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


secretory immunoglobulin
Usually IgA but may be IgM linked to a secretory component and found in mucous secretions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

secretory immunoglobulin A
A subclass of IgA that is found primarily in secretions such as tears and colostrum. This form of IgA is protected from proteolytic degradation by the presence of a secretory component. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

secretory nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A nerve conveying impulses that excite functional activity in a gland. ... Synonym: secretomotor nerve. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

secretory otitis media
Synonym for serous otitis ... Inflammation of middle ear mucosa, often accompanied by accumulation of fluid, secondary to eustachian tube obstruction. ... Synonym: secretory otitis media. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

secretory protein
<protein> In eukaryotes, proteins synthesised on rough endoplasmic reticulum and destined for export. Nearly all proteins secreted from cells are glycosylated (in the Golgi apparatus, although there are exceptions (albumin). In prokaryotes, secreted proteins may be synthesised on ribosomes associated with the plasma membrane or exported post …

secretory rate
The amount of a substance secreted by cells or by a specific organ or organism over a given period of time; usually applies to those substances which are formed by glandular tissues and are released by them into biological fluids, e.g., secretory rate of corticosteroids by the adrenal cortex, secretory rate of gastric acid by the gastric mucosa. …

secretory vesicle
<cell biology> Membrane bounded vesicle derived from the Golgi apparatus and containing material that is to be released from the cell. The contents may be densely packed, often in an inactive precursor form (zymogen). ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sectio
In anatomy, a subdivision or segment. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

section
1. The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies. ... 2. A part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice. Specifically: ... A distinct part or portion of a book or writing; a subdivision of a chapter; the division of a law or other writing; a paragraph; an article; hence, the character, often used to denote s …

section, caesarian
Procedure in which an infant, rather than being born vaginally, is surgically removed from the uterus. As the name caesarian suggests, this is not a new procedure. It was done in ancient civilizations upon the death of a pregnant woman near term to salvage the baby. Julius caesar (or, more likely, one of his predecessors) was born by this procedure …

section, cross
A transverse cut through a structure. The opposite is a longitudinal section. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

section, longitudinal
A cut along the long axis of a structure. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

section, lower segment cesarian
A Cesarian section in which the surgical incision (cut) is made in the lower segment of the uterus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sectional impression
An impression that is made in sections. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sectional radiography
Synonym for tomography ... <procedure, radiology> The recording of internal body images at a predetermined plane by means of the tomograph, also called body section roentgenography. ... Origin: Gr. Graphein = to write ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sectiones
Plural of sectio. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sector
1. <geometry> A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc. ... 2. A mathematical instrument, consisting of two rulers connected at one end by a joint, each arm marked with several scales, as of equal parts, chords, sines, tangents, etc, one scale of each kind on each arm, and all on lines radiating from the common ce …

sector scan
In ultrasonography, a system in which the transducer or transmitted ultrasound beam is rotated through an angle, resulting in a pie-shaped image. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sectoranopia
Loss of vision in a sector of the visual field. ... Origin: sector + G. An-priv. + opsis, vision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

secular
1. A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules. ... 2. A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir. ... 3. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman. ... 1. Coming or observed once in an age or a century. 'The secular year was kept but once a century.' (Addison) ... 2. Pertaining to an age, or th …

secular equilibrium
A type of radioactive equilibrium in which the half-life of the precursor (parent) radioisotope is so much longer than that of the product (daughter) that the radioactivity of the daughter becomes equal to that of the parent with time. ... Stable equilibrium, equilibrium in which, after every small perturbation, the original state will tend to be re …

secund
With all the parts grouped on one side or turned to one side (applied especially to inflorescences). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

secundigravida
See: gravida. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

secundina
Synonym: afterbirth. ... Origin: L. Secundinae, the afterbirth, fr. Secundus, second ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

secundine
1. <botany> The second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine. ... In the ripened seed the primine and secundine are usually united to form the testa, or outer seed coat. When they remain distinct the secundine becomes the mesosperm, as in the castor bean. ... 2. [Cf. F. Secondines] The afterbirth, or placenta and membranes; …

secundines
Synonym: afterbirth. ... Origin: L. Secundinae, the afterbirth ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

secundipara
See: para. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

secundum
According to. ... (09 Jan 1998) ...

