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


purpura urticans
Purpura simplex accompanied by an urticarial eruption. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

purpura, anaphylactoid
See Purpura, Henoch-Schonlein. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

purpura, henoch-schonlein
HSP is a form of blood vessel inflammation, a vasculitis that affects small arterial vessels in the skin (capillaries) and the kidneys. Hsp results in skin rash associated with joint inflammation (arthritis) and cramping pain in the abdomen. Hsp frequently follows a bacterial or viral infection of the throat or breathing passages and is an unusual …

purpura, hyperglobulinaemic
Purpura associated with an increase in gamma-globulins. The condition is no longer considered a specific entity since the clinical and laboratory findings are observed in a variety of haematologic conditions. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

purpura, schoenlein-henoch
A form of nonthrombocytopenic purpura due to a hypersensitivity vasculitis (vasculitis, hypersensitivity) associated with a variety of clinical symptoms including urticaria and erythema, arthropathy and arthritis, gastrointestinal symptoms, and renal involvement. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

purpura, thrombocytopenic
Any form of purpura in which the platelet count is decreased. Many forms are thought to be caused by immunological mechanisms. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

purpurea glycosides
The cardioactive precursor glycosides of Digitalis purpurea; they are structurally identical with desacetyl-lanatosides A and B, respectively. ... See: lanatosides A, B, and C. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

purpureo-
1. <prefix> A combining form signifying of a purple or purple-red colour. ... 2. <chemistry> More specifically used in designating certain brilliant purple-red compounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia, similar to the roseocobaltic compounds. See Cobaltic. ... (29 Oct 1998) ...

purpuric
1. <medicine> Of or pertaining to purpura. ... 2. <chemistry> Pertaining to or designating, a nitrogenous acid contained in uric acid. It is not known in the pure state, but forms well-known purple-red compounds (as murexide), whence its name. ... Purpuric acid was formerly used to designate murexan. See Murexan. ... Origin: Cf. F. Purpuri …

purpurin
<protein> Heparin binding protein (20 kD) released by chick neural retina cells in culture. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

purpurinuria
Synonym for porphyrinuria ... Excretion of porphyrins and related compounds in the urine. ... Synonym: porphyruria, purpurinuria. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

purr
A low vibratory murmur. ... Synonym: fremissement cattaire. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

purse
1. A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie. ' who steals my purse steals trash.' (Shak) ... 2. Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse. ... 3. A sum of money offered as a prize, or …

purse-string instrument
An intestinal clamp with jaws at an angle to the handle; when closed across the bowel, large grooved interdigitating serrations allow passage of a straight needle and suture through each side to form a purse-string suture, after which the clamp is removed. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

purse-string suture
A continuous suture placed in a circular manner either for inversion (as for an appendiceal stump) or closure (as for a hernia). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pursed lips breathing
A technique in which air is inhaled slowly through the nose and mouth and exhaled slowly through pursed lips; used by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to improve their breathing by increasing resistance to air flow, forcibly dilating small bronchi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

purser
1. A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; now called paymaster. ... 2. A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc. ... 3. Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier. Purser's name, a false name …

purslane
<botany> An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling. Flowering purslane, or Great flowered purslane, the Portulaca grandiflora. See Portulaca. Purslane tree, a South African shrub (Portulacaria Afra) with many small opposite fleshy obovate …

pursue
1. To go in pursuit; to follow. 'The wicked flee when no man pursueth.' (Prov. Xxviii. 1) 'Men hotly pursued after the objects of their ambition.' (Earle) ... 2. To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue. ... Origin: A Gallicism] 'I have, pursues Carneades, wondered chemists should not consider.' (Boyle) ... 3. To follow a …

pursuit
1. The act of following or going after; especially, a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an enemy. 'Weak we are, and can not shun pursuit.' (Shak) ... 2. A following with a view to reach, accomplish, or obtain; endeavor to attain to or gain; as, the pursuit of knowledge …

pursuit, smooth
Eye movements that are slow, continuous, and conjugate and occur when a fixed object is moved slowly. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Purtscher
Otmar, German ophthalmologist, 1852-1927. ... See: Purtscher's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Purtscher's disease
Synonym for Purtscher's retinopathy ... Transient traumatic retinal angiopathy due to a sudden rise in venous pressure, as in compression of the body from seat belt injury; ocular fundi show large white patches associated with the retinal veins about the disk or macula, haemorrhages, and retinal oedema; thought to be due to fat embolism from bone ma …

