extramedullary

/ˌɛkstɹəməˈdʌləɹi/

/ˌɛkstɹəˈmɛdəlɛɹi/

/ˌɛkstɹəˈmɛd͡ʒulɛɹi/

From extra- + medullary or extra- + medulla + -ary.

Extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) is a rare disorder, defined as the appearance of hematopoietic elements outside the bone marrow or peripheral blood. The most common sites of EMH are liver and spleen, but it has been documented in other organs such as the mediastinum, lymph nodes, breast, and central nervous system. EMH occurs as a compensatory mechanism for bone marrow dysfunction in severe thalassemia.

2018, Abdulla MA, Yassin MA, Abdelrazek M, Mudawi D, Ibrahim F, Soliman DS, ElOmri H, Nashwan AJ, Fernihough L, De Sanctis V, Soliman AT, “A persistent cough as atypical clinical presentation of intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) in a female with thalassemia intermedia”, in Acta Biomedica, volume 89, number 2-S, →DOI, →PMID, pages 41–46:

(anatomy, medicine) Outside of a medulla; thus:

(anatomy, medicine) Outside of the bone marrow, as with extramedullary hematopoiesis.

As no complete study has been made of reflex response to stimulation of ipsilateral vagus in regard to extramedullary respiratory control system, the authors have tried to clarify the influence of the stimulation of the vagus on the ipsilateral posterior cricoarytenoid muscle (PCA).

1976, Fukuda H, Akitaya T, Kirchner JA, “Evoked response in the posterior cricoarytenoid to stimulation of the ipsilateral vagus”, in Keio Journal of Medicine, volume 25, number 3, →PMID, pages 111–122:

(anatomy, medicine) Outside of the medulla oblongata, as with extramedullary influences on control of ventilation.

Similar mechanisms likely underlie the expression of relevant transporters and/or enzymes for the alternative nonperturbing osmolytes (11,12,35) in renal medullary tubular cells. Osmotic induction of AR2 and MI transport has also been described in extramedullary renal cells and in nonrenal cells rarely or never exposed to significant physiologic hyperosmolarity in vivo (31,39).

1993, Henry DN, Del Monte M, Greene DA, Killen PD, “Altered aldose reductase gene regulation in cultured human retinal pigment epithelial cells”, in Journal of Clinical Investigation, volume 92, number 2, →DOI, →PMID, →PMCID, pages 617–623:

(anatomy, medicine) Outside of the renal medulla, as with extramedullary electrolytes or renal tissue.

This paper reports on neoplastic disease of the spine and spinal cord. Spinal tumors are often categorized as extradural, intradural–extramedullary, or intramedullary in location. This classification represents somewhat of an over-generalization for two reasons. First, a given lesion may reside in two compartments simultaneously. […] Second, in different cases, two lesions with identical pathology may occur in different compartments. […] Nevertheless, this classification scheme is useful, because it is traditional and helps to characterize spinal tumors.

1991, G Sze, M Twohig, “Neoplastic disease of the spine and spinal cord”, in Scott W. Atlas, editors, Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain and Spine, →ISBN, pages 921–966:

MR imaging revealed isolated intradural-extramedullary involvement (n = 9), isolated intramedullary involvement (n = 3), combined intradural-extramedullary and intramedullary involvement (n = 3), and/or syringomyelia caused by infection and associated with chronic spinal arachnoiditis (n = 2).

1997, CC Leite, JR Jinkins, BE Escobar, AC Magalhães, GC Gomes, G Dib, SA Vargas, C Zee, AT Watanabe, “MR imaging of intramedullary and intradural-extramedullary spinal cysticercosis”, in American Journal of Roentgenology, volume 169, number 6, →DOI, →PMID, pages 1713–1717:

(anatomy, medicine) Outside of the spinal cord, as with intrameningeal but extramedullary tissues of the central nervous system.


dhampir

(mythology, fiction, fantasy) A half-human, half-vampire hybrid.


giantin

(biochemistry) A large protein present in the membrane of the Golgi body.


golgin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of coiled-coil proteins that tether vesicles to the Golgi apparatus


glucosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a glucosyl group


glycosylhydrolase

(biochemistry) Any of many enzymes that hydrolyse glycosides


glossopharyngeal

(anatomy, relational) Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx.

舌咽的

pertaining to the tongue and the pharynx


glossopharyngeal

glossopharyngeal nerve
glossopharyngeal nerve#English

(neuroanatomy) Ellipsis of glossopharyngeal nerve..


glucohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of sugars containing a glucose residue


ulnare

For more than 50 years, it has been known that some lobe-finned fish have homologues of two wrist bones, the intermedium and ulnare.

