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

sclero-
Hardness (induration), sclerosis, relationship to sclera. ... Origin: G. Skleros, hard ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclero-oophoritis
Inflammatory induration of the ovary. ... Origin: sclero-+ Mod. L. Oophoron, ovary + G. -itis, inflammation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scleroatrophy
Synonym for sclerotylosis ... Atrophic fibrosis of the skin, hypoplasia of the nails, and palmoplantar keratoderma; associated with gastrointestinal cancer; autosomal dominant inheritance. ... Synonym: scleroatrophy. ... Origin: sclero-+ G. Tylosis, the process of becoming callous ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scleroblastema
The embryonic tissue entering into the formation of bone. ... Origin: sclero-+ G. Blastema, sprout ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerochoroidal
Relating to both the sclera and the choroid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerochoroiditis
Inflammation of the sclera and choroid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerochoroiditis anterior
A secondary inflammation of the sclera by an extension of a process from the uvea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerochoroiditis posterior
Synonym for posterior staphyloma ... A bulging near the posterior pole of the eyeball due to degenerative changes in severe myopia. ... Synonym: Scarpa's staphyloma, sclerochoroiditis posterior. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scleroconjunctival
Relating to the sclera and the conjunctiva. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerocornea
1. The cornea and sclera regarded as forming together the hard outer coat of the eye, the fibrous tunic of the eye. ... 2. A congenital anomaly in which the whole or part of the cornea is opaque and resembles the sclera; other ocular abnormalities are frequently present. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerocorneal junction
Synonym for limbus of cornea ... The margin of the cornea overlapped by the sclera. ... Synonym: limbus corneae, corneal margin, sclerocorneal junction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerocystic disease of the ovary
Synonym for polycystic ovary syndrome ... <syndrome> Clinical symptom complex characterised by oligomenorrhoea or amenorrhoea, anovulation, and regularly associated with bilateral polycystic ovaries. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sclerodactyly
<dermatology> Stiffness and tightening of the skin of the fingers, with atrophy of the soft tissues and osteoporosis of the distal phalanges of the hands and feet. ... (04 Mar 1998) ...

scleroderm
<marine biology> One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish. ... <zoology> Hardened, or bony, integument of various animals. ... Origin: Gr. Hard + skin: cf. F. Scleroderme. ... (04 Mar 1998) ...

scleroderma
<dermatology> Hardening of skin. ... (04 Mar 1998) ...

scleroderma, circumscribed
A chronic, localised hardening and thickening of the skin. Lesions may be categorised as morphea (guttate, profunda, pansclerotic) or linear (with or without melorheostosis or hemiatrophy). It is twice as common in women as in men. The condition is characterised by skin ischemia, lymphocytic infiltrates, swollen collagen bundles, and thickening of …

scleroderma, systemic
A chronic, progressive dermatosis characterised by boardlike hardening and immobility of the affected skin, with visceral involvement, especially of lungs, oesophagus, kidneys and heart. It may be accompanied by calcinosis, raynaud's phenomenon, and telangiectasis (crest syndrome). It includes acrosclerosis and sclerodactyly. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sclerodermatitis
Inflammation and thickening of the skin. ... Origin: sklero-+ G. Derma, skin + -itis, inflammation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerodermatous
Marked by, or resembling, scleroderma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerogenous
Producing hard or sclerotic tissue; causing sclerosis. ... Synonym: scleratogenous. ... Origin: sclero-+ G. -gen, producing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scleroiritis
Inflammation of both sclera and iris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerokeratitis
Inflammation of the sclera and cornea. ... Origin: sclero-+ G. Keras, horn ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerokeratoiritis
Inflammation of sclera, cornea, and iris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scleromalacia
Degenerative thinning of the sclera, occurring in persons with rheumatoid arthritis and other collagen disorders. ... Origin: sclero-+ G. Malakia, a softening ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scleromere
1. Any metamere of the skeleton, such as a vertebral segment. ... 2. Caudal half of a sclerotome. ... Origin: sclero-+ G. Meros, part ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerometer
A device for determining the density or hardness of any substance. ... Origin: sclero-+ G. Metron, measure ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scleromorph
A plant whose leaves (or stems, if leafless) are hard in texture, usually having thick cuticle and containing many fibres. ... Compare: xeromorph. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