Purtscher's retinopathy
Transient traumatic retinal angiopathy due to a sudden rise in venous pressure, as in compression of the body from seat belt injury; ocular fundi show large white patches associated with the retinal veins about the disk or macula, haemorrhages, and retinal oedema; thought to be due to fat embolism from bone marrow. ... Synonym: Purtscher's disease, …

purulence
Purulency ... The condition of containing or forming pus. ... Origin: L. Purulentia, a festering, fr. Pus (pur-), pus ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

purulent
<microbiology> Consisting of or containing pus, associated with the formation of or caused by pus. ... Origin: L. Purulentus ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

purulent conjunctivitis
A violently acute inflammation of the conjunctiva, with copious pus and a marked tendency for corneal involvement. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

purulent cyclitis
Suppurative inflammation of the ciliary body. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

purulent encephalitis
Synonym for bacterial encephalitis ... Encephalitis of bacterial aetiology. ... Synonym: encephalitis pyogenica, purulent encephalitis, suppurative encephalitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

purulent inflammation
An acute exudative inflammation in which the accumulation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes is sufficiently great that their enzymes cause liquefaction of the affected tissues, focally or diffusely; the purulent exudate is frequently termed pus, and consists of plasma and its constituents, end products of the enzymatic digestion of tissue, degenerate …

purulent ophthalmia
Purulent conjunctivitis, usually of gonorrhoeal origin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

purulent pericarditis
Pericarditis, usually bacterial, with pus in the sac. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

purulent pleurisy
Pleurisy with empyema. ... Synonym: suppurative pleurisy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

purulent pneumonia
Pneumonia caused by an organism that produces pus, implying that there can be destruction of lung tissue with permanent changes; usually sputum contains pus. Staphylococci, haemolytic streptococci, and Friedlander's bacillus are typical causes, as opposed to Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is rarely a cause of purulent pneumonia. ... (05 Mar 2000)
purulent retinitis
Synonym for metastatic retinitis ... Purulent or septic retinitis resulting from the arrest of septic emboli in the retinal vessels. ... Synonym: purulent retinitis, septic retinitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

purulent synovitis
Synonym for suppurative arthritis ... Acute inflammation of synovial membranes, with purulent effusion into a joint, due to bacterial infection; the usual route of infection is hemic to the synovial tissue, causing destruction of the articular cartilage, and may become chronic, with sinus formation, osteomyelitis, deformity, and disability. ... Synon …

puruloid
Resembling pus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

purvey
1. To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like. 'Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey Yourself of sword before that bloody day.' (Spenser) ... 2. To procure; to get. 'I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin.' (Sir W. Scot) ... Origin: OE. Purveien, porveien, OF. Porveeir, porveoir, F. Pou …

purveyance
1. The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. 'The ill purveyance of his page.' (Spenser) ... 2. That which is provided; provisions; food. ... 3. A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was …

purview
1. The body of a statute, or that part which begins with ' Be it enacted, ' as distinguished from the preamble. Hence: The limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions. 'Profanations within the purview of several statutes.' (Bacon) ... 2. Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent. 'In determining the extent of infor …

pus
<microbiology> A liquid, usually yellowish (to green) that is formed in certain infections and is composed of white blood cells, bacteria and cellular debris. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

pus basin
A receptacle curved so as to fit closely the surface to which it is applied, used to receive the pus from a wound during its cleansing and redressing. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pus cell
Synonym for pus corpuscle ... One of the polymorphonuclear leukocytes that comprise the chief portion of the formed elements in pus. ... Synonym: pus cell, pyocyte. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pus corpuscle
One of the polymorphonuclear leukocytes that comprise the chief portion of the formed elements in pus. ... Synonym: pus cell, pyocyte. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pus tube
Synonym for pyosalpinx ... Distention of a fallopian tube with pus. ... Synonym: pus tube. ... Origin: pyo-+ G. Salpinx, trumpet (tube) ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

push
1. To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; opposed to draw. 'Sidelong had pushed a mountain from his seat.' (Milton) ... 2. To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore. 'If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, . . . The ox shall be stoned.' (Ex. Xxi. 32)< …