2009 February 11, Neil Shubin et al., “Deep homology and the origins of evolutionary novelty”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7231, →DOI, pages 818–823:

(anatomy) One of the carpal bones, situated at the distal end of the ulna.


hyaluronidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of hyaluronic acid


hypsodont

(dentistry) Describing teeth that have large crowns (characteristic of herbivores)


ipRGC

intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell#English

Abbreviation of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell


kafirin

From kafir + -in, in reference to kaffir corn.

(biochemistry) Any of a group of storage proteins found in sorghum.


lipocalin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that transport lipids and similar molecules


invertor

(anatomy) Any muscle that turns a body part inwards.


iliocostalis

(anatomy) The lateral division of the erector spinae, consisting of the iliocostalis lumborum musculus, iliocostalis thoracis musculus, and iliocostalis cervicis musculus.


mesopallium

(anatomy) The middle part of the pallium


mesolimbic

“The mesocortical, mesolimbic, and nigrostriatal dopamine pathways are what the call the reward pathways, all right? They’re the ones that activate when we’re expecting or receiving a reward.”

2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 154:

(neuroanatomy) Relating to the middle part of the limbic system.

mesolímbico

relating to the middle part of the limbic system


pleuntic

en-adj

pleuntic (comparative more pleuntic, superlative most pleuntic)

more pleuntic (comparative)
most pleuntic (superlative)

(anatomy) Of, or pertaining to, the pleural cavity


hairstyling

en-noun

hairstyling (countable and uncountable, plural hairstylings)

At Fekkai, for example, the solid oak communal hairstyling stations are designed to encourage clients to talk to one another […].

2007 April 5, Natasha Singer, “These Salons Forgo Beauty Sleep”, in New York Times:


microvascular

“Instead of the capsules, it’s this microvascular network that circulates and delivers the healing agent,” Dr. Sottos said.

2007 June 19, Henry Fountain, “Cockroaches Conditioned to Salivate at a Scent, Not Pavlov’s Dinner Bell”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to extremely small blood vessels

microvascolare

of or pertaining to extremely small blood vessels


optic disc

(anatomy) The location where ganglion cell axons exit the eye to form the optic nerve.


autopodium

(anatomy) The distal part of a limb; a hand or foot


sidelock

(firearms) The design of a gun that has the lockwork mounted to the inside of a plate; compare boxlock.


carboxyl methyltransferase

carboxyl methyltransferase (plural carboxyl methyltransferases)

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the methylation of a carboxyl group


claudin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that control the flow of molecules through the epithelium


defensin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of cysteine-rich proteins that are active against bacteria, fungi and viruses


colliculus

From Latin colliculus, diminutive of collis (“hill”).


enhanceosome

(biochemistry, genetics) A protein complex that binds to the enhancer region of a gene


fibromuscular

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.

fibromuscolare

of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue


headfold

(anatomy) A ventral fold formed by growth of the embryonic head


glutenin

glutenin (countable and uncountable, plural glutenins)

Coordinate term: gliadin

The gliadin chains fold onto themselves in a compact mass, and bond weakly with each other and with the glutenin proteins. The glutenins, however, bond with each other in several ways to form an extensive, tightly knit network.

2004, Harold McGee, chapter 10, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:

(biochemistry) The glutelin protein of wheat.


hypostome

(anatomy) Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular:

The ventral mouthpart plate in trilobites;

The barbed attachment structure associated with the mouthparts of parasitic arachnids (e.g. ticks);

The oral tip surrounded by tentacles in hydrozoan cnidarians.

This mode of attachment and support of the hypostome in proparian trilobites is also shown by Öpik's work (1938, and references) and by Whittington (1941b, p. 514-517) and Evitt and Whittington (1953).

1953, H. B. Whittington, W. R. Evitt, Memoir 59: Silicified Middle Ordovician Trilobites, Geological Society of America, page 20:

2012, Georgia E. Lesh-Laurie, Chapter 5. Expression and Maintenance of Organismic Polarity, Allison L. Burnett (editor), Biology of Hydra, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (Academic Press), pages 160-161,
As a result or these interactions, the presence of a hypostome inhibits the formation of another hypostome nearby. Removal of the hypostome causes the level of inhibition to fall; regeneration of it restores this level (Webster, 1966).

2020, Fatma El-Bawab, Invertebrate Embryology and Reproduction, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 251,
The polyps of the two observed populations of Alatina cf. moseri showed no distinct differences. […] The body of the polyp is divided into three parts: the hypostome, the calyx and a stalk region. The latter includes a basal disc and a tiny periderm beaker enveloping the pedal region. The hypostome of polyps of both populations was four-lipped (Fig. 5.33F and G), balloon-shaped and ~14%–15% of the total body length (TBL). It was not completely contractible into the body.

