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


Schmidt, Henry
<person> U.S. Anatomist and pathologist, 1823-1888. ... See: Schmidt-Lanterman clefts, Schmidt-Lanterman incisures. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schmidt, Henry D
<person> B. 1823. Was Pathologist at the Charity Hospital, new Orleans. D. Nov. 23rd, 1888. ... Schmidt's Clefts - intersegmental clefts in the myelin sheath of peripheral nerves. On the construction of the dark or double-bordered nerve fibre. ... Lived: 1823-1888. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

Schmidt, Johann
<person> German laryngologist, 1838-1907. ... See: Schmidt's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schmidt, Martin Benno
<person> German physician, 1863-1949. ... See: Schmidt's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schmidt's syndrome
<syndrome> Unilateral paralysis of a vocal cord, the velum palati, trapezius, and sternocleidomastoid. ... Origin: J. F. M. Schmidt ... The association of primary hypothyroidism, primary adrenocortical insufficiency, and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. ... Origin: M. B. Schmidt ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

schmorl node
<radiology> Chondrification defects where periosteal vessels penetrate cartilage plates of disc, Xray: concave defects at upper and lower vertebral endplates with sharp margins produced by herniation of disc material, MRI: similar signal intensity as disc, low signal intensity of rim, associated with narrow disc space Differential diagnosis: …

Schmorl, Christian
<person> German pathologist, 1861-1932. ... See: Schmorl's bacillus, Schmorl's nodule, Schmorl's ferric-ferricyanide reduction stain, Schmorl's picrothionin stain, Schmorl's jaundice. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schmorl's bacillus
Synonym for fusobacterium necrophorum ... A species of gram-negative, non-spore-forming bacteria isolated from the natural cavities of man and other animals and from necrotic lesions, abscesses, and blood. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Schmorl's jaundice
Synonym for kernicterus ... <paediatrics> Disorder due to jaundice in a newborn baby with high blood levels of the pigment bilirubin that is deposited in the brain resulting in damage. The level of bilirubin is monitored in newborns to determine whether treatment is needed to prevent kernicterus. With brain affected, it is also called bilirubi …

Schmorl's nodule
Prolapse of the nucleus pulposus through the vertebral body endplate into the spongiosa of the vertebra. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schmorl's picrothionin stain
<technique> A stain for compact bone which employs thionin and picric acid solutions to produce blue to blue-black staining of bone canaliculi and cells; bone matrix is yellowish and cartilage ground substance is purple. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schneider, C
<person> German anatomist, 1614-1680. ... See: schneiderian membrane. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schneider, Franz
<person> German chemist, 1813-1897. ... See: Schneider's carmine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schneider's first rank symptoms
Those symptom's that, when present, indicate that the diagnosis of schizophrenia is likely, provided that organic or toxic aetiology is ruled out: delusion of control, thought broadcasting, thought withdrawal, thought insertion, hearing one's thoughts spoken aloud, auditory hallucinations that comment on one's behaviour, and auditory hallucinations …

schneiderian first rank symptoms
Synonym for Schneider's first rank symptoms ... Those symptom's that, when present, indicate that the diagnosis of schizophrenia is likely, provided that organic or toxic aetiology is ruled out: delusion of control, thought broadcasting, thought withdrawal, thought insertion, hearing one's thoughts spoken aloud, auditory hallucinations that comment …

schneiderian membrane
Synonym for nasal mucosa ... The mucous membrane lining the nasal cavity. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Schneidersitz
A typical sitting position with legs crossed in front, exhibited by severely defective patients with phenylketonuria and resembling the position which was commonly attributed to tailors. ... Origin: Ger. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

schnitzler syndrome
<syndrome> An extremely rare condition manifested as monoclonal IgM dysproteinaemia without features of lymphoproliferative disease, but with chronic urticaria, fever of unknown origin, disabling bone pain, hyperostosis, and increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Scholander apparatus
A device used for determining the oxygen and carbon dioxide percentage in 0.5 ml of a respiratory gas. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Scholander, Per
<person> Norwegian physiologist, 1905-1980. ... See: Scholander apparatus, Roughton-Scholander apparatus, Roughton-Scholander syringe. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scholastic
1. Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning. ... 2. Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy. ... 3. Hence, characterised by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute s …