push-back procedure
A surgical manoeuvre designed to reposition the soft palate posteriorly and reestablish velopharyngeal competence. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pusillanimous
1. Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly; said of persons, as, a pussillanimous prince. ... 2. Evincing, or characterised by, weakness of mind, and want of courage; feeble; as, pusillanimous counsels. 'A low and pusillanimous spirit.' ... Synonym: Cowardly, dastardly, mea …

puss
1. A cat; a fondling appellation. ... 2. A hare; so called by sportsmen. Puss in the corner, a game in which all the players but one occupy corners of a room, or certain goals in the open air, and exchange places, the one without a corner endeavoring to get a corner while it is vacant, leaving some other without one. ... <zoology> Puss moth, an …

pussy
1. A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl. ... 2. A catkin of the pussy willow. ... 3. The game of tipcat; also called pussy cat. ... <botany> Pussy willow, any kind of willow having large cylindrical catkins clothed with long glossy hairs, especially the American Salix discolour. ... Synonym: glaucous willow, and swamp willow.< …

pustular
<dermatology> Pertaining to or of the nature of a pustule, consisting of pustules (= a visible collection of pus within or beneath the epidermis). ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

pustular blepharitis
blepharitis follicularis ...

pustular miliaria
An eruption of pustules that occurs usually in very hot weather and mostly on the flexor aspects of the limbs, the groins, and the axillae; the lesions are situated at the orifices of sweat glands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pustular psoriasis
An extensive exacerbation of psoriasis, with pustule formation in the normal and psoriatic skin, fever, and granulocytosis; sometimes precipitated by oral steroids. ... Synonym: generalised pustular psoriasis of Zambusch. ... A local pustular eruption of the palms and soles, occurring most commonly in a patient with psoriasis; difficult to distinguis …

pustular syphilid
A type of pustular eruption occurring in secondary syphilis. ... Synonym: acne syphilitica, acneform syphilid, ecthymatous syphilid, impetiginous syphilid, varioliform syphilid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pustulate
<dermatology> Covered with small pustule- or blister-like elevations. ... (15 Dec 1997) ...

pustulate hair
<dermatology> Hair with an enlarged base. ... (15 Dec 1997) ...

pustulation
The formation or the presence of pustules. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pustuliform
Having the appearance of a pustule. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pustulocrustaceous
Marked by pustules crusted with dry pus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pustulosis
1. An eruption of pustules. ... 2. Term occasionally used to designate acropustulosis. ... Origin: L. Pustula, pustule, + G. -osis, condition ... Pustulosis palmaris et plantaris, a sterile pustular eruption of the fingers and toes, variously attributed to dyshidrosis, pustular psoriasis, and unidentified bacterial infection. ... Synonym: acrodermatiti …

pustulosis vacciniformis acuta
Synonym for eczema herpeticum ... A febrile condition caused by cutaneous dissemination of herpesvirus type 1, occurring most commonly in children, consisting of a widespread eruption of vesicles rapidly becoming umbilicated pustules; clinically indistinguishable from a generalised vaccinia. The two may be distinguished by electron microscopy or dem …

put
1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. ... 2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go. 'His fury thus appeased, he puts to land.' (Dryden) ... 3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put. To put about, to set sail; to begin a voyage; to advance into the ocean. To put up. To take lodgings; to lodge. To offer one's self as a candidate …

putative
Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child. 'His other putative (I dare not say feigned) friends.' 'Thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or pious, became customary, and then came for reverence into a putative and usurped authority.' (Jer. Taylor) ... Origin: L. Putativus, fr. Putare, putatum, to recko …

Putnam
James J., U.S. Neurologist, 1846-1918. ... See: Putnam-Dana syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Putnam-Dana syndrome
Synonym for subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord ... A subacute or chronic disorder of the spinal cord, such as that occurring in certain patients with vitamin B12 deficiency, characterised by a slight to moderate degree of gliosis in association with spongiform degeneration of the posterior and lateral columns. ... Synonym: combined scl …

putrefaction
1. The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter. ... Putrefaction is a complex phenomenon involving a multiplicity of chemical reactions, always accompanied by, and without doubt caused by, bacteria and vibriones; hence, putrefaction is a form of fermentation, and is sometimes called putrefaction fermentati …

putrefactive
Relating to or causing putrefaction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

putrefy
To cause to become, or to become, putrid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

putrescence
The state of putrefaction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

putrescent
Denoting, or in the process of, putrefaction. ... Origin: L. Putresco, to grow rotten, fr. Puter, rotten ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

