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

autosmia
The smelling of one's own body odour. ... Origin: auto-+ G. Osme, smell ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autosomal
Pertaining to an autosome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autosomal dominant
<genetics> Requires only one affected parent have the trait to pass it to offspring. ... (02 Jan 1998) ...

autosomal gene
A gene located on any chromosome other than the sex chromosomes (X or Y). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autosomal recessive
<genetics> Mutation carried on an autosome that is deleterious only in homozygotes. ... (02 Jan 1998) ...

autosomatognosis
The sensation that an amputated portion of the body is still present. ... See: phantom limb. ... Origin: auto-+ G. Soma, body, + gnosis, recognition ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autosomatognostic
Pertaining to autosomatognosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autosome
<genetics> A chromosome not involved in sex determination. The diploid human genome consists of 46 chromosomes, 22 pairs of autosomes, and 1 pair of sex chromosomes (the X and Y chromosomes). ... (12 Mar 1998) ...

autosuggestibility
A mental state in which autosuggestion readily occurs. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autosuggestion
Suggestion coming from the subject himself. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

autosynnoia
A mental disorder in which one never has a thought not connected with oneself. ... Synonym: self-centreedness. ... Origin: auto-+ G. Synnoia, deep thought, fr. Syn, with + noeo, to think ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autosynthesis
Self-reproduction or -replication. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autotelic
Denoting those traits closely associated with the central purposes of an individual. ... Origin: auto-+ G. Telos, end, completeness, purpose ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autotemnous
Denoting a cell that propagates itself by fission without previous conjugation. ... Origin: auto-+ G. Temno, to cut ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autotetraploid
See: autoploid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autotherapy
1. Self-treatment. ... 2. Spontaneous cure. ... Synonym: autoserotherapy. ... 4. An obsolete method of treating disease by the administration of the patient's own pathologic excretions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autotomy
The act of casting off a body part as a means of escape; e.g., the limb of a crab or the tail of a lizard. ... Origin: auto-+ G. Tome, a cutting ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autotopagnosia
Inability to recognise or to orient any part of one's own body; caused by a parietal lobe lesion. ... Compare: somatotopagnosis. ... Origin: auto-+ G. Topos, place, + G. A-priv. + gnosis ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autotoxaemia
Autointoxicants present in the blood, usually resulting in autointoxication. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autotoxic
Relating to autointoxication. ... Synonym: autopoisonous. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autotoxicosis
Synonym for autointoxication ... A disorder resulting from absorption of the waste products of metabolism, decomposed matter from the intestine, or the products of dead and infected tissue as in gangrene. ... Synonym: autotoxicosis, endogenic toxicosis, enterotoxication, enterotoxism, intestinal intoxication, self-poisoning. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autotoxin
Synonym for autointoxicant ... An endogenous toxic agent that causes autointoxication. ... Synonym: autotoxin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autotransfusion
Withdrawal and reinjection/transfusion of the patient's own blood. ... Compare: autoinfusion. ... Synonym: autohemotransfusion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autotransplant
Synonym for autograft ... <procedure> Graft taken from one part of the body and placed in another site on the same individual. ... (02 Jan 1998) ...

autotransplantation
The performance of an autograft. ... Synonym: autografting. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autotriploid
See: autoploid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autotroph
<biology> An organism that makes its own food and does not require previously formed organic materials from the environment. Organisms that synthesise all their organic molecules from inorganic materials (carbon dioxide, salts etc.). ... Plants are classified as autotrophs because they use photosynthesis to make their own energy. May be photo …

autotrophic
<biology> Independent of other organisms in respect of organic nutrition, able to fix carbon dioxide, by photosynthesis, to form carbohydrates. ... (02 Jan 1998) ...