2022, Alan Gunn, Sarah J. Pitt, Parasitology: An Integrated Approach, 2nd edition, Wiley, page 191,
Figure 7.4 Argas persicus […] (b) Hypostome of larval stage. The toothed hypostome is easily visible in the larval stage.


mesopodial

en-adj

mesopodial (comparative more mesopodial, superlative most mesopodial)

more mesopodial (comparative)
most mesopodial (superlative)

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mesopodialia (the bones of the carpus and tarsus)


mesopodialia

(anatomy) The bones of the carpus and tarsus.


myrosinase

From μύρον (múron, “myrrh”) + σίναπι (sínapi, “mustard”) (according to German Wikipedia).

(biochemistry) Any of several defense-related enzymes, in plants such as mustard, that hydrolyze glycosides, thus releasing potentially toxic substances.


neostriatum

(anatomy) That part of the corpus striatum that is more recently developed


neuraxis

/ˈnjʊəɹˌæksɪs/

central nervous system
central nervous system#English

(anatomy, medicine, usually) Synonym of central nervous system.

The picture revealed by spinal tap was one of an acute polyneuritis, but a polyneuritis of a most exceptional type: not like Guillian–Barré syndrome, with its overwhelming motor involvement, but a purely (or almost purely) sensory neuritis, affecting the sensory roots of spinal and cranial nerves throughout the neuraxis.

1984, Oliver Sacks, “The Disembodied Lady”, chapter 3 in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Reset 2007), page 51

(anatomy, embryology, medicine, sometimes) A subset of the central nervous system: i.e., the spinal cord, rhombencephalon, mesencephalon and diencephalon.


corpus striatum

en-noun

corpus striatum (plural corpora striata)

(neuroanatomy) The striated mass of white and grey matter in front of the thalamus on each side of the brain


nickase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that causes nicks (breaks in one strand) of nucleic acid, allowing it to unwind


nucleoplasmin

nucleoplasmin (countable and uncountable, plural nucleoplasmins)

(biochemistry) A chaperone protein that functions in the building of nucleosomes


nonsyntaxin

(biochemistry) Any protein that is not a syntaxin


nucleotidyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that transfers nucleotide residues


neurocranium

(anatomy) The part of the skull that encloses the brain.

neurocrani

anatomy: the part of the skull that encloses the brain


occludin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of plasma-membrane proteins located at tight junctions


oestrone

oestrone (countable and uncountable, plural oestrones)

(British spelling, biochemistry, steroids) Alternative spelling of estrone.


oestriol

oestriol (countable and uncountable, plural oestriols)

(British spelling, biochemistry, steroids) Alternative spelling of estriol.


otoconium

A Latinised adaptation (taking the form of a Latin second-declension neuter noun in the nominative case, as if from a Latin *ōtoconium) of the French otoconie (whence otocony, otokony), itself formed from the Ancient Greek οὖς, ὠτ- (oûs, ōt-, “ot-; ear”) + κονία (konía, “dust”).


palmitoyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase involved in palmitoylation


supranuclear

(anatomy) Above the level of the motor neurons


paraxis

(biochemistry) A basic helix-loop-helix protein expressed in paraxial mesoderm and developing somites


isocortex

(anatomy) The major part of the cerebral cortex


perforin

en-noun

perforin (countable and uncountable, plural perforins)

From perforate + -in, alluding to its action on the cell membrane.

(biochemistry) A cytolytic protein found in natural killer cells.


frontotemporal

/ˌfɹʌntəʊˈtɛmpəɹəl/

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the frontal and temporal bones or lobes


subarachnoid

After an internal examination he found that "the cause of death was craniocerebral injury with subarachnoid hemorrhage […]."

1988 May 19, Jack Clark, “Touch of Death”, in Chicago Reader, volume 17, number 31:

(anatomy, relational) Located or occurring below the arachnoid mater, often specifically between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater.


splenium

Borrowed from Latin splēnium (“plaster, patch”), from Ancient Greek σπληνῐ́ον (splēnĭ́on, “pad or compress of linen”).

der

(anatomy, neurology) The thick posterior part of the corpus callosum of the brain.


huntingtin

en-noun

huntingtin (countable and uncountable, plural huntingtins)

Huntington's disease
Huntington's disease

(biochemistry) A protein whose polymorphism is associated with Huntington's disease.


neutravidin

(biochemistry) A deglycosylated version of avidin


neurofibril

(anatomy) Any of a group of microscopic fibrils through the body of a neuron that extend into the axon and dendrites

néaraifibril

anatomy:any of a group of microscopic fibrils through the body of a neuron


brushable

en-adj

brushable (comparative more brushable, superlative most brushable)

more brushable (comparative)
most brushable (superlative)