putrescent pulp
A decomposed pulp, often infected. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

putrescine
<cell biology> An amine associated with putrifying tissue. Associates strongly with DNA. Has been suggested as a growth factor for mammalian cells in culture. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

putrescine synthase
<chemical> Plant enzyme which has agmatine iminohydrolase (EC 3.5.3.12), putrescine transcarbamylase (EC 2.1.3.6), ornithine transcarbamylase (EC 2.1.3.3) and carbamate kinase (EC 2.7.2.2) activities ... Chemical name: synthase, putrescine ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

putrid
1. Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction. ... 2. Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell. ... <medicine> Putrid fever, a gangrenous inflammation of the fauces and pharynx. ... Origin: L. Putridus, fr. Pu …

putrid bronchitis
Bronchitis accompanied by an expectoration of foul-smelling sputum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Putti
Vittorio, Italian surgeon, 1880-1940. ... See: Putti-Platt operation, Putti-Platt procedure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Putti-Platt operation
A procedure for recurrent dislocation of shoulder joint. ... Synonym: Putti-Platt procedure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Putti-Platt procedure
Synonym for Putti-Platt operation ... A procedure for recurrent dislocation of shoulder joint. ... Synonym: Putti-Platt procedure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

putty kidney
A kidney containing caseous material trapped by stricture of the ureter due to tuberculous granulations in renal tuberculosis. ... Synonym: mortar kidney. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

PUVA
Acronym for oral administration of psoralen and subsequent exposure to long wavelength ultraviolet light (uv-a); used to treat psoriasis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

puva therapy
Photochemotherapy using a psoralen compound as the photosensitizing agent and ultraviolet light type a (uva). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

PVC
Synonym for premature ventricular contractions ... Contractions of the lower chambers of the heart, the ventricles, which occur earlier than usual, because of abnormal electrical activity of the ventricles. The premature contraction is followed by a pause, as the heart electrical system resets itself and the contraction following the pause is usuall …

PVM virus
Synonym for pneumonia virus of mice ... An RNA virus of the genus Pneumovirus, a member of the family Paramyxoviridae, occurring normally as latent infection in laboratory mice, but capable of activation by serial intranasal passage and causing pneumonia. ... Synonym: PVM virus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

PVP
<abbreviation> Polyvinylpyrrolidone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

PVY protease
<enzyme> Potato virus polyprotein expressed in E coli was cleaved depending on the proteolytic activity of above enzyme; amino acid sequence given in first source ... Registry number: EC 3.4.99.- ... Synonym: potato virus y protease, protease nia ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

PWM
<abbreviation> Pokeweed mitogen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

PXE
Abbreviation for pseudoxanthoma elasticum, a rare disorder of degeneration of the elastic fibres with tiny areas of calcification in the skin, back of the eyes (retinae), and blood vessels. Pxe is inherited from the parents, either as an autosomal recessive or as an autosomal dominant trait. Pxe typically causes yellow-white small raised areas in t …

pyaemia
<microbiology> The invasion of bloodstream by pyogenic organisms. ... Origin: Gr. Haima = blood ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

pyaemic
Relating to or suffering from pyaemia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pyaemic abscess
A haematogenous abscess resulting from pyaemia, septicaemia, or bacteraemia. ... Synonym: septicaemic abscess. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pyaemic embolism
Plugging of an artery by an embolus detached from a suppurating thrombus. ... Synonym: infective embolism. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pyarthrosis
Synonym: suppurative arthritis. ... Origin: G. Pyon, pus, + arthrosis, a jointing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pycnidium
<plant biology> The male producing body of a rust. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

pycno-
See: pykno-. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pycnodysostosis
An inherited disorder of the bone. That causes short stature and abnormally dense brittle bones. Due to a defect in an enzyme: cathepsin k. The french artist toulouse-lautrec is thought to have pycnodysostosis. Also spelled pyknodysostosis with a k. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pycnogonida
<zoology> A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long. ... Synonym: Pantopoda. ... The abdomen is rudimentary, and the triangular mouth is at the end of a tubular proboscis. Many of them live at great depths in the sea, and the largest of them measure two feet across the extended legs.< …

pyel-
See: pyelo-. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pyelectasis
Pyelectasia ... Dilation of the pelvis of the kidney. ... Origin: pyel-+ G. Ektasis, extension ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pyelitic
Relating to pyelitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...