security measures
Regulations to assure protection of property and equipment. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sedate
To bring under the influence of a sedative. ... Origin: L. Sedatus; see sedation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sedation
1. The act of calming, especially by the administration of a sedative. ... 2. The state of being calm. ... Origin: L. Sedatio, to calm, allay ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sedative
<pharmacology> A medication with tranquilising properties. most sedatives (tranquillisers) can also promote sleep. Overdosage of a sedative medication can lead to dangerous respiratory depression (slowed breathing). A large group of medications with sedative effects are the benzodiazepines. ... Examples include: diazepam, chlordiazepoxide, alp …

sedatives, barbiturate
Those derivatives of barbituric or thiobarbituric acid that are used as hypnotics or sedatives. The structural class of all such derivatives, regardless of use, is barbiturates. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sedatives, nonbarbiturate
Compounds with diverse chemical and pharmacological properties that have in common the ability to allay excitement and anxiety and at higher concentrations induce sleep. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sedentary
1. Sitting habitually, of inactive habits. ... 2. Pertaining to a sitting posture. ... Origin: L. Sedentarius ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

sedge
1. <botany> Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species. ... The name is sometimes given to any other plant of …

sedigitate
Synonym: sexdigitate. ... Origin: L. Sex, six, + digitus, digit ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sediment
<biology> A precipitate, especially one that is formed spontaneously. ... Origin: L. Sedimentum ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sedimentary cataract
Synonym for Morgagni's cataract ... A hypermature cataract in which the nucleus gravitates within the capsule. ... Synonym: sedimentary cataract. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sedimentate
Synonym for sediment ... <biology> A precipitate, especially one that is formed spontaneously. ... Origin: L. Sedimentum ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sedimentation
<procedure> The act of causing the deposit of sediment, especially by the use of a centrifugal machine. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sedimentation coefficient
<physics> The ratio of the velocity of sedimentation of a molecule to the centrifugal force required to produce this sedimentation. ... It is a constant for a particular species of molecule and the value is given in Svedberg units that, it should be noted, are nonadditive. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sedimentation constant
The constant s in Svedberg's equation for estimating the molecular weight of a protein from the rate of movement in a centrifugal field:where M is the molecular weight, R the gas constant, T the absolute temperature, D the diffusion constant (in square centimeters per second), V the partial specific volume of the protein, &rho; the density of t …

sedimentation rate
A sedimentation rate, or sed rate , is a blood test that detects and monitors inflammation activity. It is measured by recording the rate at which red blood cells (rbcs) sediment in a tube over time. It increases (the rbcs sediment faster) with more inflammation. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

sedimentation velocity
The rate of movement of a substance, typically a macromolecule, in centrifugation; these centrifugation studies provide data on the structure of the macromolecule. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sedimentator
A centrifuge. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sedimentometer
A photographic apparatus for the automatic recording of the blood sedimentation rate. ... Origin: sediment + G. Metron, measure ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sedimentum
Synonym: sediment. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sedimentum lateritium
Synonym for brickdust deposit ... A sediment of urates in the urine. ... Synonym: sedimentum lateritium. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

sedition
1. The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an overt act; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to lawful authority. 'In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition.' (Shak) 'Noisy demagogues who had been accu …

sedoheptulose
<biochemistry> Seven carbon sugar, whose phosphate derivatives are involved in the pentose phosphate pathway and the Calvin Benson cycle. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

sedoheptulose-bisphosphatase
<enzyme> Chemical name: sedoheptulose 1,7-diphosphate phosphatase ... Registry number: EC 3.1.3.37 ... Synonym: sedoheptulose diphosphatase, sedoheptulose-1,7-biphosphatase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

seduction
1. The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity. ... 2. That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of …

sedulous
Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduous; as, the sedulous bee. 'What signifies the sound of words in prayer, without the affection of the heart, and a sedulous application of the proper means that may naturally lead us to such an end?' (L …

see
1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. 'I will new turn aside, and see this great sight.' (Ex. Iii. 3) ... 2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to underst …

seed
<biology, plant biology> A propagating organ formed in the sexual reproductive cycle of gymnosperms and angiosperms, consisting of a protective coat enclosing an embryo and food reserves. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

seed corn
A papilloma or wart on the sole of the foot. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

seedling
1. <botany> A young tree that is generally less than 3 feet high. ... 2. Any recently-sprouted plant. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