Scholz, Willibald
<person> German neurologist, *1889. ... See: Scholz' disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Scholz' disease
Former eponym for the juvenile form of metachromatic leukodystrophy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schonbein, Christian
<person> German chemist, 1799-1868. ... See: Schonbein's test. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schonbein's operation
The use of a flap of mucous membrane from the posterior wall of the pharynx to the soft palate closing off the flow of air from the nose to the mouth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schonbein's test
Synonym for Almen's test for blood ... Glacial acetic acid, gum guaiac solution, and hydrogen peroxide are added to an aqueous suspension of the suspected stain; if occult blood or blood pigment is present, a blue colour develops. ... Synonym: guaiac test, Schonbein's test, van Deen's test. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schonlein-Henoch syndrome
Synonym for Henoch-Schonlein purpura ... <dermatology> This relatively rare disorder is characterised by skin purpura, joint pains, abdominal pain and renal disease (glomerulonephritis). ... Although Henoch-Schonlein purpura or anaphylactoid purpura, is thought to be a immune complex mediated disease, its exact cause is unknown. Its typical ben …

Schonlein, Johann
<person> German physician, 1793-1864. ... See: Schonlein's disease, Schonlein's purpura, Henoch-Schonlein purpura. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schonlein's disease
Synonym for Henoch-Schonlein purpura ... <dermatology> This relatively rare disorder is characterised by skin purpura, joint pains, abdominal pain and renal disease (glomerulonephritis). ... Although Henoch-Schonlein purpura or anaphylactoid purpura, is thought to be a immune complex mediated disease, its exact cause is unknown. Its typical ben …

Schonlein's purpura
Synonym for Henoch-Schonlein purpura ... <dermatology> This relatively rare disorder is characterised by skin purpura, joint pains, abdominal pain and renal disease (glomerulonephritis). ... Although Henoch-Schonlein purpura or anaphylactoid purpura, is thought to be a immune complex mediated disease, its exact cause is unknown. Its typical ben …

school
A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish. ... Origin: For shool a crowd; prob. Confuced with school for learning. ... 1. A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the school of the prophets. 'Disputing daily in the school of on …

school admission criteria
Requirements for the selection of students for admission to academic institutions. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

school dentistry
Preventive dental services provided for students in primary and secondary schools. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

school health services
Preventive health services provided for students. It excludes college or university students. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

school nurse
A nurse, usually an RN, working in a school or similar institution. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

school nursing
Health and nursing care given to primary and secondary school students by a registered nurse. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

school phobia
<psychology> A young child's sudden aversion to or fear of attending school, usually considered a manifestation of separation anxiety. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

schoolmaster
1. The man who presides over and teaches a school; a male teacher of a school. 'Let the soldier be abroad if he will; he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage abroad, a person less imposing, in the eyes of some, perhaps, insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad; and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in ful …

schools
Educational institutions. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

schools, dental
Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of dentistry. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

schools, health occupations
Schools which offer training in the area of health. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

schools, medical
Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of medicine. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

schools, nursery
Schools for children usually under five years of age. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

schools, nursing
Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of nursing. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

schools, pharmacy
Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of pharmacy. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

schools, public health
Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of public health. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

schools, veterinary
Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of veterinary medicine. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

schooner
Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two topsails on one or both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840, longer vesels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vesels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated three-masted sc …

Schott treatment
Synonym for Nauheim treatment ... Treatment of certain cardiac affections by baths in water through which carbonic acid gas is bubbling, followed by resisting exercises. ... Synonym: Nauheim bath, Schott treatment. ... Origin: Bad Nauheim, W. Germany ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schott, Theodor
<person> 1850-1921, German physician in Bad Nauheim. ... See: Schott treatment. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schottmueller, Hugo
<person> German physician, 1867-1936. ... See: Schottmueller's bacillus, Schottmueller's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schottmueller's bacillus
Synonym for Salmonella schottmulleri ... A species causing enteric fever in man; found rarely in cattle, sheep, swine, chickens, and lower primates. ... Synonym: Schottmueller's bacillus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schottmueller's disease
Synonym for paratyphoid fever ... A prolonged febrile illness commonly caused by serotypes of salmonella paratyphi. It is similar to typhoid fever but less severe. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

