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

saddle head
Synonym for clinocephaly ... Craniosynostosis in which the upper surface of the skull is concave, presenting a saddle-shaped appearance in profile. ... Synonym: saddle head. ... Origin: clino-+ G. Kephale, head ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saddle joint
A biaxial synovial joint in which the double motion is effected by the opposition of two surfaces, each of which is concave in one direction and convex in the other; as in the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb. ... Synonym: articulatio sellaris, articulatio ovoidalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saddle nose
A nose with markedly depressed bridge, seen in congenital syphilis or after injury from trauma or operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saddleback
1. Anything saddle-backed; especially, a hill or ridge having a concave outline at the top. ... 2. <zoology> The harp seal. The great blackbacked gull (Larus marinus). ... The larva of a bombycid moth (Empretia stimulea) which has a large, bright green, saddle-shaped patch of colour on the back. ... See also: lordosis ... Source: Websters Diction …

sadism
A condition in which there is a derivation of pleasure from inflicting pain, discomfort or humiliation on another person or persons. The sexual significance of sadistic wishes or behaviour may be conscious or unconscious. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sadist
One who practices sadism. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sadistic
Pertaining to or characterised by sadism. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sadomasochism
A form of perversion marked by enjoyment of cruelty and/or humiliation in its received or active and/or dispensed and passive form. ... Origin: sadism + masochism ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sadomasochistic relationship
A relationship characterised by the complementary enjoyment of inflicting and suffering cruelty. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Saenger, Alfred
<person> German neurologist, 1860-1921. ... See: Saenger's sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Saenger, M
<person> Prague obstetrician, 1853-1903. ... See: Saenger's macula, Saenger's operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Saenger's macula
Synonym for macula gonorrhoica ... A spot of red brighter than the surrounding membrane, at the congested orifice of the duct of Bartholin's gland, sometimes seen in gonorrhoea. ... Synonym: Saenger's macula. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Saenger's operation
Cesarean section followed by careful closure of the uterine wound by three tiers of sutures. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Saenger's sign
<clinical sign> A lost light reflex of the pupil returns after a short time in the dark, noted in cerebral syphilis but absent in tabes dorsalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Saethre-Chotzen syndrome
Synonym for type III acrocephalosyndactyly ... An autosomal dominant syndrome with variable expression of brachycephaly, maxillary hypoplasia, prominent ear crus, syndactyly, facial asymmetry, shallow orbits, telecanthus, and nasal septal deviation; may show mental retardation. ... Synonym: Saethre-Chotzen syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

safe
1. Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes. 'And ye dwelled safe.' 'They escaped all safe all safe to land.' (Acts xxvii. 44) 'Established in a safe, unenvied throne.' (Milton) ... 2. Conferring safety; securing from harm; …

safe sex
Sexual practices that limit the risk of transmitting or acquiring an infectious disease via exchanges of semen, blood, and other bodily fluids, e.g., use of a condom, mutual masturbation, and avoidance of anal intercourse. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

safety
1. The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss. 'Up led by thee, Into the heaven I have presumed, An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down, Return me to my native element.' (Milton) ... 2. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from libility to cause danger or harm; saf …

safety factor
<radiobiology> The number of times a field line goes around a torus the long way for each time around the short way. ... In a tokamak, this number is typically near unity in the centre of the plasma and between two and 6 or 8 at the edge. So-called because it helps to determine the degree of stability the plasma has against certain instabiliti …

safety lens
A lens that meets government specifications of impact resistance; the increased impact resistance required for safety lens's is obtained by tempering, by an ion-exchange process, or by using laminated or plastic lenses. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

safety management
The development of systems to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences in an institutional setting. The concept includes prevention or reduction of adverse events or incidents involving employees, patients, or facilities. Examples include plans to reduce injuries from falls or plans for fire safety to promote a safe institutional …

safety spectacles
Synonym for protective spectacles ... Spectacles which protect against ultraviolet or infrared rays or against mechanical injuries. ... Synonym: safety spectacles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

safety strap
<dentistry> A plastic strap which prevents a face-bow from coming loose and hurting you. ... (08 Jan 1998) ...

