndrome> A condition seen in boxers, often years after their retirement, and presumably caused by repeated cerebral injury, characterised by weakness in the lower limbs, unsteadiness of gait, slowness of muscular movements, tremors of hands, dysarthria, and slow cerebration. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puncta
Plural of punctum. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctate
<dermatology> Marked with dots. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

punctate basophilia
Synonym for stippling ... 1. A speckling of a blood cell or other structure with fine dots when exposed to the action of a basic stain, due to the presence of free basophil granules in the cell protoplasm. ... Synonym: punctate basophilia. ... 2. An orange peel appearance of the attached gingiva. ... 3. A roughening of the surfaces of a denture base to …

punctate cataract
An incomplete cataract in which there are opaque dots scattered through the lens. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctate haemorrhage
Synonym for petechial haemorrhage ... Capillary haemorrhage into the skin that forms petechiae. ... Synonym: punctate haemorrhage. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctate hyalosis
A condition marked by minute opacities in the vitreous. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctate keratitis
Synonym for keratic precipitates ... Inflammatory cells on the corneal endothelium. ... Synonym: punctate keratitis, keratitis punctata. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctate keratoderma
Horny papules over the palms, soles, and digits that develop central plugs; seen commonly in blacks. ... Synonym: keratoma disseminatum, keratosis punctata. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctate parotiditis
Recurrent or chronic parotiditis with terminal sialectasis, giving a punctate pattern on sialography; associated with epithelial hyperplasia of intralobular ducts, atrophy of acini, and lymphocytic infiltration, characteristic in Sjogren's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctate retinitis
See: retinopathy punctata albescens. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puncticulate
<dermatology> Minutely dotted. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

punctiform
Very small but not microscopic, having a diameter of less than 1 mm. ... Origin: L. Punctum, a point, + forma, shape ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctuation codon
Synonym for termination codon ... <molecular biology> The three codons, UAA known as ochre, UAG as amber and UGA as opal, that do not code for an amino acid but act as signals for the termination of protein synthesis. ... They are not represented by any tRNA and termination is catalysed by protein release factors. There are two release factors …

punctum
A point. Punctum caecum. [L, blind point. ... <anatomy> Same as Blind spot, under Blind. Punctum proximum, near point. See Point. Punctum remotum, far point. See Point. ... <botany> Punctum vegetationis [L, point of vegetation], the terminal cell of a stem, or of a leaf bud, from which new growth originates. ... Origin: L, a point. ... Sour …

punctum caecum
The blind spot in the visual field corresponding to the location of the optic disk. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctum coxale
The highest point of the crest of the ilium. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctum dolorosum
See: Valleix's points. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctum lacrimale
Synonym for lacrimal punctum ... The minute circular opening of the lacrimal canaliculus, on the margin of each eyelid near the medial commissure. ... Synonym: punctum lacrimale, lacrimal opening. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctum luteum
Synonym for macula retinae ... An oval area of the sensory retina, 3 by 5 mm, temporal to the optic disk corresponding to the posterior pole of the eye; at its centre is the central fovea, which contains only retinal cones. ... Synonym: area centralis, macula lutea, macular area, punctum luteum, Soemmerring's spot, yellow spot. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctum ossificationis
Synonym for centre of ossification ... <orthopaedics, physiology> The site of earliest bone formation via accumulation of osteoblasts within connective tissue (membranous ossification) or of earliest destruction of cartilage prior to onset of ossification (endochondral ossification). ... Synonym: punctum ossificationis, ossific centre, point of …

punctum ossificationis primarium
Synonym for primary centre of ossification ... This is the first site where bone begins to form in the shaft of a long bone or in the body of an irregular bone. ... Synonym: punctum ossificationis primarium, primary point of ossification. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctum ossificationis secundarium
Synonym for secondary centre of ossification ... This is the centre of bone formation appearing later than the punctum ossificationis primarium, usually in epiphysis. ... Synonym: punctum ossificationis secundarium, secondary point of ossification. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctum proximum
Synonym for near point ... That point in conjugate focus with the retina when the eye exerts maximal accommodation. ... Synonym: punctum proximum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctum remotum
Synonym for far point ... That point in conjugate focus with the retina when the eye is not accommodating. ... Synonym: punctum remotum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

punctum vasculosum
One of the minute dots seen on section of the brain, due to small drops of blood at the cut extremities of the arteries. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puncture
1. The act of piercing or penetrating with a pointed object or instrument. ... 2. <surgery> A wound so made. ... Origin: L. Punctura ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

puncture wound
An injury from piercing or penetrating with a pointed object. Any puncture wound through tennis shoes (as with a nail) has a high risk of infection because the foam in tennis shoes can harbor a bacteria (pseudomonas). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

punctures
Incision of tissues for injection of medication or for other diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. Punctures of the skin, for example may be used for diagnostic drainage; of blood vessels for diagnostic imaging procedures. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pungent
Ending in a stiff, sharp point, having an acrid taste or smell. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

punishment
The application of an unpleasant stimulus or penalty for the purpose of eliminating or correcting undesirable behaviour. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

PUO
<abbreviation> Pyrexia of unknown (or uncertain) origin, a term applied to febrile illness before diagnosis has been established; also referred to as FUO (fever of unknown origin). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pupa
Origin: L. Pupa girl. Doll, puppet, fem. Of pupus. Cf. Puppet. ... 1. <zoology> Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage. ... Among insects belonging to the higher orders, as the Hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, the pupa is inactive and takes no food; in the lower orders it is …

pupil
1. A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor. 'Too far in years to be a pupil now.' (Shak) 'Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.' (L'Estrange) ... 2. A person under a guardian; a ward. ... 3. A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female. ... Sy …

pupilla
Synonym: pupil. ... Origin: L. Dim. Of pupa, a girl or doll ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pupillary axis
A line perpendicular to the surface of the cornea, passing through the centre of the pupil; the 'direction of gaze.' ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pupillary block glaucoma
Glaucoma secondary to failure of the aqueous humor to pass through the pupil to the anterior chamber. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pupillary border of iris
The inner border of the iris that forms the edge of the pupil. ... Synonym: margo pupillaris iridis, pupillary margin of iris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pupillary dilation
<ophthalmology> The action of stretching or enlarging the pupil for example by atropine. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...