scleromyxoedema
Generalised lichen myxoedematosus with diffuse thickening of the skin underlying the papules. ... Synonym: Arndt-Gottron syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scleronychia
Induration and thickening of the nails. ... Origin: sclero-+ G. Onyx, nail, + -ia, condition ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerophthalmia
An abnormality in which most of the normally transparent cornea resembles the opaque sclera. ... Origin: sclero-+ G. Ophthalmos, eye ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerophyllous
With leaves stiffened by sclerenchyma. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

scleroplasty
Plastic surgery of the sclera. This procedure is used frequently to prevent blindness and poor vision in children with myopia. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

scleroproteins
Simple proteins characterised by their insolubility and fibrous structure. Within the body, they perform a supportive or protective function. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sclerosant
An injectable irritant used to treat varices by producing thrombi in them. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerose
To harden; to undergo sclerosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerosing adenosis
A nodular, benign breast lesion occurring most frequently in relatively young women and consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma; the changes may be difficult to distinguish microscopically from carcinoma. Also, a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acimar tissue wit …

sclerosing agent
A compound which acts by irritation of the veinous intimal epithelium; used in the treatment of varicose veins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerosing haemangioma
<tumour> A benign lung or bronchial lesion, often subpleural, sometimes multiple, which forms hyalinised connective tissue. ... Synonym: fibrous histiocytoma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerosing inflammation
Inflammation leading to extensive formation of fibrous and scar tissue. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerosing keratitis
Inflammation of the cornea complicating scleritis; characterised by opacification of the corneal stroma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerosing leukoencephalitis
Synonym for subacute sclerosing panencephalitis ... <neurology> Chronic progressive illness seen in children a few years after measles infection and involving demyelination of the cerebral cortex. Virus apparently persists in brain cells: usually considered a slow virus disease. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sclerosing mastoiditis
A chronic mastoiditis in which the trabeculae are greatly thickened, almost or entirely obliterating the cells. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerosing of varicose veins
A procedure which involves the injection of a sclerosing agent (causes scarring) into varicose veins in the extremities. Sclerotherapy may also be performed in the oesophagus, using UGI endoscopy, in the treatment of oesophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis of the liver. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

sclerosing osteitis
Fusiform thickening or increased density of bones, of unknown cause; it has been considered a form of chronic nonsuppurative osteomyelitis. ... Synonym: condensing osteitis, Garre's disease. ... Osteitis tuberculosa multiplex cystica, an osteitis of tuberculous origin, marked by numerous small cavities in the osseous substance. ... Synonym: Jungling's …

sclerosing solutions
Chemical agents injected into veins to cause localised thrombosis and eventual fibrosis and obliteration of the vessels. They are used in the treatment of varicose veins, haemorrhoids, gastric and oesophageal varices, and peptic ulcer haemorrhage. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sclerosing therapy
Synonym for sclerotherapy ... A procedure which involves the injection of a sclerosing agent (causes scarring) into varicose veins in the extremities. Sclerotherapy may also be performed in the oesophagus, using UGI endoscopy, in the treatment of oesophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis of the liver. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

sclerosis
<pathology> A induration or hardening, especially hardening of a part from inflammation and in diseases of the interstitial substance. The term is used chiefly for such a hardening of the nervous system due to hyperplasia of the connective tissue or to designate hardening of the blood vessels. ... Origin: Gr. Sklerosis = hardness ... (18 Nov 19 …

sclerosis corii
Synonym for scleroderma ... <dermatology> Hardening of skin. ... (04 Mar 1998) ...