autotrophy
The state of being self-sustaining and being able to produce food from inorganic compounds. ... Carbon autotrophy, ability to assimilate CO2 from the air. ... Nitrogen autotrophy, ability to assimilate nitrate or to do nitrogen fixation. ... Sulfur autotrophy, ability to assimilate sulfate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autovaccination
A second vaccination with virus from a vaccine sore on the same individual. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autoxidation
Synonym for auto-oxidation ... The direct combination of a substance with molecular oxygen at ordinary temperatures. ... Synonym: autoxidation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autozygous
Denoting genes in a homozygote that are copies of the identical ancestral gene as a result of a consanguineous mating. ... Origin: auto-+ G. Zygotos, yoked ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autumn
1. The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called 'the fall.' Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November. ... In En …

autumn fever
A fever resembling dengue occurring at the end of the summer in India. ... Synonym: seven-day fever. ... Synonym: hasamiyami. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

autumnal
1. Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autumnal plant. 'Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa.' (Milton) ... 2. Past the middle of life; in the third stage. 'An autumnal matron.' (Hawthorne) Autumnal equinox, the time …

auxano-
Auxo-aux- ... Increase, e.g., in size, intensity, speed. ... Origin: G. Auxano, to increase ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxanogram
A plate culture of bacteria in which variable conditions are provided in order to determine the effect of these conditions on the growth of the bacteria. ... Origin: auxano-+ G. Gramma, something written ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxanographic
Pertaining to auxanogram or auxanography. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxanographic method
A method for the study of bacterial enzymes in which agar is mixed with the material (e.g., starch or milk) which is to serve as an indicator of the enzyme action and is inoculated and plated; if the bacteria produce enzymes digesting the admixed material, there will be a zone of clearing in the medium about each colony. ... Synonym: diffusion metho …

auxanography
The study, using auxanograms, of the effects of different conditions on the growth of bacteria. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxanology
The study of growth. ... Origin: auxano-+ G. Logos, study ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxesis
<cell biology> Growth by increase in cell size rather than by increasing cell numbers. ... (02 Jan 1998) ...

auxetic growth
Growth by increase in the size of component cells. ... Synonym: intussusceptive growth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxiliary
1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise. ... 2. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in), a member of the allied or subsidiary force. ... 3. A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and tenses of other verbs; called, also, an auxiliary verb; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will, in …

auxiliary abutment
A tooth other than the one supporting the direct retainer, assisting in the overall support of a removable partial denture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxilin
<protein> A novel adaptin found associated with the coated vesicles isolated from brain cells. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

auxiliomotor
Aiding motion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxilytic
Increasing the destructive power of a lysin, or favouring lysis. ... Origin: G. Auxo, to increase, + lysis, dissolution ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxin
<plant biology> A group of plant growth substances (often called phytohormones or plant hormones), the most common example being indole acetic acid (IAA), responsible for raising the pH around cells, making the cell wall less rigid and allowing elongation. ... Auxins include indoleacetic acid, phenylacetic acid, and 4-chloro-indoleacetic acid. …

auxins
Organic compounds found in plant sprouts. They promote tissue growth through cell elongation rather than multiplication. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

auxo-
See: auxano-. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxocardia
1. Enlargement of the heart, either by hypertrophy or dilation. ... 2. Diastole of the heart. ... Origin: auxo-+ G. Kardia, heart ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxochrome
<biochemistry> This is a group of atoms attached to a chromophore which modifies the ability of that chromophore to absorb light. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

auxodrome
A course of growth as plotted on a Wetzel grid. ... Origin: auxo-+ G. Dromos, course ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxoflore
An atom or group of atoms that, by its presence in a molecule, shifts the latter's fluorescent radiation in the direction of the shorter wavelength, or increases the fluorescence. ... Compare: bathoflore. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxogluc
An atomic grouping that, when present in a molecule, intensifies its sweetness. ... Origin: G. Auxano, to increase, + glykys, sweet ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxostat
<cell culture> A system for a continuous culture in which a component of the system is set and the other parameters are adjusted to maintain the culture's growth. ... (02 Jan 1998) ...