seeds
The encapsulated embryos of flowering plants. They are used as is or for animal feed because of the high content of concentrated nutrients like starches, proteins, and fats. Rapeseed, cottonseed, and sunflower seed are also produced for the oils (fats) they yield. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

seedy
1. Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds. ... 2. Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of FRench brandy. ... 3. Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy coat. 'Little Flaniga …

seedy toe
A condition of the hoof wall in the toe region of horses, characterised by loss of substance and change in character of the horn, most often as a sequela of mild chronic laminitis. ... Synonym: dystrophia ungulae, hollow wall. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

seel
1. <veterinary> To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head. 'Fools climbs to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light, mount till they end their flight with falling.' (J. Reading) ... 2. Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind. 'Come, seeling nigh …

Seeligmuller, Otto
<person> German neurologist, 1837-1912. ... See: Seeligmuller's sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Seeligmuller's sign
<clinical sign> Contraction of the pupil on the affected side in facial neuralgia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

seemly
Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous. 'He had a seemly nose.' (Chaucer) 'I am a woman, lacking wit To make a seemly answer to such persons.' (Shak) 'Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer and seemlier for Christian men than the hot pursuit of these controversies.' (Hooker) …

seer program
A cancer registry mandated under the national cancer act of 1971 to operate and maintain a population-based cancer reporting system, reporting periodically estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in the united states. The surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (seer) program is a continuing project of the national cancer institute of the n …

seesaw murmur
Synonym for to-and-fro murmur ... Murmur heard in both systole and diastole of the heart, as in aortic stenosis and insufficiency. ... Synonym: seesaw murmur. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

seesaw nystagmus
A nystagmus in which one eye moves upward as the other moves downward, often combined with a torsional rotation (down and out, up and in-as in a see-saw). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Seessel, Albert
<person> U.S. Embryologist, 1850-1910. ... See: Seessel's pocket, Seessel's pouch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Seessel's pocket
The part of the embryonic foregut extending cephalad to the level of the oral plate and caudal to the pituitary diverticulum (Rathke's pouch). ... Synonym: preoral gut. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Seessel's pouch
See: Seessel's pocket. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segawa's dystonia
An important variant of dopa-responsive dystonia (drd). Typically, drd begins in childhood or adolescence with progressive difficulty in walking and, in some cases, spasticity. In segawa's dystonia, the symptoms fluctuate during the day from relative mobility in the morning to increasingly worse disability in the afternoon and evening as well as af …

SegE endonuclease
<enzyme> Site-specific endonuclease from phage t4; similar to i-tevi endonuclease ... Registry number: EC 3.1.25.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

segment
<biology> A portion of a larger body or structure, set off by natural or arbitrarily established boundaries. ... Origin: L. Segmentum = a piece cut off ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

segment long spacing
<biochemistry> Abnormal packing pattern of collagen molecules formed if ATP is added to acidic collagen solutions, in which lateral aggregates of molecules are produced. ... Each aggregate is 300 nm long and the molecules are all in register. If segment long spacing aggregates are overlapped with a quarter stagger, the 67 nm banding pattern of …

segment polarity gene
<molecular biology> A segmentation gene, responsible for specifying anterior posterior polarity within individual embryonic segments. ... In Drosophila, there are at least 10 such genes, for example gooseberry. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

segmenta
Plural of segmentum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segmenta hepatis
Synonym for hepatic segments ... Territories of the liver with independent portobilioarterial distribution or independent venous drainage. The naming of segments in the NA is based upon the portobilioarterial distribution. ... See: anterior segment, lateral segment, medial segment, posterior segment. ... Synonym: segmenta hepatis, segments of liver.
segmenta lienis
Synonym for segments of spleen ... Splenic territories receiving independent arterial supply or drained by independent roots of the splenic vein. ... Synonym: segmenta lienis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segmenta medullae spinalis
Synonym for segments of spinal cord ... Portions of the spinal cord corresponding to the line of attachment of the roots of the individual spinal nerves. These are the cervical spinal cord segments [C1-C8]; the thoracic spinal cord segments [T1-T12]; the lumbar spinal cord segments ... Origin: L1-L5]; the sacral spinal cord segments [S1-S5]; and the …