sclerosis cutanea
Synonym: scleroderma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerosis of white matter
Synonym for leukodystrophy ... <radiology> Type of dysmyelinating disease, hereditary, peripheral nervous system unaffected in some disorders Specific diseases: adrenoleukodystrophy, metachromatic leukodystrophy, spongy degeneration (Canavan), globoid cell (Krabbe) leukodystrophy, Alexander disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, Cockayne syndr …

sclerosis, multiple
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society says of ms that it is a disease that randomly attacks your central nervous system, wearing away the control you have over your body. Symptoms may range from numbness to paralysis and blindness. The progress, severity and specific symptoms cannot be foreseen. You never know when attacks will occur, how long th …

sclerostenosis
Induration and contraction of the tissues. ... Origin: sclero-+ G. Stenosis, a narrowing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Sclerostoma
A former generic name for strongyle (hookworm) nematodes and for trichostrongyle worms of horses; now replaced by other genera but still used as a collective term for this group. Species include Sclerostoma duodenale (Ancylostoma duodenale) and Sclerostoma syngamus (Syngamus trachea) [sclero-+ G. Stoma, mouth ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerostomy
<procedure> Surgical formation of an external opening in the sclera, primarily in the treatment of glaucoma. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sclerotherapy
A procedure which involves the injection of a sclerosing agent (causes scarring) into varicose veins in the extremities. Sclerotherapy may also be performed in the oesophagus, using UGI endoscopy, in the treatment of oesophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis of the liver. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

sclerothrix
Induration and brittleness of the hair. ... Synonym: sclerotrichia. ... Origin: sclero-+ G. Thrix, hair ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerotic
1. Hard; firm; indurated; applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony. ... 2. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye; sclerotical. ... 3. (Med) Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed. ... <botany> Sclerotic parenchyma, sclerenchyma. By some writers a …

sclerotic bodies
Vegetative rounded muriform cells of dematiaceous fungi, characteristic of the causal agents of chromoblastomycosis in tissue. ... Synonym: copper pennies. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerotic bone metastases
<radiology> Prostate, bladder, rectum, breast (occasionally), bronchus, carcinoid tumours, Hodgkin disease, stomach see: ivory vertebral body ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sclerotic cemental mass
Benign fibro-osseous jaw lesions of unknown aetiology, occurring predominantly in middle-aged black females, which present as large painless radiopaque masses usually involving several quadrants of the jaw. ... Synonym: florid osseous dysplasia, cemental dysplasia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerotic coat
Synonym for sclera ... <anatomy> The tough white outer coat of the eyeball, covering approximately the posterior five sixths of its surface and continuous anteriorly with the cornea and posteriorly with the external sheath of the optic nerve. ... Origin: L., Gr. Skleros = hard ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sclerotic dentin
Dentin characterised by calcification of the dentinal tubules as a result of injury or normal aging. ... Synonym: transparent dentin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerotic gastritis
A fibrous thickening of the walls of the stomach with diminution in the capacity of the organ. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerotic kidney
Synonym for granular kidney ... A kidney in which fairly uniform, diffusely and evenly situated foci of scarring of the interstitial tissue of the cortex (and sometimes scarring of glomeruli), and the associated slight degree of bulging of groups of dilated tubules, leads to the development of a minutely bosselated surface; such kidney's are seen in …

sclerotic stomach
leather-bottle stomach ...

sclerotic teeth
Teeth that are naturally hard and resistant to caries. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerotica
Synonym: sclera. ... Origin: Mod. L. Scleroticus, hard ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerotomy
<procedure> An incision through the sclera. ... Origin: sclero-+ G. Tome, incision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerotrichia
Synonym for sclerothrix ... Induration and brittleness of the hair. ... Synonym: sclerotrichia. ... Origin: sclero-+ G. Thrix, hair ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sclerotylosis
Atrophic fibrosis of the skin, hypoplasia of the nails, and palmoplantar keratoderma; associated with gastrointestinal cancer; autosomal dominant inheritance. ... Synonym: scleroatrophy. ... Origin: sclero-+ G. Tylosis, the process of becoming callous ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scoleces
Plural of scolex. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scoleciasis
Infection of the intestine by larvae of lepidopterans (moths and butterflies). ... Origin: G. Skolex, worm, + -iasis, condition ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scoleciform
Synonym for scolecoid ... 1. Resembling a tapeworm scolex. ... 2. Wormlike. ... See: lumbricoid, vermiform. ... Synonym: scoleciform. ... Origin: G. Skolekoeides, fr. Skolex, worm, + eidos, appearance ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scolecoid
1. Resembling a tapeworm scolex. ... 2. Wormlike. ... See: lumbricoid, vermiform. ... Synonym: scoleciform. ... Origin: G. Skolekoeides, fr. Skolex, worm, + eidos, appearance ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scolecology
Synonym: helminthology. ... Origin: G. Skolex, worm, + logos, study ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scoliokyphosis
Lateral and posterior curvature of the spine. ... Origin: G. Scolios, curved, + kyphosis, kyphosis ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scoliometer
An instrument for measuring curves, especially those in lateral curvature of the spine. ... Origin: G. Skolios, curved, + metron, measure ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scoliosis
<anatomy> A congenital lateral curvature of the spine. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