safflower
1. <botany> An annual composite plant (Carthamus tinctorius), the flowers of which are used as a dyestuff and in making rouge; bastard, or false, saffron. ... 2. The died flowers of the Carthamus tinctorius. ... 3. A dyestuff from these flowers. See Safranin . Oil of safflower, a purgative oil expressed from the seeds of the safflower. ... Origi …

safflower oil
<chemical> An oily liquid extracted from the seeds of the safflower, carthamus tinctorius. It is used as a dietary supplement in the management of hypercholesterolaemia. It is used also in cooking, as a salad oil, and as a vehicle for medicines, paints, varnishes, etc. ... Chemical name: Safflower oil ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

saffron
1. <botany> A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus. ... 2. The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in colouring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc, and was formerly much used in medicine. ... 3. …

safranin
<chemistry> An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron. ... A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet. ... Synonym: Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin. ... An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the saf …

safranin O
A mixture of dimethyl-and trimethylphenosafranin chloride, a basic red dye that exhibits orange metachromasia; used in histology as a nuclear stain, in microbiology as a counterstain in the Gram method, and to demonstrate enterochromaffin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

safranophil
Staining readily with safranin; denoting certain cells and tissues. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

safrole
<chemical> Constituent of several essential oils, notably sassafras. It has been used as a topical antiseptic and it is carcinogenic to the liver so it is no longer used as a flavoring agent in foods. ... Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, local, carcinogens. ... Chemical name: 1,3-Benzodioxole, 5-(2-propenyl)- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sag
1. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges. ... 2. To lose firmne …

sagacity
The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness. 'Some [brutes] show that nice sagacity of smell.' (Cowper) 'Natural sagacity improved by generous education.' (V. Knox) ... Synonym: Penetration, shrewdness, judiciousness. ... Sagacity, Penetrati …

sage
<botany> A suffriticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage. ... The sagebrush. ... <botany> Meadow sage, a species of willow (Sa …

sagitta
1. <astronomy> A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow. ... 2. The keystone of an arch. ... 3. <geometry> The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string. ... 4. <anatomy> The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, …

sagittal
1. Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arowlike appendage. ... 2. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull. In the mesial plane; as, a sagittal section of an animal. ... &l …

sagittal axis
In dentistry, the line in the frontal plane around which the working side condyle rotates during mandibular movement. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sagittal border of parietal bone
The medial border of the parietal bone entering into the sagittal suture. ... Synonym: margo sagittalis ossis parietalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sagittal crest
A prominent ridge along the sagittal suture of the skull, present in some animals as a result of temporal muscle development. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sagittal fontanel
An occasional fontanel-like defect in the sagittal suture in the newborn. ... Synonym: Gerdy's fontanel. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sagittal groove
Synonym for groove for superior sagittal sinus ... The groove in the midline of the inner table of the calvaria lodging the superior sagittal sinus. ... Synonym: sulcus sinus sagittalis superioris, sagittal groove, sagittal sulcus, superior longitudinal sulcus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sagittal line
Any line parallel to the midline, indicating a sagittal plane. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sagittal plane
<dentistry> The longitudinal vertical plane that divides the mouth into two halves (left and right.) ... (08 Jan 1998) ...

sagittal section
A cross section obtained by slicing, actually or through imaging techniques, the body or any part of the body, or any anatomic structure in the sagittal plane, i.e., in a vertical plane parallels to the median plane. Since actual sectioning in the sagittal plane results in a right and a left portion, an anatomical sagittal section may be a two-dime …

sagittal split mandibular osteotomy
<procedure> An intraoral surgical procedure for correction of retrognathism, apertognathia, and prognathism; the mandibular rami and posterior body are sectioned in the sagittal plane. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sagittal sulcus
Synonym for groove for superior sagittal sinus ... The groove in the midline of the inner table of the calvaria lodging the superior sagittal sinus. ... Synonym: sulcus sinus sagittalis superioris, sagittal groove, sagittal sulcus, superior longitudinal sulcus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sagittal suture
Line of union between the two parietal bones. ... Synonym: sutura sagittalis, interparietal suture, sutura interparietalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sagittalis
Synonym: sagittal. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sagittarius
<astronomy> The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [<sagittarius/] in almanacs; the Archer. ... A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow. ... Origin: L, literally, an archer, fr. Sagittarius belonging to an arrow, fr. Sagitta an arrow. …

sagittate
Shaped like an arrow-head. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

sago
A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia i …

sago spleen
Amyloidosis in the spleen affecting chiefly the malpighian bodies. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saguinus
A genus of callitrichinae consisting of 22 species and found in panama as well as south america. Species seen most frequently in the literature are s. Oedipus (cotton-top marmoset), s. Nigricollis, and s. Fusicollis. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

saids vaccines
Vaccines or candidate vaccines designed to prevent saids (simian acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) and containing inactivated siv or type d retroviruses or some of their component antigens. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Saigon cinnamon
Synonym for cinnamon ... Cinnamomum zeylanicum, an evergreen tree of the laurel family (lauraceae), and its dried inner bark used as a spice or medicinally. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sail
1. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power. ... 2. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl. ... 3. To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton. ... 4. To set …

sail sound
A sound, likened to the snapping of a sail; the abnormal first heart sound in some patients with Ebstein's anomaly. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sailor
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman. ... Synonym: Mariner, seaman, seafarer. ... Sailor's choice. ... <zoology> An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus, or Lagodon, rhomboides) of the Southern United State …