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kesh

(Sikhism) The practice of allowing one's hair to grow naturally, one of the five Ks.


phosphotransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate group (phosphorylation)


carrier protein

en-noun

carrier protein (plural carrier proteins)

(biochemistry) Any protein whose function is to transport small molecules (or other proteins) through biological membranes


phytase

(biochemistry) A phosphatase, present in cereals, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of phytic acid into inositol and phosphoric acid.


pial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pia or pia mater.


plakoglobin

plakoglobin (countable and uncountable, plural plakoglobins)

(biochemistry) A catenin protein that is a component of desmosomes.


cribriform plate

cribriform plate (plural cribriform plates)

(anatomy) In the human skull, a sieve-like region of the ethmoid bone (which separates the nasal cavity from the brain).


polyprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein (especially ones produced by viruses) that cleave to produce a number of polypeptides, some of which act as hormones


detangle

en-verb

detangle (third-person singular simple present detangles, present participle detangling, simple past and past participle detangled)

detangles (present singular third-person)
detangling (participle present)
detangled (participle past)
detangled (past)

We know that mycorrhizal fungi form and re-form their connections with plants, tangling, detangling and retangling.

2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 190:

(transitive) To disentangle, remove tangles from (especially hair).


posteromedial

(anatomy) In the back and near the midline


synapsin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins implicated in the regulation of neurotransmitter release at synapses


aspiny

en-adj

aspiny (comparative more aspiny, superlative most aspiny)

more aspiny (comparative)
most aspiny (superlative)

(anatomy) Lacking spines (“sharp protrusions”)


venular

Arteriolar and venular patterning in retinas of mice selectively expressing VEGF isoforms .

2009 February 26, Akiko Mammoto et al., “A mechanosensitive transcriptional mechanism that controls angiogenesis”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7233, →DOI, pages 1103–1108:


buccolingual

/ˌbʌkoʊˈlɪŋɡwəl/

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cheek and the tongue.

(dentistry) Relating to buccal (inner cheek) and lingual (tongue) surfaces, as:

(dentistry) In a location on the buccal and lingual aspect (of a tooth or its socket).

(dentistry) In a direction with buccal and lingual vectors.


xiphisternum

en-noun

xiphisternum (plural xiphisterna or xiphisternums)

xiphisterna (plural)
xiphisternums (plural)

Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”) + English -i- (in place of the etymologically consistent -o-) + English sternum

Hence the spaces between the forks of the hyposternum and between the hypo- and xiphisternums are relatively much smaller, and the external process of the hyposternum is twice as broad as in the common Cock.

1866, W. K. Parker, “On the Osteology of Gallinaceous Birds and Tinamous”, in Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Volume 5, Zoological Society of London, page 165:

1887, "Skeleton", entry in The Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 22, 9th Edition, page 113,
The xiphisternum may assume various forms, but attains its maximum development in Birds, where it forms the part of the sternum posterior to the attachment of the ribs, and may consist of a median and four lateral processes, as in the Fowl. It bears the greater part of the keel.

Unfixed cartilage was studied. It was isolated from the xiphisterna of female Sprague-Dawley rats (150-200 g body weight) killed by cervical fracture. The xiphisternum was removed immediately at its point of attachment to the sternal column.

1968, The Histochemical Journal, Volume 2, page 425:

Again, the distance between the umbilicus and the xiphisternum is divided into three equal parts, corresponding to 28, 32, and 36 weeks. At 36 weeks, the fundus is at the level of the xiphisternum.

2015, Lakshmi Seshadri, Gita Arjun, Essentials of Obstetrics, Wolters Kluwer, page 107:

(biology, anatomy, medicine) Synonym of xiphoid process.


bone morphogenetic protein

bone morphogenetic protein (plural bone morphogenetic proteins)

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that encourage the formation of bone and cartilage


elongator

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins associated with histone acetylation


endoglycosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that releases oligosaccharides from glycoproteins or glycolipids


gastrovascular

(anatomy) That has both a digestive and a circulatory function

béledényrendszer

with a digestive and a circulatory function


snow on the rooftop

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(idiomatic, euphemistic, often humorous) Gray or white hair on one's head, especially as an indication of aging.

there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace


lemniscal

(anatomy) Describing a sensory pathway that conducts impulses of touch etc to the cortex


suspensory ligament

suspensory ligament (plural suspensory ligaments)

Kavanagh said a scan yesterday detected a small tear in Maldivian's near side suspensory ligament.

