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


rhagiocrine cell
Synonym for macrophage ... Relatively long lived phagocytic cell of mammalian tissues, derived from blood monocyte. Macrophages from different sites have distinctly different properties. Main types are peritoneal and alveolar macrophages, tissue macrophages (histiocytes), Kupffer cells of the liver and osteoclasts. In response to foreign materials m …

rhamnanase
<enzyme> An enzyme borne on the typing phage a7 that specifically cleaves rhamnan and releases oligosaccharides ... Registry number: EC 3.2.1.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

rhamnogalacturonan
<plant biology> Plant cell wall polysaccharide consisting principally of rhamnose and galacturonic acid. ... Present as a major part of the pectin of the primary cell wall. Two types known: rhamnogalacturonan I (RG I), the major component, which contains rhamnose, galacturonic acid, arabinose and galactose and rhamnogalacturonan II, (RG II), c …

rhamnogalacturonan acetylesterase
<enzyme> From aspergillus aculeatus; removes the acetyl esters from rhamnogalacturonan; acts in synergy with rhamnogalacturonases; genbank x89714 ... Registry number: EC 3.1.1.- ... Synonym: rgae enzyme ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

rhamnogalacturonan rhamnohydrolase
<enzyme> Active towards terminal, nonreducing rhamnose alpha-1,4-linked to galacturonic acid ... Registry number: EC 3.2.1.- ... Synonym: rg-rhamnohydrolase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

rhamnose
<biochemistry> A sugar found in plant glycosides. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

rhamnose permease
<chemical> ... Synonym: rhat gene product, rhat protein, l-rhamnose-h symporter ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

rhamnoside
A glycoside of rhamnose. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhamnulokinase
<enzyme> Specified by structural gene rhab from E coli; catalyses the phosphorylation of rhamnulose to rhamnulose 1-phosphate in the presence of ATP ... Registry number: EC 2.7.1.5 ... Synonym: rhamnulose kinase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

rhaphania
Synonym for raphania ... A spasmodic disease supposed to be due to poisoning by the seeds of Rhaphanus rhaphanistrum, the wild radish. ... Synonym: rhaphania. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhapsody
Origin: F. Rhapsodie, L. Rhapsodia, Gr, fr. A rhapsodist; to sew, stith together, unite + a song. See Ode. ... 1. A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one time; hence, a division of the Iliad or the Odyssey; called also a book. ... 2. A disconnected series of sentences or state …

rhathymia
Rarely used term for outgoing, carefree behaviour. ... Origin: G. Rhathymeo, to take a holiday, be relaxed ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhe
The absolute unit of fluidity, the reciprocal of the unit of viscosity. ... Origin: G. Rheos, a stream ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhea
<botany> The ramie or grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass. ... <ornithology> Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the American ostrich. ... The common rhea, or nandou (Rhea Americana), ranges from Brazil to Patagonia. Darwin's rhea (Pterocnemia …

rhegma
A rent or fissure. ... Origin: G. Breakage ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhegmatogenous
Arising from a bursting or fractionating of an organ. ... See: rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. ... Origin: G. Rhegma, breakage, + -gen, producing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
Retinal separation associated with a break, a hole, or a tear in the sensory retina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Rheinberg filter
<equipment> A colour-filter disk to be placed, as a dark field stop would be placed, below the substage condenser. ... The central circular area, that is filled with one of the two or three colour filters, should safely subtend the objective aperture. The annular quadrants around this are normally contrasting in colour. This is/are the colour …

Rheinberg microscope
<instrument> A modified form of dark-field microscope in which the central opaque stop in the condenser is replaced by a coloured filter, producing a background of contrasting colour against which the specimen is illuminated. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhenium
<chemical> Rhenium. A metal, atomic number 75, atomic weight 186.2, symbol re. ... Chemical name: Rhenium ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

rheo-
Blood flow; electrical current. ... Origin: G. Rheos, stream, current, flow ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheobase
The minimal strength of an electrical stimulus of indefinite duration that is able to cause excitation of a tissue, e.g., muscle or nerve. ... See: chronaxie. ... Synonym: galvanic threshold. ... Origin: rheo-+ G. Basis, a base ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheobasic
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a rheobase. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheocardiography
Impedance plethysmography applied to the heart. ... Origin: rheo-+ cardiography ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheochrysidin
The 3-methyl ether of emodin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheoencephalogram
Graphic registration of the changes in conductivity of tissue of the head caused by vascular factors. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheoencephalography
The technique of measuring blood flow of the brain; commonly used to denote impedance rheoencephalography which uses changes in electrical impedance and resistance as a measure of flow. ... Origin: rheo-+ encephalography ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheogram
A plot of the shear stress versus the shear rate for a fluid. ... Origin: rheo-+ G. Gramma, something written ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheologist
A specialist in rheology. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheology
<study> Study of the flow of matter such as fermentation liquids. ... (14 Nov 1997) ...