sailor's skin
Synonym for farmer's skin ... Dry, wrinkled skin with presence of dry premalignant keratoses; observed most commonly in fair-skinned, blue-eyed persons who are exposed by occupation or sport to sunshine for prolonged periods and over many years. ... Synonym: golfer's skin, sailor's skin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saimiri
A genus of the family cebidae consisting of four species: s. Boliviensis, s. Orstedii (red-backed squirrel monkey), s. Sciureus (common squirrel monkey), and s. Ustus. They inhabit tropical rain forests in central and south america. S. Sciureus is used extensively in research studies. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

saimirinae
A subfamily of cebidae inhabiting the forests of central and south america. This subfamily of new world monkeys consists of one genus, the saimiri or squirrel monkeys. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

saint
1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God. 'Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints.' (1 Cor. I. 2) ... 2. One of the blessed in heaven. 'Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure Far separate, circling thy holy mount, …

Saint Anthony's dance
An obsolete eponyms for Sydenham's chorea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Saint Anthony's fire
Synonym: ergotism. ... 2. Any of several inflammations or gangrenous conditions of the skin (e.g., erysipelas). ... Origin: St. Anthony, Egyptian monk, about 250-350 A.D. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Saint Ignatius' itch
Synonym for pellagra ... <disease> A niacin deficiency disease (pellagra) caused by improper diet and characterised by skin lesions, gastrointestinal disturbances and nervousness. Depression, dermatitis, dementia and diarrhoea are common symptoms. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

saint kitts and nevis
An independent federation of the leeward islands in the west indies, consisting of saint christopher, nevis, and sombrero. Its capital is basseterre. It was discovered by columbus in 1493, settled by the british in 1625, the first of the leeward islands to be colonised by them. It was held jointly by the french and english 1628-1713, but returned t …

saint lucia
An independent state in the west indies. Its capital is castries. It was probably discovered by columbus in 1502 and first settled by the english in 1605. Contended for by the french and english in the 17th century, it was regarded as neutral in 1748 but changed hands many times in the wars of the 19th century. It became a self-governing state in a …

saint vincent and the grenadines
A self-governing state of the windward islands in the west indies, comprising saint vincent and the northern islets of the grenadines. Its capital is kingstown. It is one of the original homes of the carib indians supposed to have been sighted by columbus in 1498. It was in english hands from 1627 till held by the french 1779-83. Saint vincent subs …

Saint Vitus dance
An obsolete eponyms for Sydenham's chorea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Saint's triad
The concurrence of hiatal hernia, diverticulosis, and cholelithiasis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saints
Persons officially recognised or acknowledged as pre-eminent for consecration, holiness, and piety, especially through canonization by a branch of the christian church. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Sak kinase
<enzyme> Sak - snk/plk-akin kinase; a murine kinase that is related to the drosophila polo kinase and involved in cell proliferation; has 2 isoforms, sak-a and sak-b; genbank l29479 and l29480 ... Registry number: EC 2.7.10.- ... Synonym: sak protein, sak gene product, sak-a kinase, sak-b kinase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

Sakaguchi reaction
Guanidines in alkaline solution develop an intense red colour when treated with alpha-naphthol and sodium hypochlorite; a qualitative test for arginine, free or in a protein. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sakati-Nyhan syndrome
Synonym for acrocephalopolysyndactyly ... Congenital malformation in which oxycephaly, brachysyndactyly of hand, and preaxial polydactyly of feet are associated with mental retardation; it is usually inherited as an autosomal recessive trait but there is also a dominant form. ... Synonym: Carpenter's syndrome, Goodman's syndrome, Noack's syndrome, Sa …

saker
1. <zoology> A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner. ... The female is called chargh, and the male charghela, or sakeret. ... The peregrine falcon. ... 2. A small piece of artillery. 'On the bastions were planted culverins and sakers.' (Macaulay) 'The culverins and sakers showing their deadly muz …

Sakharov, Andrei
<person, physics, radiobiology> Russian physicist, among other achievements, he is credited with the initial design of the tokamak. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

saki
<zoology> Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia. They have large ears, and a long hairy tail which is not prehensile. ... The black saki (Pithecia satanas), the white-headed (P.leucocephala), and the red-backed, or hand-drinking, saki (P.chiropotes), are among the best-known. ... Origin: Cf. F. & Pg. Sak …

sakuc horizon
<chemistry> A layer 6 inches or more thick comprised of secondary soluble salts. ... (17 Dec 1997) ...