scoliotic
Relating to or suffering from scoliosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scoliotic pelvis
A deformed pelvis associated with lateral curvature of the spine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scoliotone
An apparatus for stretching the spine and reducing the curve in scoliosis. ... Origin: G. Skolios, crooked, + tonos, tension ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scombroid poisoning
Poisoning from ingestion of heat-stable toxins produced by bacterial action on inadequately preserved dark-meat fish of the order Scombroidea (tuna, bonito, mackerel, albacore, skipjack); characterised by epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting, headache, thirst, difficulty in swallowing, and urticaria. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scoop
1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats. ... 2. A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine. ... 3. <surgery> A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreig …

scopine
Scopolamine less the tropic acid side chain, i.e., 6,7-epoxytropine, or 6,7-epoxy-3-hydroxytropane. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scoping
A first step in the NEPA process and in the river planning process. Scoping is a means of identifying issues and concerns, their significance, and the range of alternatives. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

scopolamine
<chemical> An alkaloid from solanaceae, especially datura metel l. And scopola carniolica. Scopolamine and its quaternary derivatives act as antimuscarinics like atropine, but may have more central nervous system effects. Among the many uses are as an anaesthetic premedication, in urinary incontinence, in motion sickness, as an antispasmodic, …

scopolamine derivatives
Analogs or derivatives of scopolamine. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

scopolamine hydrobromide
Anticholinergic action is similar to that of atropine. ... Synonym: hyoscine hydrobromide. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scopolamine methylbromide
A quaternary ammonium derivative of scopolamine; used when spasmolytic or antisecretory effects are desired. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scopoletin
<chemical> 7-hydroxy-6-methoxycoumarin. Plant growth factor derived from the root of scopolia carniolica or scopolia japonica. ... Chemical name: 2H-1-Benzopyran-2-one, 7-hydroxy-6-methoxy- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

scopoletin peroxidase
<enzyme> Used to determine monoamine oxidase activity of thrombocytes ... Registry number: EC 1.11.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

scopolia
The dried rhizome and roots of Scopolia carniolica (family Solanaceae), a herb of Austria and neighboring countries of Europe; it resembles belladonna in pharmacologic action. ... Origin: G.A. Scopoli, Italian naturalist, 1723-1788 ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scopolia japonica
Japanese belladonna, the leaves, root, and seeds of which contain scopolamine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scopoline
3b,7b-Epoxy-1bH,5b H-tropan-6a-ol;a decomposition product of scopolamine, and an isomer of scopine, in that the epoxy and hydroxyl groups are in different locations. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scopometer
A device for determining the density of a precipitate by the degree of translucency of a fluid containing it. ... See: nephelometer. ... Origin: G. Skopeo, to view, + metron, measure ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scopomorphinism
Associated chronic addiction to scopolamine and morphine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scopophilia
Synonym: voyeurism. ... Origin: G. Skopeo, to view, + philos, fond ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scopophobia
<psychology> Morbid dread of being stared at. ... Origin: G. Skopeo, to view, + phobos, fear ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

scopula
<zoology> A peculiar brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the web. ... A special tuft of hairs on the leg of a bee. ... Origin: L. Scopulae, pl. A little broom. ... (11 Mar 1998) ...

Scopulariopsis
A genus of filamentous fungi rarely pathogenic for humans; several species have been implicated in onychomycosis, ulcerating granuloma, and other 'mycotic' entities. Penicillium-like, it is common in nature and generally a contaminant in laboratory cultures of human tissues. ... Origin: Mod. L. Scopula, a small broom, + G. Opsis, appearance ... (05 M …