schradan
C8H24N4O3P2;a potent irreversible organophosphate cholinesterase inhibitor used as an insecticide. It was prepared for potential use as a nerve gas. Poisoning produces a cholinergic crisis which can be fatal. ... Synonym: octamethyl pyrophosphoramide. ... Origin: Gerhard Schrader, Ger. Chemist, + -an ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schreger, Christian
<person> German anatomist and chemist, 1768-1833. ... See: Schreger's lines, Hunter-Schreger bands, Hunter-Schreger lines. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schreger's lines
Synonym for Hunter-Schreger bands ... Alternating light and dark lines seen in dental enamel that begin at the dentoenamel junction and end before they reach the enamel surface; they represent areas of enamel rods cut in cross-sections dispersed between areas of rods cut longitudinally. ... Synonym: Hunter-Schreger lines, Schreger's lines. ... (05 Mar …

Schridde, Hermann
<person> German pathologist, *1875. ... See: Schridde's cancer hairs. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schridde's cancer hairs
Thick lusterless hair's scattered in the beard and the temporal region, said to occur in cancerous patients but found also in persons with other cachectic conditions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schroeder, Karl
<person> German gynecologist, 1838-1887. ... See: Schroeder's operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schroeder's operation
Excision of diseased endocervical mucosa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schuchardt, Karl
<person> German surgeon, 1856-1901. ... See: Schuchardt's operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schuchardt's operation
A paravaginal rectal displacement incision, a surgical technique of making the upper vagina accessible for fistula closure or radical surgery via the vagina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schuffner, Wilhelm
<person> German pathologist in Sumatra, 1867-1949. ... See: Schuffner's granules, Schuffner's dots. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schuffner's dots
Fine, round, uniform red or red-yellow dot's (as coloured with Romanovsky stains) characteristically observed in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium vivax and P. Ovale, but not ordinarily found in P. Malariae and P. Falciparum infections. ... Synonym: Schuffner's granules. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schuffner's granules
Synonym for Schuffner's dots ... Fine, round, uniform red or red-yellow dot's (as coloured with Romanovsky stains) characteristically observed in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium vivax and P. Ovale, but not ordinarily found in P. Malariae and P. Falciparum infections. ... Synonym: Schuffner's granules. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schuller, Artur
<person> Austrian neurologist, *1874. ... See: Schuller's disease, Schuller's phenomenon, Schuller's syndrome, Hand-Schuller-Christian disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schuller, Karl
<person> German surgeon, 1843-1907. ... See: Schuller's ducts. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schuller's disease
Synonym for Hand-Schuller-Christian disease ... histiocytosis ...

Schuller's ducts
Synonym for paraurethral ducts ... Inconstant ducts along the side of the female urethra that convey the mucoid secretion of Skene's glands to the vestibule. ... Synonym: ductus paraurethrales, ducts of Skene's glands, Schuller's ducts. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schuller's phenomenon
In cases of functional hemiplegia the patient usually turns to the sound side in walking, but to the affected side in case of an organic lesion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schuller's syndrome
Synonym for Hand-Schuller-Christian disease ... histiocytosis ...

Schultz Charlton test
<investigation> Test for scarlet fever in which antitoxin to erythrogenic toxin of Streptococcus pyogenes is injected subcutaneously. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

Schultz stain
<technique> A stain for cholesterol; a relatively specific but insensitive histochemical test for cholesterol and cholesterol esters in which frozen sections of formalin-fixed tissues are oxidised in iron alum, hydrogen peroxide, or sodium iodate, then treated with sulfuric acid to give a blue-green to red colour in a positive reaction; the p …