Sakurai
Japanese ophthalmologist ... See: Sakurai-Lisch nodule. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sakurai-Lisch nodule
Synonym for Lisch nodule ... Iris hamartomas typically seen in type 1 neurofibromatosis. ... Synonym: Sakurai-Lisch nodule. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sakushu fever
Synonym for hasamiyami ... A fever occurring in Japan in the autumn; resembles Weil's disease, but is milder and is caused by the autumnalis serovar of Leptospira interrogans. ... Synonym: akiyami, autumn fever, sakushu fever, seven-day fever. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sal
Origin: Hind. Sal, Skr. ... Cala. ... <botany> An East Indian timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown colour, close-grained, and durable. ... Alternative forms: saul. ... <pharmacology> Salt. Sal absinthii [NL. ... <medicine> See Sal ammoniac, above. Spirits of ammonia. ... Origin: L. See Sa …

sal alembroth
The product obtained by crystallization from a solution of equal parts of ammonium chloride and mercuric chloride. ... Synonym: salt of wisdom. ... Origin: an alchemist's term of unknown origin ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sal ammoniac
Synonym for ammonium chloride ... <chemical> Ammonium chloride, (nh4)cl. A systemic acidifying agent that has been used as a diuretic and an expectorant. ... Chemical name: Ammonium chloride ((NH4)Cl) ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sal diureticum
Synonym for potassium acetate ... An electrolyte replenisher, as well as a urinary and systemic alkaliser, which can be administered orally or by intravenous infusion. Formerly, it was used as a diuretic and expectorant. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sal soda
Synonym for sodium carbonate ... Na2CO3-10H2O;used in the treatment of scaly skin diseases; otherwise rarely used in medicine because of its irritant action. ... Synonym: sal soda, soda, washing soda. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sal volatile
Synonym for aromatic ammonia spirit ... A hydroalcoholic solution containing approximately 2% ammonia and 4% ammonium carbonate and the aromatics: lemon oil, lavender oil, and myristica oil. Used mainly by inhalation to produce reflex stimulation in persons who have fainted or are at risk of syncope. ... Synonym: sal volatile, smelling salts. ... (05 …

salaam attack
Synonym for nodding spasm ... In infants, a drop of the head on the chest due to loss of tone in the neck muscles as in epilepsia nutans, or to tonic spasm of anterior neck muscles as in West's syndrome, in adults, a nodding of the head from clonic spasm's of the sternomastoid muscles. ... Synonym: salaam attack, salaam spasm, spasmus nutans. ... (05 …

salaam convulsions
Synonym for infantile spasm ... Brief (1 to 3 seconds) muscular spasm's in infants with West's syndrome, which often appear as nodding or salaam spasm's. ... Synonym: salaam convulsions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

salaam spasm
Synonym for nodding spasm ... In infants, a drop of the head on the chest due to loss of tone in the neck muscles as in epilepsia nutans, or to tonic spasm of anterior neck muscles as in West's syndrome, in adults, a nodding of the head from clonic spasm's of the sternomastoid muscles. ... Synonym: salaam attack, salaam spasm, spasmus nutans. ... (05 …

salad
1. A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc, usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc. 'Leaves eaten raw termed salad.' (I. Watts) ... 2. A dish composed of chopped meat or fish, especially. Chicken or lobster, mixed with let …

Salah
M., 20th century Egyptian surgeon. ... See: Salah's sternal puncture needle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Salah's sternal puncture needle
A wide-bore needle for obtaining samples of red marrow from the sternum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

salamander
1. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various allied genera, especially those that are more or less terrestrial in their habits. ... The salamanders have, like lizards, an elongated body, four feet, and a long tail, but are destitute of scales. They are true Amphibia, related t …

salamandra
A genus of european newts in the salamandridae family. The two species of this genus are salamandra salamandra (european 'fire' salamander) and salamandra atra (european alpine salamander). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

salamandridae
A family of urodela consisting of 15 living genera and about 42 species and occurring in north america, europe, asia, and north africa. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

salaries and fringe benefits
The remuneration paid or benefits granted to an employee. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

salary
Origin: F. Salarie, L. Salarium, originally, salt money, the money given to the Roman soldiers for salt, which was a part of thir pay, fr. Salarius belonging to salt, fr. Sal salt. See Salt. ... The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or mont …

salbutamol
Synonym for albuterol ... <chemical> A direct-acting sympathomimetic agent with a relatively selective action on beta-2 adrenoceptors. Its main clinical use is in asthma. ... Pharmacological action: adrenergic beta-agonists, bronchodilator agents, sympathomimetic, tocolytic agents. ... Chemical name: 1,3-Benzenedimethanol, alpha1-(((1,1-dimethyl …

saleratus
<chemistry> Aerated salt; a white crystalline substance having an alkaline taste and reaction, consisting of sodium bicarbonate (see under Sodium) It is lagerly used in cooking, with sour milk (lactic acid) or cream of tartar as a substitute for yeast. It is also an ingridient of most baking powders, and is used in the preparation of efferves …

salic
Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called. [Also salique] Salic law. A code of laws formed by the Salian Franks in the fifth century. By one provision of this code women were excluded from the inheritance of landed property. Specifically, in modern times, a law supposed to be a special application of the above-mentioned p …