auxotonic
Denoting the condition in which a contracting muscle shortens against an increasing load. ... Compare: isometric, isotonic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxotox
An atomic grouping that, when present in a molecule, intensifies its poisonous characteristics. ... Origin: G. Auxano, to increase, + toxikon, poison ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxotroph
<biology> Mutant that differs from the wild type in requiring a nutritional supplement for growth. A deficiency mutant. ... (02 Jan 1998) ...

auxotrophic
Pertaining to an auxotroph. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxotrophic mutant
Mutant with a nutritional requirement not present in the wild type organism. ... Synonym: defective organism, deficiency mutant. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxotrophic strains
Strain's which are derived from the prototrophic strain but which require extra growth factors. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

auxotyping
<technique> Method for strain typing Neisseria by checking their requirements for specific nutrients in defined media. ... (02 Jan 1998) ...

available arch length
<dentistry> The amount of space available for the permanent teeth around the dental arch from the first permanent molar on the left to the first permanent molar on the right. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

avalanche conduction
<physiology> The discharge of an impulse from a neuron into a large number of neurons of the same physiologic system. This produces an amplification effect, thus producing a very large amount of nervous energy for a given stimulus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

avalvular
<anatomy> Without valves. ... Synonym: nonvalvular ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

avascular
<pathology> Without blood or lymphatic vessels; may be a normal state as in certain forms of cartilage, or the result of disease. ... Synonym: nonvascular. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

avascular necrosis
<radiology> Aetiology (PLASTIC RAGS): P pancreatitis, L lupus, A alcohol, S steroids, T trauma, I idiopathic, infection, C caisson disease, collagen vascular disease, R radiation, rheumatoid arthritis, A amyloid, G Gaucher disease, S sickle cell disease findings: sclerosis, crescent sign, collapse (e.g., of femoral head) see also: staging ... …

avascular necrosis staging
<radiology> Stage CT/X-ray bone scan I - cold/hot spot II sclerotic focus with osteopenic ring III crescent sign (subchondral lucency) IV articular collapse flattening of femoral head sensitivity 86% 78% specificity 79% 75% see also: avascular necrosis (AVN) ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

avascularization
1. Expulsion of blood from a part, as by means of an Esmarch tourniquet or arterial compression. ... 2. Loss of vascularity, as by scarring. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Avellis
<person> Georg, German laryngologist, 1864-1916. ... See: Avellis' syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Avellis' syndrome
<syndrome> Unilateral paralysis of the larynx and velum palati, with contralateral loss of pain and temperature sensibility in the parts below. ... Synonym: jugular foramen syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

avenacinase
<enzyme> A 110 kD saponin-detoxifying enzyme from fungus, gaeumannomyces graminis; removes both the beta-1,2- and beta-1,4-linked terminal d-glucose molecules from oat root saponin a-1 to give first the mono- and then the bis-deglucosylated form, both are less toxic to the fungus ... Registry number: EC 3.2.1.- ... Synonym: avenacinase gene pro …

avenacosidase
<enzyme> A 60-kD protein that copurifies with phytochrome; a part of the defense system of avena sativa; genbank x78433 ... Registry number: EC 3.2.1.- ... Synonym: p60 protein, avena ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

avenge
1. To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. ... 2. To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on. 'Thy judgment in avenging thine enemies.' (Bp. Hall) ... To avenge is to inflict punishment upon evil doers in behalf of ourselves, or others for whom we act; …

avenin
<plant biology> A prolamine, about 25% l-glutamic acid residues, found in oats (Avena) and in various legumes; considered highly nutritious. ... Synonym: legumin, plant casein. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

avenue
1. A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may by reached; a way of approach or of exit. 'The avenues leading to the city by land.' 'On every side were expanding new avenues of inquiry.' (Milman) ... 2. The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on eac …

average
<statistics> A value that represents the sum of values divided by the number of values in the set. It represents or summarises the relevant features of a set of values. ... Origin: M.E. Averays, loss from damage to ship or cargo, fr. It. Avaris, fr. Ar. 'awariya, damaged goods, + damage ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