Schultz-Charlton phenomenon
Synonym for Schultz-Charlton reaction ... The specific blanching of a scarlatinal rash at the site of intracutaneous injection of scarlatina antiserum. ... Synonym: Schultz-Charlton phenomenon. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schultz-Charlton reaction
The specific blanching of a scarlatinal rash at the site of intracutaneous injection of scarlatina antiserum. ... Synonym: Schultz-Charlton phenomenon. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schultz-Dale reaction
The contraction of an excised intestinal loop (Schultz) or of an excised strip of virginal uterus (Dale) from a sensitised animal (guinea pig) which occurs when the tissue is exposed to the specific antigen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schultz, Arthur
<person> German physician, *1890. ... See: Schultz reaction, Schultz stain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schultz, Werner
<person> German internist, 1878-1947. ... See: Schultz-Charlton phenomenon, Schultz-Charlton reaction, Schultz-Dale reaction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schultze, Bernhard
<person> German obstetrician, 1827-1919. ... See: Schultze's fold, Schultze's mechanism, Schultze's phantom, Schultze's placenta. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schultze, Max
<person> German histologist and zoologist, 1825-1874. ... See: Schultze's cells, Schultze's membrane, Schultze's sign, comma bundle of Schultze, comma tract of Schultze. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schultze's cells
Synonym for olfactory receptor cells ... Very slender nerve cell's, with large nuclei and surmounted by six to eight long, sensitive cilia in the olfactory epithelium at the roof of the nose; they are the receptors for smell. ... Synonym: olfactory cells, Schultze's cells. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schultze's fold
Synonym for amniotic fold ... A fold of amniotic membrane enclosing the yolk stalk and extending from the point of insertion of the umbilical cord to the yolk sac; in reptiles and birds it is the reflected edge of the amnion where it folds over to cover the embryo during early development. ... Synonym: Schultze's fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schultze's mechanism
Expulsion of the placenta with the foetal surface foremost. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schultze's membrane
Synonym for region of olfactory mucosa ... The specialised olfactory receptive area that includes the upper one-third of the nasal septum and the lateral wall above the superior concha; it is lined with olfactory mucosa. ... Synonym: regio olfactoria tunicae mucosae nasi, olfactory region of tunica mucosa of nose, Schultze's membrane. ... (05 Mar 2000 …

Schultze's phantom
A model of a female pelvis used in demonstrating the mechanism of childbirth and the application of forceps. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schultze's placenta
A placenta that appears at the vulva with the glistening foetal surface (amnion) presenting. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schultze's sign
<clinical sign> In latent tetany, tapping the tongue causes its depression with a concave dorsum. ... Synonym: tongue phenomenon. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schutz rule
The rate of an enzyme reaction is proportional to the square root of the enzyme concentration; applied specifically to pepsin within a limited range. ... Synonym: Schutz' law. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schutz, Erich
<person> German biochemist, *1902. ... See: Schutz' law, Schutz rule. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schutz, Hugo
<person> 19th century German anatomist. ... See: Schutz' bundle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schutz' bundle
Synonym for dorsal longitudinal fasciculus ... A bundle of thin, poorly myelinated nerve fibres reciprocally connecting the periventricular zone of the hypothalamus with ventral parts of the central gray substance of the midbrain. ... Synonym: fasciculus longitudinalis dorsalis, Schutz' bundle, tract of Schutz. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schutz' law
Synonym for Schutz rule ... The rate of an enzyme reaction is proportional to the square root of the enzyme concentration; applied specifically to pepsin within a limited range. ... Synonym: Schutz' law. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schwabach test
A series of five tuning forks of different tones is used and the number of seconds is noted in which the patient can hear each by air and bone conduction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schwabach, Dagobert
<person> German otologist, 1846-1920. ... See: Schwabach test. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schwalbe, Gustav
<person> German anatomist, 1844-1916. ... See: Schwalbe's corpuscle, Schwalbe's nucleus, Schwalbe's ring, Schwalbe's spaces. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schwalbe's ring
Synonym for anterior limiting ring ... The periphery of the cornea marking the termination of Descemet's membrane and the anterior border of the trabecular meshwork; an important landmark in gonioscopy. ... Synonym: Schwalbe's ring. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Schwalbe's spaces
Synonym for intervaginal space of optic nerve ... <anatomy, nerve> The spaces within the internal sheath of the optic nerve, between the arachnoidal and pial layers, filled with cerebrospinal fluid and continuous with the subarachnoid space. ... Synonym: spatia intervaginalia nervi optici, intersheath spaces of optic nerve, Schwalbe's spaces.
Schwann cell
A specialised glial cell that wraps around vertebrate axons providing extremely good electrical insulation. Separated by nodes of Ranvier about once every millimetre, at which the axon surface is exposed to the environment. ... See: saltatory conduction, myelin. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

Schwann cell unit
A single Schwann cell and all of the axons lying in troughs indenting its surface; this unit regarded as an unmyelinated fibre in the peripheral nervous system. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

schwann cells
Neuroglial cells of the peripheral nervous system which form the insulating myelin sheaths of peripheral axons. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...