Copy of `mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary`

The wordlist doesn't exist anymore, or, the website doesn't exist anymore. On this page you can find a copy of the original information. The information may have been taken offline because it is outdated.

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

Sao Paulo typhus
Infection with Rickettsia rickettsii; spread by tick bite. ... See: Rocky Mountain spotted fever. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sap
1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition. ... The ascending is the crude sap, the assimilation of which takes place in the leaves, when it becomes the elaborated sap suited to the growth of the plant. ... 2. The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree. ... 3. A simpleton; a …

sapajou
<zoology> Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the species are called also capuchins. The bonnet sapajou (C. Subcristatus), the golden-handed sapajou (C. Chrysopus), and the white-throated sapajou (C. Hypoleucus) are well known species. See Capuchin. ... Origin: F. S …

sapecin
<protein> Insect defensin produced by the flesh fly, Sarcophagae peregrina. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

saphena
See: vein. ... Origin: Med. L. Attributed by some as derived fr. Ar. Safin, standing; by others, fr. G. Saphenes, manifest, clearly visible ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saphenectomy
<procedure> Excision of a saphenous vein. ... Origin: saphena + G. Ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saphenous
<anatomy> Manifest; applied to the two principal superficial veins of the lower limb of man. ... Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the saphenous veins; as, the saphenous nerves; the saphenous opening, an opening in the broad fascia of the thigh through which the internal saphenous vein passes. ... Origin: Gr. Manifest ... Source: Websters …

saphenous hiatus
Synonym for saphenous opening ... The opening in the fascia lata inferior to the medial part of the inguinal ligament through which the saphenous vein passes to enter the femoral vein. ... Synonym: hiatus saphenus, fossa ovalis, saphenous hiatus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saphenous nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A branch of the femoral, extending from the femoral triangle to the foot, becoming subcutaneous on the medial side of the knee; it supplies cutaneous branches to the skin of the leg and foot, by way of infrapatellar and medial crural branches. ... Synonym: nervus saphenus, internal saphenous nerve, long saphenous nerve. ... (05 …

saphenous opening
The opening in the fascia lata inferior to the medial part of the inguinal ligament through which the saphenous vein passes to enter the femoral vein. ... Synonym: hiatus saphenus, fossa ovalis, saphenous hiatus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saphenous vein
<anatomy, vein> The vein which drains the foot and leg. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

saphenous veins
See: accessory saphenous vein, great saphenous vein, small saphenous vein. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sapling
Strong, young tree, the stem of which has normal branch development from the bottom up. ... Woody vegetation between 0.4 and 5.0 inches in diameter at breast height and greater than or equal to 20 feet in height, exclusive of woody vines. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

sapo-
Sapon- ... Soap. ... Origin: L. Sapo ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sapodilla
<botany> A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum. ... <botany> Alternative forms: sapadillo, sappadilo, sappodilla, and zapotilla] Sapodilla plum, the fruit of Achras Sapota. It is about the size of an ordinary quince, having a rough, brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being o …

sapogenins
The aglucon moiety of a saponin molecule. It may be triterpenoid or steroid, usually spirostan, in nature. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

saponatus
Mixed with soap. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saponification
The alkaline hydrolysis of triacylglycerols toform fatty acids in soaps. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

saponification number
The number of milligrams of KOH required to saponify 1 g of fat; an approximate measure of the average molecular weight of a fat, with which it varies inversely. ... Synonym: Koettstorfer number. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saponin
Glycosidic surfactants produced by plant cells. Used to solubilise membrane proteins etc. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

saponins
Sapogenin glycosides. A type of glycoside widely distributed in plants. Each consists of a sapogenin as the aglycon moiety, and a sugar. The sapogenin may be a steroid or a triterpene and the sugar may be glucose, galactose, a pentose, or a methylpentose. Sapogenins are poisonous towards the lower forms of life and are powerful haemolytics when inj …

Sappey
Marie P.C., French anatomist, 1810-1896. ... See: Sappey's fibres, Sappey's plexus, Sappey's veins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sappey's fibres
Nonstriated muscular fibre's in the check ligaments of the eyeball. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sappey's plexus
A network of lymphatics in the areola of the nipple. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sappey's veins
Synonym for paraumbilical veins ... Several small veins arising from cutaneous veins about the umbilicus running along the round ligament of the liver, and terminating as accessory portal veins in the substance of this organ; they constitute a portocaval anastomosis and are subject to varicosity druign portal hypertension; varicose paraumbilical vei …

sapphire
1. <chemical> Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; especially, the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem. 'of rubies, sapphires, and of pearles white.' (Chaucer) ... Sapphire occurs in hexagonal crystals and also in granular and massive forms. The name sapphire is usually restricted to the blue cryst …