rheopexy
A property of certain materials in which an increased rate of shear favours an increase in viscosity. ... Origin: rheo-+ G. Pexis, fixation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheostosis
A hypertrophying and condensing osteitis which tends to run in longitudinal streaks or columns, like wax drippings on a candle, and which involves a number of the long bones. ... Synonym: flowing hyperostosis, streak hyperostosis. ... Origin: rheo-+ G. Osteon, bone, + -osis, condition ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheotaxis
<cell biology> Tactic response taxis to the direction of flow of a fluid. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

rheotropism
A movement contrary to the motion of a current, involving part of an organism, rather than the organism as a whole, as in rheotaxis. ... Origin: rheo-+ G. Tropos, a turning ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Rhese projection
Oblique radiographic view of the skull to show the optic foramen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhestocythemia
The presence of broken down red blood cells in the peripheral circulation. ... Origin: G. Rhaio, to destroy, + kytos, a hollow (a cell), + haima, blood ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Rhesus blood group
<haematology> Human blood group system with allelic red cell antigens C, D and E. ... The D antigen is the strongest. Red cells from a Rhesus positive foetus cross the placenta and can sensitise a Rehesus negative mother, expecially at parturition. The mother's antibody may then, in a subsequent pregnancy, cause haemolytic disease of the newbo …

rhesus disease
Sensitization of the mother during pregnancy to Rh factor in foetal blood, leading to erythroblastosis foetalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhesus incompatibility
<haematology> A blood incompatibility between the mother and her baby. During childbirth if the mother is Rh negative and the baby is Rh positive, blood can enter the maternal circulation (from the baby) sensitising the mother against Rh factor. The mother's immune system will produce antibodies to Rh factor. In subsequent pregnancies, these …

rheum
<botany> A genus of plants. See Rhubarb. ... Origin: NL, from L. Rha the river Volga, on the banks of which it grows. See Rhubarb. ... <medicine> A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose. 'I have a rheum in mine eyes too.' (Shak) Salt rheum. ... <medicine> See Salt rheum, in the Vocab. ... Origin: OF. Reume, …

rheumatalgia
An obsolete term for rheumatic pain. ... Origin: G. Rheuma, flux, + algos, pain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheumatic
1. Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic. ... 2. <medicine> Of or pertaining to rheumatism; as, rheumatic pains or affections; affected with rheumatism; as, a rheumatic old man; causing rheumatism; as, a rheumatic day. 'That rheumatic diseases do abound.' (Shak) ... Origin: Gr. Subject to a discharge or flux: cf. L. Rheumatic …

rheumatic arteritis
Arteritis due to rheumatic fever; Aschoff bodies are frequently found in the adventitia of small arteries, especially in the myocardium, and may lead to fibrosis and constriction of the lumens. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheumatic chorea
Synonym for Sydenham's chorea ... A postinfectious chorea appearing several months after a streptococcal infection with subsequent rheumatic fever. The chorea typically involves the distal limbs and is associated with hypotonia and emotional lability. Improvement occurs over weeks or months and exacerbations occur without associated infection recurr …

rheumatic disease
See: rheumatism. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheumatic diseases
Disorders of connective tissue, especially the joints and related structures, characterised by inflammation, degeneration, or metabolic derangement. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

rheumatic endocarditis
Endocardial involvment as part of rheumatic heart disease, recognised clinically by valvular involvement; in the acute stage, there may be tiny fibrin vegetations along the lines of closure of the valve leaflets, with subsequent fibrous thickening and shortening of the leaflets. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheumatic fever
<microbiology> Disease involving inflammation of joints and damage to heart valves that follows streptococcal infection and is believed to be autoimmune, i.e. Antibodies to streptococcal components cross react with host tissue antigens. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