segmenta medullae spinalis coccygea
Synonym for coccygeal part of spinal cord ... The terminal part of the spinal cord consisting of the three coccygeal segments of the spinal cord from which the three pairs of coccygeal nerves originate. ... Synonym: pars coccygea medullae spinalis, segmenta medullae spinalis coccygea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segmenta medullae spinalis lumbaria
Synonym for lumbar segments of spinal cord ... The five lumbar segments of the spinal cord which give rise to the five pairs of lumbar spinal nerves and constitute the lumbar part of the spinal cord. ... Synonym: segmenta medullae spinalis lumbaria. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segmenta medullae spinalis sacralia
Synonym for sacral part of spinal cord ... The part of the cord from which consists of the five sacral segments of the spinal cord (S1-S5) and from which five pairs of sacral nerves originate. ... Synonym: pars sacralis medullae spinalis, segmenta medullae spinalis sacralia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segmenta renalia
Synonym for renal segments ... Regions of the kidney supplied by end arteries branching from the renal arteries; they are named anterior inferior segmentum, anterius superior segmentum, inferior segmentum, posterior segmentum, and superior segmentum. ... Synonym: segmenta renalia, arterial segments of kidney. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segmental
1. Relating to, or being, a segment. ... 2. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the segments of animals; as, a segmental duct; segmental papillae. Of or pertaining to the segmental organs. ... <anatomy> Segmental duct, the tubes which primarily open into the segmental duct, some of which become the urinary tubules of the adult. ... Source: Webst …

segmental alveolar osteotomy
<procedure> An intraoral surgical procedure in which segments of alveolar bone containing teeth are sectioned between, and apically to, the teeth for the repositioning of the alveolus and teeth; it may be maxillary or mandibular, and may be combined with ostectomy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segmental anaesthesia
Loss of sensation limited to an area supplied by one or more spinal nerve roots. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segmental arteries of kidney
The branches of the renal artery that supply the anatomical segments of kidney. Usually five in number, they are end arteries and give off interlobar, arcuate and interlobular arteries in sequence. The latter send afferent arterioles to the glomeruli as well as branches to the kidney capsule. The segmental arteries of the kidney are identified as: …

segmental atelectasis
Partial collapse of one or more individual pulmonary segments. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segmental bronchus
One of the divisions of the lobar bronchus that supplies a bronchopulmonary segment. In the right lung there are commonly ten: in the superior lobe, the apical (B1) segmental bronchus, bronchus segmentalis apicalis; posterior (B2) segmental bronchus, bronchus segmentalis (BII) posterior; and anterior (B3) segmental bronchus, bronchus segmentalis (B …

segmental fracture
A fracture in two parts of the same bone. ... Synonym: double fracture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segmental glomerulonephritis
Glomerulonephritis affecting only part of a glomerulus or glomeruli. ... Synonym: local glomerulonephritis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segmental glomerulosclerosis
<nephrology> A kidney disorder that results in fibrosis and scarring in the kidney glomerulus. The cause is unknown but some cases can result from reflux nephropathy. The clinical manifestation of this kidney disorder is nephrotic syndrome. ... Symptoms include weight gain, swelling, hypertension and foamy urine. High blood cholesterol and tri …

segmental mastectomy
<procedure, surgery> A surgical procedure in which only a portion of the breast is removed, including the cancer and the surrounding margin of healthy breast tissue. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

segmental neuritis
Inflammation occurring at several points along the course of a nerve, segmental demyelinating neuropathy ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segmental plate
Synonym for segmental zone ... In a young embryo, the thickened dorsal portion of the undifferentiated paraxial mesoderm which becomes metamerically divided to form the mesodermal somites. ... Synonym: segmental plate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segmental sphincter
A sphincter of a segment of an organ, a tube, or a canal, and longer than an annular sphincter. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segmental tubule
Synonym for mesonephric tubule ... An excretory tubule of the mesonephros. ... Synonym: segmental tubule. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segmental zone
In a young embryo, the thickened dorsal portion of the undifferentiated paraxial mesoderm which becomes metamerically divided to form the mesodermal somites. ... Synonym: segmental plate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

segmentation
<biology> Organisation of the body into repeating units called segments is a common feature of several phyla, for example arthropods and annelids, although the segments arise by very different mechanisms. ... Segmentation also occurs during embryonic development in vertebrates, for example partition of the mesoderm into somites and is a featur …