2009 February 20, Tim Habel, “Theseo rules market”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 2009-02-21:

(anatomy) A ligament or similar tissue suspending a bodily organ.


paralemniscal

(anatomy) Describing a sensory pathway, parallel to the lemniscal pathway, that conducts impulses of touch etc to the region of the cortex.


paxillin

paxillin (countable and uncountable, plural paxillins)

(biochemistry) A signal transduction adaptor protein


suspensory

[…] Rubijon, also on the comeback trail after a flexor tendon and suspensory injury.

2009 January 20, Adrian Dunn, “El of a love affair continues”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 2009-01-20:

Something that suspends.
(anatomy) The suspensory ligament.

Something that suspends.
The suspensory ligament.


phosphoribosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a phosphoribosyl group


postzygapophyseal

(anatomy) Relating to the postzygapophysis


presenilin

From presenile + -in, since they were first identified in screens for mutations causing early onset forms of familial Alzheimer's disease.

(biochemistry) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins


prezygapophyseal

(anatomy) Situated in front of the zygapophyseal joint.


pretectum

(neuroanatomy) A region of neurons between the thalamus and the midbrain.


probasin

(biochemistry) A protein expressed in the epithelial cells of the prostate.


prominin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of polytopic membrane proteins found in all animals


procapsid

(biochemistry) A capsid that contains no viral nucleic acid.


cancellus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cancellus (“little crab”). Doublet of chancel.

ubor

(anatomy) One of the interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, especially in their articular extremities.


pronephros

en-noun

pronephros (plural pronephroi or pronephroses)

pronephroi (plural)
pronephroses (plural)

(anatomy) A primitive kidney in the lamprey and similar animals, and in other vertebrate embryos


pseudokinase

(biochemistry) A protein containing a catalytically inactive kinase domain.


proximodistal

Anatomical terms of location#Proximal and distal (general case)

(anatomy) Running from the center of the body out towards the distal ends of appendages.

(anatomy) Running from the center of a local structure out towards the distal ends of that structure.


pyrin

(biochemistry) A protein that regulates the body's inflammatory response to trauma.


rachilla

rachilla (plural rachillas or rachillae)

(botany) A rachis of secondary or higher order in leaves and ferns that are compound more than once.


lacrimal gland

(anatomy, ophthalmology) Either of a pair of almond-shaped glands, one for each eye, that secrete the aqueous layer of the tear film.


cofilin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins which disassemble actin filaments


hippocampocortical

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the hippocampus and the cortex.


postsynapse

(anatomy) The cell to which a synapse sends a signal


haircutter

One who cuts hair; a barber or hairdresser.

Friseur

one who cuts hair; a barber or hairdresser

Any of various mechanical or electrical devices used to cut hair.


pudendal

From Latin pudendum (“external genitals, shaming”) + -al.

uder

Ms. Mate’s symptoms responded to another approach — two treatments to inhibit firing of the pudendal nerve, which enervates the lowest muscles of the pelvis, plus regular use of an anticonvulsant drug.

2008 January 29, Jane E. Brody, “New Insights Into Genital Pain in Women”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) Relating to or near the pudendum.


vadge

And I'd tell him about my vadge and how it felt and he'd tell me what it looked like to him and how he loved it. We could go on for quite a while until the words did what they were supposed to do and then we'd do it.

2011, William Kennedy, Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

She wished Jas would stop, because her vadge could not take much more of this blissful torture.

2014, Eden Davis, Dare to Be Wild, page 56:


ischial callosity

en-noun

ischial callosity (plural ischial callosities)

A thickened piece of skin found on the buttocks of animals, especially the baboon.


retinocollicular

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or connecting the retina and the midbrain colliculus


retro-orbital

(anatomy) Situated behind the orbit or the eye.


retinogeniculate

Severe disruptions in the visual cortex was^([sic]) also observed when disrupting cholinergic retinal waves in ephrin double knockout (ephrin-A2/A5) mice, thus highlighting the importance of neural activity and ephrin-As acting together to control retinogeniculate and retinocortical patterning in normal development.

2015 October 10, “Rapid Changes in Cortical and Subcortical Brain Regions after Early Bilateral Enucleation in the Mouse”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or connecting the retina and the geniculate ganglion.


sectorial

en-adj

sectorial (comparative more sectorial, superlative most sectorial)

more sectorial (comparative)
most sectorial (superlative)


alveus

Borrowed from Latin alveus (“a hollow, cavity; the channel or bed of a river”).

bor

(neuroanatomy) A thin layer of medullary nerve fibers on the ventricular surface of the hippocampus.


beta-lactamase

(biochemistry) An enzyme produced by certain bacteria, responsible for their resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics such as penicillin.


amyloglucosidase

(biochemistry) A form of amylase used industrially to produce sugars from starches

amiloglucosidasi

a form of amylase used industrially to produce sugars from starches


carbonic anhydrase

en-noun

carbonic anhydrase (plural carbonic anhydrases)

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the conversion of carbon dioxide to bicarbonate


stylion

(anatomy) The styloid process of the radius bone


subscapularis

A strain is a catch-all term for a tear, and Posada’s is located in the subscapularis muscle.