rheumatic heart disease
The most important manifestation of and sequel to rheumatic fever, i.e., any cardiac involvement in rheumatic fever. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

rheumatic nodule
A small round or oval, mostly subcutaneous nodule made up chiefly of a mass of aschoff bodies and seen in cases of rheumatic fever. It is differentiated from the rheumatoid nodule which appears in rheumatoid arthritis, most frequently over bony prominences. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

rheumatic pericarditis
Fibrinous pericarditis occurring in acute rheumatic fever. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheumatic pneumonia
Pneumonia rarely occurring in severe acute rheumatic fever, even when the disease was common; consolidation occurs, the lungs being of a rubbery consistency, with fibrin exudate and small haemorrhages, as well as oedema from left ventrical failure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheumatic tetany
An acute epidemic form of tetany, of several weeks' duration, occurring chiefly in winter. ... Synonym: epidemic tetany. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheumatic torticollis
Synonym for symptomatic torticollis ... Stiff neck due to cervical or neck myositis, chiefly of the sternocleidomastoid, occurring especially in children. ... Synonym: rheumatic torticollis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheumatic valvulitis
Valvulitis characterised in the acute stage by small fibrin vegetations along the lines of closure and by Aschoff bodies in the cusps; in the chronic stage, it is characterised by scarring, commissural adhesion, and stenosis and/or regurgitation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheumatid
Rheumatic nodules or other eruptions which may accompany rheumatism. ... Origin: G. Rheum, flux, + -id ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheumatism
<medicine> A general disease characterised by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart. ... <medicine> Inflammatory rheumatism, acute rheumatism attended with fever, and attacking usually the larger joints, which become swollen, …

rheumatism of the heart
Rheumatic cardiac valvular disease, most often of the mitral and aortic valves. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheumatocelis
Rarely used term for Henoch-Schonlein purpura. ... Origin: G. Rheuma, flux, + kelis, spot ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheumatoid
<pathology> Resembling rheumatism. ... Origin: Gr. Rheuma = flux, eidos = form ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

rheumatoid arteritis
Coronary arteritis associated with rheumatoid arthritis; aortitis with aortic valve incompetence accompanying ankylosing spondylitis may be related. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheumatoid arthritis
<rheumatology> Chronic inflammatory disease in which there is destruction of joints. Considered by some to be an autoimmune disorder in which immune complexes are formed in joints and excite an inflammatory response (complex mediated hypersensitivity). ... Cell-mediated (type IV) hypersensitivity also occurs and macrophages accumulate. This in …

rheumatoid disease
Rheumatoid arthritis, referring particularly to nonarticular lesions such as subcutaneous nodules. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheumatoid factor
Complex of IgG and anti-igG formed in joints in rheumatoid arthritis. Serum rheumatoid factors are more usually formed from IgM antibodies directed against IgG. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

rheumatoid factors
Antibodies in the serum of individuals with rheumatoid arthritis that react with antigenic determinants or immunoglobulins that enhance agglutination of suspended particles coated with pooled human gamma-globulin. Rheumatoid factors also occur in other autoimmune and certain infectious diseases. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rheumatoid lung disease
<radiology> Pleural effusion, most common finding, seen mostly in males (although RA more common in females), diffuse interstitial fibrosis, necrobiotic nodules, Caplan syndrome, nodules and pneumoeritis and hypertension ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

rheumatoid nodule
Subcutaneous nodules seen in 20-30% of rheumatoid arthritis patients. They may arise anywhere on the body, but are most frequently found over the bony prominences. The nodules are characterised histologically by dense areas of fibrinoid necrosis with basophilic streaks and granules, surrounded by a palisade of cells, mainly fibroblasts and histiocy …

rheumatoid nodules
rheumatoid nodules are firm lumps in the skin of patients with rheumatoid arthritis that usually occur in pressure points of the body, most commonly the elbows ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

rheumatoid spondylitis
Synonym for ankylosing spondylitis ... <rheumatology> A polyarthritis involving the spine, which is characterised by progressive, painful stiffening of the joints and ligaments. It almost exclusively affects young men. ... Interestingly the disease seems to be associated with HLA B27, those with this histocompatability antigen are 300 times mor …

rheumatologist
A medical doctor who specialises in rheumatology. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

rheumatology
<study> A branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of arthritis. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