sapphism
Female homosexuality. Named after the poet Sappho who lived on the greek island of lesbos (circa 600 bc). She was a lesbian by geography and sexual orientation. Also called lesbianism. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sapr-
See: sapro-. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sapraemia
Synonym: septicaemia. ... Origin: sapr-+ G. Haima, blood ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saprists
Organic soils (mucks) in which most of the plant material is decomposed and the original constituents cannot be recognised, less than one-third of the fibres remain visible upon rubbing the material between the fingers. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

sapro-
Sapr- ... Rotten, putrid, decayed. ... Origin: G. Sapros ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saprobe
An organism that obtains its food directly from decaying organic material. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

saprobic
Pertaining to a saprobe. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saprodontia
Synonym: dental caries. ... Origin: sapro-+ G. Odous, tooth ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saprogen
An organism living on dead organic matter and causing the decay thereof. ... Origin: sapro-+ G. -gen, producing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saprogenic
Saprogenous ... Causing or resulting from decay. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saprophilous
Thriving on decaying organic matter. ... Origin: sapro-+ G. Philos, fond ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saprophyte
<microbiology> An organism whose nutrition involves uptake of dissolved organic material from decaying plant or animal matter. ... Origin: Gr. Phyton = plant ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

saprozoic
Living in decaying organic matter; especially denoting certain protozoa. ... Origin: sapro-+ G. Zoikos, relating to animals ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saprozoonosis
A zoonosis the agent of which requires both a vertebrate host and a nonanimal (food, soil, plant) reservoir or developmental site for completion of its cycle. Combination terms may be used, such as saprometazoonoses for fluke infections, when metacercariae encyst on plants, or saprocyclozoonoses for tick infestations, whose agents complete part of …

saquinavir
<drug> A protease inhibitor developed by the Hoffmann-La Roche drug company. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

Sar
<abbreviation> Scaffold-associated regions. ... <abbreviation> Sarcosine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

saracen
Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders. ... <botany> Saracen's consound, a kind of ragewort (Senecio Saracenicus), anciently used to heal wounds. ... Origin: l. Saracenus perhaps fr. Ar. Sharqi, pl. Sharqiin, Oriental Eastern, fr. Sharaga t …

sarafotoxin
<protein> Group of snake cardiotoxic venoms from Atractaspis engaddensis. Structurally related to the endothelins. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

saralasin
<chemical> 1-(n-methylglycine)-5-l-valine-8-l-alanineangiotensin II. An octapeptide analog of angiotensin II (bovine) with amino acids 1 and 8 replaced with sarcosine and alanine, respectively. It is a highly specific competitive inhibitor of angiotensin II. ... Pharmacological action: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, antihypertensive …

saralasin acetate
An angiotensin II antagonist used in the treatment of essential hypertension. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sarcina
<biology> A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina …

sarcine
1. Obsolete term for hypoxanthine. ... 2. A packet of cocci of the genus Sarcina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sarcocystis
A genus of protozoa found in reptiles, birds, and mammals, including humans. This heteroxenous parasite produces muscle cysts in intermediate hosts such as domestic herbivores (cattle, sheep, pigs) and rodents. Final hosts are predators such as dogs, cats, and man. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Sarcocystis bovihominis
Synonym for Sarcocystis hominis ... A species now recognised as a two-host infection, with beef serving as the intermediate host source of infective tissue cysts to humans, as the final host. Gamogony and sporogony occur in mucosal cells of the human small intestine; cattle become infected from human faeces contaminated with Sarcocystis hominis spor …

Sarcocystis fusiformis
A species found in the striated and heart muscle of cattle and water buffalo. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sarcocystis hominis
A species now recognised as a two-host infection, with beef serving as the intermediate host source of infective tissue cysts to humans, as the final host. Gamogony and sporogony occur in mucosal cells of the human small intestine; cattle become infected from human faeces contaminated with Sarcocystis hominis sporocysts. ... Synonym: Sarcocystis bov …

Sarcocystis lindemanni
A species described on rare occasions from the striated and heart muscles of humans, probably as an infection due to various species, possibly from domestic dogs or other final hosts from which infective oocysts or sporocysts were passed to man via water or direct exposure; in these instances man serves as an intermediate rather than a final host.< …

Sarcocystis miescheriana
A common species of worldwide distribution that is found in the striated and heart muscle of pigs; it is the type species of the genus Sarcocystis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sarcocystis suihominis
A form of Sarcocystis in which man serves as the final host, with the pig serving as intermediate host, the source of infected tissues to humans. The life cycle and moderate disease induced follow the pattern of Sarcocystis hominis, though the disease appears to be somewhat more pathogenic. Human infection is widespread, having been reported in Eur …