2008 April 15, Tyler Kepner, “Chamberlain Leaves Yanks to Join His Ill Father”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) A certain large, triangular muscle near the shoulder that plays a key role in rotating the arm


intraluminal

From intra- + luminal or intra- + lumen + -al.


mammillothalamic

(anatomy) Of, or pertaining to, the mammillary body and thalamus.

mamilotalámico

of or pertaining to the mammillary body and the thalamus


pinin

pinin (countable and uncountable, plural pinins)

(biochemistry) A protein associated with desmosome


protofibril

(anatomy) An elongated cluster of cells that grows into a fibril.


protonema

(botany) A filament of cells that forms following the germination of the spores of mosses and liverworts


hexokinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose


phosphofructokinase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates


episperm

(botany) The outer, protective layer of the seed of a flowering plant.

episperma

the outer, protective layer of the seed of a flowering plant


glucanase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that breaks down a glucan


glucosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides


glucoamylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes the glucoside bond in starches and dextrins


gross anatomy

The old joke about gross anatomy is that it is not only gross (macroscopic) but also often gross (revolting).

(anatomy) The study of large-scale anatomy, especially that which may be seen by the unaided eye (macroscopic features).


lactose intolerant

en-adj

lactose intolerant (comparative more lactose intolerant, superlative most lactose intolerant)

more lactose intolerant (comparative)
most lactose intolerant (superlative)

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long bone

(anatomy) Any of the relatively slender bones of the upper and lower extremities.


lactose intolerance

en-noun

lactose intolerance (usually uncountable, plural lactose intolerances)

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securin

(biochemistry) A protein involved in anaphase triggering.


steptavidin

(biochemistry) A protein, having a structure containing four cavities, that has a high affinity for biotin


stargazin

From stargaze + -in, since modifications of the protein caused mice to gaze upward in experiments.

(biochemistry) A brain-specific transmembrane protein associated with a form of epilepsy


stomatin

stomatin (countable and uncountable, plural stomatins)

(biochemistry) An erythrocyte membrane protein.


stomodeum

From Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “likeness”) + -um.

(anatomy) A depression on the ectoderm of a developing embryo that becomes the mouth


subchelate

en-adj

subchelate (comparative more subchelate, superlative most subchelate)

more subchelate (comparative)
most subchelate (superlative)

(anatomy) Describing a short or stubby chelate appendage


ligninase

(biochemistry) Any of various enzymes that break down lignin


pectinase

(biochemistry) Any protease that break down pectin.


xylanase

(biochemistry) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of xylan


subepithelium

(anatomy) The layer immediately under the epithelium


subpallium

The pallium (and especially the archipallium) are more sensitive to the absence of olfactory morphogenetic influences than the subpallium.

1976, P. Clairambault, “33: Development of the Prosencephalon”, in R. Llinás, W. Precht, editors, Frog Neurobiology, Springer, page 941:

2017, C. Watson, A. Mitchelle, L. Puelles, 2.02: A New Mammalian Brain Ontology Based on Developmental Gene Expression, Georg F. Striedter (volume editor), Jon H. Kaas (editor-in-chief), Evolution of Nervous Systems, Volume 1, 2nd Edition, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 60,
The pallium is initially separated from the subpallium on account of its differential molecular identity, which causes pallial neurons to the glutamatergic as a rule, whereas subpallial neurons are GABAergic in various peptidergic flavors, depending on the precise origins (Stühmer et al.,2002).

Channeling of TCAs^([thalamocortical axons]) into the subpallium also relies on early axonal projections between the prethalamus and the subpallium (Feng et al., 2016).

2020, Franck Bielle, Sonia Garel, “20: Neuronal migration of guidepost cells”, in Bin Chen, Kenneth Y. Kwan, editors, Cellular Migration and Formation of Axons and Dendrites, 2nd edition, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 445:

(anatomy, neuroanatomy, biology, neurobiology) A layer of the cerebrum below the pallium.


subthalamic

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the subthalamus


subventricular

(anatomy) Describing the part of the adult mammalian brain containing the neural stem cells


subthalamus

(anatomy) Part of the diencephalon beneath the thalamus.