rhexis
An obsolete term for bursting or rupture of an organ or vessel. ... Origin: G. Rhexis, rupture ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhigosis
The perception of cold. ... Origin: G. Rhigoo, to be cold, + -osis, condition ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhigotic
Pertaining to rhigosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhin-
Rhino- ... The nose. ... Origin: G. Rhis ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhinal fissure
Synonym for rhinal sulcus ... The shallow rostral continuation of the collateral sulcus that delimits the rostral part of the parahippocampal gyrus from the fusiform or lateral occipitotemporal gyrus. One of the oldest sulci of the pallium, it marks the border between the neocortex and the allocortical (olfactory). ... Synonym: sulcus rhinalis, rhina …

rhinal sulcus
The shallow rostral continuation of the collateral sulcus that delimits the rostral part of the parahippocampal gyrus from the fusiform or lateral occipitotemporal gyrus. One of the oldest sulci of the pallium, it marks the border between the neocortex and the allocortical (olfactory). ... Synonym: sulcus rhinalis, rhinal fissure. ... (05 Mar 2000)
rhinalgia
Pain in the nose. ... Synonym: rhinodynia. ... Origin: rhin-+ G. Algos, pain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhinarium
The area of hairless skin surrounding the nostrils in some mammals. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhinedema
Swelling of the nasal mucous membrane. ... Origin: rhin-+ G. Oidema, swelling ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhinenchysis
A nasal douche; washing out the nasal cavities. ... Origin: rhin-+ G. Enchysis, a pouring in ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhinion
A craniometric point: the lower end of the internal suture. ... Origin: G. Rhinion, nostril, dim. Of rhis (rhin-), nose ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhinism
Synonym for rhinolalia ... Nasalised speech. ... Synonym: rhinism, rhinophonia. ... Origin: rhino-+ G. Lalia, talking ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhinitis
<pathology> Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

rhinitis medicamentosa
Inflammation of the nasal mucosa secondary to excessive or improper topical medication. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhinitis nervosa
Synonym for hay fever ... <chest medicine> An inflammatory response in the nasal passages to an allergic stimulus. Often includes: nasal congestion, sneezing, runny or itchy nose. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

rhinitis sicca
A form of chronic rhinitis with little or no secretion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhinitis, allergic
The medical term for hayfever. (Hay fever is a misnomer since hay is not a usual cause of this problem and there is no fever. Many substances cause the allergic symptoms in hay fever. Allergic rhinitis is the correct term for this allergic reaction. Rhinitis means irritation of the nose and is a derivative of rhino, meaning nose.) symptoms include …

rhinitis, allergic, perennial
Allergic rhinitis (hayfever) that occurs throughout the year. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

rhinitis, allergic, seasonal
Allergic rhinitis (hayfever) which occurs during a specific season. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

rhinitis, atrophic
A chronic form of rhinitis marked by wasting of the mucous membrane and the glands. It is usually associated with crusting and foul-smelling discharges. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

rhinitis, vasomotor
A form of rhinitis brought about by changes in vascular tone and permeability. The aetiology is obscure. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

rhino-
<prefix> A combining form from Greek, the nose, as in rhinolith, rhinology. ... (29 Oct 1998) ...

rhinoanemometer
A variation of the pneumotachometer, used for measuring nasal air flow and nasal resistance to air flow. ... Origin: rhino-+ G. Anemos, wind, + metron, measure ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhinocanthectomy
<procedure> An obsolete term for excision of the inner canthus of the eye. ... Origin: rhino-+ G. Kanthos, canthus, + ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhinocele
Cavity (ventricle) of the rhinencephalon, the primitive olfactory part of the telencephalon. ... Origin: rhino-+ G. Koilia, a hollow ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhinocephaly
Rhinencephaly;a form of cyclopia in which the nose is represented by a fleshy proboscis-like protuberance arising above the slitlike orbits, and the rhinencephalic lobes of the telencephalon are poorly developed with some tendency to become fused together. ... Origin: rhino-+ G. Kephale, head ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

rhinoceros
<zoology> Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidae, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout. ... The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses …

rhinochiloplasty
Plastic surgery of the nose and upper lip. ... Origin: rhino-+ G. Cheilos, lip, + plastos, formed ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Rhinocladiella
A genus of dematiaceous (dark coloured) fungi, characterised by acrotheca, that cause chromoblastomycosis. ... See: Phialophora. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...