Sarcocystis tenella
An extremely common species of worldwide distribution that is found in the striated and heart muscle of sheep and goats. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sarcocystosis
Infection of the striated muscle of mammals by parasites of the genus sarcocystis. Disease symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhoea, muscle weakness, and paralysis are produced by sarcocystin, a toxin produced by the organism. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sarcode
A term of historical interest (1835), applied to the protoplasm of protozoa before the term protoplasm was coined. ... Origin: sarco-+ G. Eidos, resemblance ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sarcodina
A subphylum of protozoa characterised by the ability to alter their body shape. Its organisms acquire food by pseudopodia of various types, or by locomotive protoplasmic flow without the production of discrete pseudopodia. Flagella, when present, are usually restricted to developmental or other temporary stages. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sarcodina infections
Infections with protozoa of the subphylum sarcodina. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sarcogenic cell
Synonym for myoblast ... <pathology> Cell that by fusion with other myoblasts gives rise to myotubes that eventually develop into skeletal muscle fibres. The term is sometimes used for all the cells recognisable as immediate precursors of skeletal muscle fibres. Alternatively, the term is reserved for those post mitotic cells capable of fusion …

sarcoglia
The accumulation of neurolemma cells at the motor endplate. ... Origin: sarco-+ G. Glia, glue ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sarcoglycan
Complex of \0x85 and sarcoglycans. \0x85 sarcoglycan (50DAG, A2, adhalin), sarcoglycan (43DAG, A3b) and sarcoglycan (35DAG, A4) are all transmembrane glycoproteins that associate with dystroglycan in the sarcolemma approximate molecular weights are indicated by the old names). Defects in sarcoglycans have been shown to be associated with autosomall …

sarcoidal granuloma
A non-necrotizing epithelioid cell granuloma similar to those seen in sarcoidosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sarcoidosis
<disease> Disease of unknown aetiology in which there are chronic inflammatory granulomatous lesions in lymph nodes and other organs. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sarcoidosis, pulmonary
Sarcoidosis affecting predominantly the lungs, the site most frequently involved and most commonly causing morbidity and mortality in sarcoidosis. Pulmonary sarcoidosis is characterised by sharply circumscribed granulomas in the alveolar, bronchial, and vascular walls, composed of tightly packed cells derived from the mononuclear phagocyte system. …

sarcolactic
<physiology> Relating to muscle and milk; as, sarcolactic acid. See Lactic acid, under Lactic. ... Origin: Sarco- + lactic. ... (01 Mar 1998) ...

sarcolemma
<cell biology> Plasma membrane of a striated muscle fibre. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sarcolemmal
Sarcolemmicsarcolemmous ... Relating to the sarcolemma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sarcolysine
Synonym for merphalan ... The racaemic mixture of melphalan and medphalan; an antineoplastic agent. ... Synonym: sarcolysine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sarcoma
<oncology, tumour> A form of cancer that arises in the supportive tissues such as bone, cartilage, fat or muscle. ... Kaposi sarcoma: a sarcoma of spindle cells mixed with angiomatous tissue. Usually classed as an angioblastic tumour. A fairly frequent concomitant to HIV. Infection or long term immunosuppresion. ... (14 May 1997) ...

sarcoma botryoides
<radiology> Type of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, mass resembles bunch of grapes, originates submucosally, grows into lumen ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sarcoma cell
Cells of a malignant tumour derived from connective tissue. Often given a prefix denoting tissue of origin, for example osteosarcoma (from bone). ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sarcoma growth factor
<growth factor> Polypeptide released by sarcoma cells that promotes the growth of cells by binding to a cell surface receptor, the sarcoma cell is therefore self sufficient and independent of normal growth control. ... See: growth factors. ... The name is no longer commonly used. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sarcoma virus
<virology> Virus that causes tumours originating from cells of connective tissue such as fibroblasts. ... See: Rous sarcoma virus, src. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sarcoma virus, feline
A species of mammalian type c retroviruses (retroviruses type c, mammalian) isolated from fibrosarcoma in cats. The virus is actually a recombinant feline leukaemia virus (felv) where part of the genome has been replaced by cellular oncogenes. It is unique to individuals and not transmitted naturally to other cats. Fesv is replication defective and …