腹側丘腦 /腹侧丘脑

part of the diencephalon beneath the thalamus


syncytin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of captive retroviral envelope proteins involved in human placental morphogenesis


epimerase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the stereochemical inversion of the configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having more than one center of asymmetry.


oculomotor nerve

en-noun

oculomotor nerve (plural oculomotor nerves)

(neuroanatomy) The third of twelve paired cranial nerves, which controls most of the eye's movements and constriction of the pupil and maintains an open eyelid.

動眼神經 /动眼神经

the third of twelve paired cranial nerves


moptop

While young women loved the Beatles' hair, British adults found it “unsightly, unsafe, unruly, and unclean.” Factories suspended young apprentices who dared to show up in a moptop.

2022, W. David Marx, “Introduction”, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:

(dated) A style of haircut popularized by the Beatles.


eyehole

Holonym: eyepiece

The hole to which the viewer places his or her eye in a device such as a telescope.


pick one's nose

en-verb

pick one's nose (third-person singular simple present picks one's nose, present participle picking one's nose, simple past and past participle picked one's nose)

picks one's nose (present singular third-person)
picking one's nose (participle present)
picked one's nose (participle past)
picked one's nose (past)

You can pick your friends; you can pick your nose; but you can't pick your friends' noses.

(idiomatic) To insert a finger or other object into one's nostril to remove obstructions, especially dried mucus.


mandibulary

From Late Latin mandibula (“a jaw”) + -ary.

(anatomy, relational, archaic) Synonym of mandibular.


maneless

The scientists had partly suspected that the maneless males were adolescents mistaken for adults by amateur observers.

2002 April, Philip Caputo, “Maneless Lions”, in National Geographic:


coronin

(biochemistry) An actin binding protein which also interacts with microtubules


thalamocortical

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the thalamus and the cerebral cortex.

talamokortikaalinen

relating to the thalamus and the cerebral cortex


kisspeptin

en-noun

kisspeptin (countable and uncountable, plural kisspeptins)

Named after the gene KISS1, itself named after the confectionery Hershey's Kisses because it was discovered in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

(biochemistry) A protein-coupled ligand that plays a role in puberty


teledentistry

information technology
information technology

The use of information technology and telecommunications for dental primary care, consultation, education, and public awareness in the same manner as telehealth and telemedicine.

telestomatológia

the use of information technology and telecommunications for dental primary care, consultation, education, and public awareness in the same manner as telehealth and telemedicine


transglutaminase

(biochemistry) Any of a family of enzymes that catalyze the reaction of lysine and glutamine groups in proteins and have a function in blood coagulation.


seminal vesicle

seminal vesicle (plural seminal vesicles)

Billy made a noise like a small, rusty hinge. He had just emptied his seminal vesicles into Valencia […]

1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 5, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 151:

(anatomy) One of two simple tubular glands located behind the male urinary bladder, responsible for the production of about sixty percent of the fluid that ultimately becomes semen.


calreticulin

calreticulin (countable and uncountable, plural calreticulins)

(biochemistry) A multifunctional protein that binds calcium ions.


calnexin

calnexin (countable and uncountable, plural calnexins)

endoplasmic reticulum
endoplasmic reticulum

(biochemistry) A chaperone protein of the endoplasmic reticulum.


caltractin

(biochemistry) A calcium-binding protein found in Chlamydomonas


asialoglycoprotein

(biochemistry) Any glycoprotein from which the sialic acid residues have been removed

asialoglicoproteína

any glycoprotein from which the sialic acid residues have been removed


centrin

centrin (usually uncountable, plural centrins)


cylindromatosis

(biochemistry) A cytoplasmic protein that functions as a deubiquitinating enzyme


desulfurase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of sulfur (or the elements of hydrogen sulfide) from a molecule


cullin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that have a role in protein degradation and ubiquitinylation


dynamin

dynamin (countable and uncountable, plural dynamins)

(biochemistry) A hydrolase responsible for endocytosis in eukaryotic cells


erasin

(biochemistry) A ubiquitin-containing protein that is involved in the degradation of the proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum


end piece

(anatomy) The axoneme on the flagella of a spermatozoon.


glycanase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a glycan


isopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of an isopeptide bond, especially that between the terminal diglycine attached to ubiquitin


vulval

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-vulval.wav

In John and Salomé, Salomé's nipples are angry blossoms, her black navel vulval, tendrilous, vaguely insectimorphic.

Pythagoras, she suggests, venerated three-sided figures for their vaginal symbolism; Upper Palaeolithic dips in rock are chipped away by cavemen into vulval icons.