average flow rate
<physiology> The flow rate determined by dividing the total volume passed in a time period divided by the time period, usually quoted in mls per minute. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

average megawatt
<physics> One megawatt of capacity produced continuously over a period of one year. 1 MWa = 1 MW x 8760 hours/year = 8,760 Mwh = 8,760,000 kWh. ... Acronym: MWa ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

average pulse magnitude
<physics> The amplitude of pulse averaged throughout its duration; identical with peak amplitude for a square wave or pulse without droop. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

avermectin B2 O-methyltransferase
<enzyme> Converts avermectin b component to avermectin a components during avermectin biosynthesis ... Registry number: EC 2.1.1.- ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

aversion therapy
<psychology> A form of behaviour therapy that pairs an unpleasant stimulus with undesirable behaviour(s) so that the patient learns to avoid the latter. ... See: aversive training. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aversive behaviour
<psychology> The movement of an organism away from a certain type of stimulus, such as electric shock. ... Compare: appetitive behaviour. ... Synonym: ambient behaviour. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aversive conditioning
Synonym for aversive training ... <psychology> A form of behaviour training or modification in which a noxious event is used to punish or extinguish undesirable behaviour. ... See: aversion therapy. ... Synonym: aversive conditioning. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aversive control
<psychology> Control of the behaviour of another individual by use of psychologically noxious means; e.g., attempting to force better study habits by withholding a child's allowance, or withholding sexual contact unless the partner complies with a request. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aversive stimulus
<psychology> A noxious stimulus such as an electric shock used in aversive training or conditioning. ... See: aversive training. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aversive therapy
<psychology> A treatment that suppresses undesirable behaviour by simultaneously exposing the subject to unpleasant consequences. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

aversive training
<psychology> A form of behaviour training or modification in which a noxious event is used to punish or extinguish undesirable behaviour. ... See: aversion therapy. ... Synonym: aversive conditioning. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aves
<ornithology, zoology> The class of Vertebrata that includes the birds. ... Aves, or birds, have a complete double circulation, oviparous, reproduction, front limbs peculiarly modified as wings; and they bear feathers. All existing birds have a horny beak, without teeth; but some Mesozoic fossil birds (Odontornithes) had conical teeth inserted …

aVF
<abbreviation> Augmented electrocardiographic leads from the foot. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

aviadenovirus
<virology> A genus of adenoviridae that infects birds. The type species is fowl adenovirus 1 also called celo virus (chick embryo lethal orphan virus). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

avian
<zoology> Relating to, affecting, resembling or derived from a bird. ... (02 Jan 1998) ...

avian achondroplasia
<veterinary> An achondroplasia seen in several breeds of domestic chickens. ... Inheritance: autosomal dominant. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

avian adenovirus type 1 proteinase
<enzyme> 206 aa residues of which 66% are homologous to human ad2 emzyme embl/genbank l13161 ... Registry number: EC 3.4.22.- ... Synonym: aavl proteinase, aavl endopeptidase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

avian diphtheria
An infection by the fowlpox virus in which tracheal involvement is especially severe. ... See: fowlpox. ... Synonym: fowl diphtheria. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

avian encephalomyelitis virus
<virology> A virus of the genus Enterovirus (family Picornaviridae) causing avian infectious encephalomyelitis in young chicks. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

avian erythroblastosis
<veterinary> An expression of disease of the avian leukosis-sarcoma complex; characterised by severe anaemia and large numbers of erythroblasts in the blood; chickens are most susceptible but fatal natural infections have been reported in guinea fowl. ... Synonym: fowl erythroblastosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

avian erythroblastosis virus
Synonym for avian leukaemia virus ... <virology> Group of C type RNA tumour viruses (Oncovirinae) that cause various leukaemias and other tumours in birds. ... The acute leukaemia viruses, that are replication defective and require helper viruses, include avian erythroblastosis (AEV), myeloblastosis (AMV) and myelo cytomatosis viruses. ... AEV c …