sarcoma viruses, avian
Species of avian type c retroviruses (retroviruses type c, avian) producing sarcomata and other tumours in chickens and other fowl and also in pigeons, ducks, and rats. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sarcoma viruses, murine
Species of replication-defective mammalian type c retroviruses (retroviruses type c, mammalian) which are capable of transforming cells, but which replicate and produce tumours only in the presence of murine leukaemia viruses (leukaemia viruses, murine). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sarcoma viruses, simian
Species of mammalian type c retroviruses (retroviruses type c, mammalian) producing tumours in primates. Originally isolated from a fibrosarcoma in a woolly monkey, ssv is a replication-defective v-onc virus which carries the sis oncogene. In order to propagate, ssv requires a replication-competent helper virus, simian sarcoma virus-associated viru …

sarcoma, alveolar soft part
A variety of sarcoma having a reticulated fibrous stroma enclosing groups of sarcoma cells, which resemble epithelial cells and are enclosed in alveoli walled with connective tissue. It is a rare tumour, usually occurring between 15 and 35 years of age. It appears in the muscles of the extremities in adults and most commonly in the head and neck re …

sarcoma, avian
Connective tissue tumours, affecting primarily fowl, that are usually caused by avian sarcoma viruses. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sarcoma, clear cell
A sarcoma of young, often female, adults of the lower extremities and acral regions, intimately bound to tendons as circumscribed but unencapsulated melanin-bearing tumours of neuroectodermal origin. An ultrastructural finding simulates flattened and curved barrel staves, corresponding to the internal structures of premelanosomes. There is a 45-60% …

sarcoma, endometrial stromal
A highly malignant neoplasm of the endometrium, arising from the endometrial stroma. It represents one type of stromal tumour, the other being endolymphatic stromal myosis. They are differentiated on the basis of the number of mitoses per 10 high power fields: endometrial stromal sarcoma has 10 or more mitoses, endolymphatic stromal myosis fewer. S …

sarcoma, ewing's
A malignant tumour of the bone which always arises in the medullary tissue, occurring more often in cylindrical bones. There are conspicuous foci of necrosis in association with irregular masses of small, regular, rounded or ovoid cells with very scanty cytoplasm. The tumour occurs usually before the age of 20, about twice as frequently in males as …

sarcoma, kaposi
A multicentric, malignant neoplastic vascular proliferation characterised by the development of bluish-red cutaneous nodules, usually on the lower extremities, most often on the toes or feet, and slowly increasing in size and number and spreading to more proximal areas. The tumours have endothelium-lined channels and vascular spaces admixed with va …

sarcoma, small cell
A sarcoma characterised by the presence of small cells, cells measuring 9-14 micrometers with a faint or indistinct rim of cytoplasm and an oval-to-elongated nucleus with relatively dense chromatin. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sarcoma, synovial
A malignant neoplasm arising from tenosynovial tissue of the joints and in synovial cells of tendons and bursae. The legs are the most common site, but the tumour can occur in the abdominal wall and other trunk muscles. There are two recognised types: the monophasic (characterised by sheaths of monotonous spindle cells) and the biphasic (characteri …

sarcomastigophora
A phylum of protozoa with a single-type nucleus and locomotion by flagella, pseudopodia, or both types of locomotor organelles. It comprises the subphyla mastigophora, opalinata, and sarcodina. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sarcomastigophora infections
Infections with protozoa of the phylum sarcomastigophora. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sarcomatoid
Resembling a sarcoma. ... Origin: sarcoma + G. Eidos, resemblance ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sarcomatoid carcinoma
Synonym for spindle cell carcinoma ... <tumour> A carcinoma composed of elongated cells, frequently a poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma which may be difficult to distinguish from a sarcoma. ... Synonym: sarcomatoid carcinoma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sarcomatosis
Occurrence of several sarcomatous growths on different parts of the body. ... Origin: sarcoma + G. -osis, condition ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sarcomere
Repeating subunit from which the myofibrils of striated muscle are built. Has A and I bands, the I band being sub divided by the Z disc and the A band being split by the M line and the H zone. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sarcomeres
The repeating contractile units of the myofibril, delimited by z bands along its length. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sarconeme
Synonym: microneme. ... Origin: sarco-+ G. Nema, thread ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sarcophagine synthetase
<enzyme> Requires mg(+2) and atpase as cofactors ... Registry number: EC 6.3.2.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

sarcoplasm
Cytoplasm of striated muscle fibre. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sarcoplasmic
Relating to sarcoplasm. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sarcoplasmic reticulum
Endoplasmic reticulum of striated muscle, specialised for the sequestration of calcium ions that are released upon receipt of a signal relayed by the T tubules from the neuromuscular junction. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sarcoplast
Synonym: satellite cell of skeletal muscle. ... Origin: sarco-+ G. Plastos, formed ... (05 Mar 2000) ...