2003, Jenny Diski, “It's so beautiful”, in London Review of Books, XXV.22:


mannosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a mannose group between molecules


mannosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of mannose glycosides.


midbody

(anatomy) The middle of the body; the trunk


oligosaccharyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of an oligosaccharide


epilate

en-verb

epilate (third-person singular simple present epilates, present participle epilating, simple past and past participle epilated)

epilates (present singular third-person)
epilating (participle present)
epilated (participle past)
epilated (past)

Cæsar was proud of his physical beauty, and, like some modern inverts, he was accustomed carefully to shave and epilate his body to preserve the smoothness of the skin.

1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6):

To remove hair from the body by mechanical, chemical or other means.


sulfurtransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of sulfur-containing groups between molecules


procaspase

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that are the precursors of caspase


rhodanese

(biochemistry) A mitochondrial enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of cyanide to thiocyanate


signalosome

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins, complexes of which are involved in the regulation of protein degradation.


trypanin

(biochemistry) A protein found in the cytoskeleton of eukaryotic cells


tuberin

(biochemistry) A protein found in potatoes

(biochemistry) The tuberous sclerosis protein (known as TSC2)


vimentin

From Latin vīmentum (“osier, withy”) + -in (“protein”).

af

(biochemistry) Any of a group of polypeptides that polymerize to form filaments in the cytoskeleton.

vimentine

any of a group of polypeptides that polymerize to form filaments in the cytoskeleton


UBC

unipolar brush cell
w:unipolar brush cell

(neuroanatomy) Initialism of unipolar brush cell.


efferent duct

(anatomy) A structure connecting the rete testis with the initial section of the epididymis.


emorata

(East Africa) A Masai ceremony of manhood, involving circumcision.


flippase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme located in the membrane responsible for aiding the movement of phospholipid molecules between the two leaflets that compose a cell's membrane (transverse diffusion).


anteroventral

en-adj

anteroventral (comparative more anteroventral, superlative most anteroventral)

more anteroventral (comparative)
most anteroventral (superlative)

The histial ridge of the heteromorphs is comparatively wide, especially in the anteroventral part, and forms a wide, open cavity —the histial dolon.

1971, Oleg Stepanovich Vi︠a︡lov, Fossil Ostracoda, page 15:

(anatomy) Relating to the underside of the front of the head.

ântero-ventral

relating to the underside of the front of the head


neuromuscular junction

en-noun

neuromuscular junction (plural neuromuscular junctions)

(anatomy) The synapse of the axon terminal of a motoneuron with muscle.


reticular formation

reticular formation (plural reticular formations)

Part of the brain that is involved in actions such as awaking/sleeping cycle, and filtering incoming stimuli to discriminate irrelevant background stimuli


antorbital

en-adj

antorbital (comparative more antorbital, superlative most antorbital)

more antorbital (comparative)
most antorbital (superlative)

(anatomy) Situated to the front of the orbit of the eye

antorbital

situated to the front of the orbit of the eye


caudodorsally

en-adv

caudodorsally (comparative more caudodorsally, superlative most caudodorsally)

more caudodorsally (comparative)
most caudodorsally (superlative)


caudodorsal

en-adj

caudodorsal (comparative more caudodorsal, superlative most caudodorsal)

more caudodorsal (comparative)
most caudodorsal (superlative)


cerebrocortical

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex

cerebrocorticale

Of, or pertaining to the cerebral cortex


chromoprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein, such as haemoglobin, that has a metal-containing pigmented group such as haem.


phytocyanin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of blue, copper-containing proteins present in many plants


coronoid

(anatomy) Shaped like the beak of a crow.


coronoid

(anatomy) A slender bone that forms part of the lower jaw of primitive vertebrates.


deltopectoral

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to both the deltoid muscle and the pectoralis major.


bloodletter

One who performs bloodletting (the removal of blood in the hope of curing illness).


dystroglycan

en-noun

dystroglycan (countable and uncountable, plural dystroglycans)

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein associated with dystrophin.


flotillin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins responsible for creating ordered platforms (or rafts) of lipids.


fibroreticular

(anatomy) Consisting of a network of fibres.


enterokinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin


epaxial

(anatomy) Located above and behind an axis (typically a midline)


intraparietal

(anatomy) Within the wall of part of the body, especially within the parietal region of the brain.


intercondylar

the intercondylar fossa or notch of the femur


ALL

ALL (countable and uncountable, plural ALLs)

anterolateral ligament
anterolateral ligament#English

(anatomy) Initialism of anterolateral ligament.


meseraic

en-adj

meseraic (comparative more meseraic, superlative most meseraic)

more meseraic (comparative)
most meseraic (superlative)

From Late Latin meseraicus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek μεσαραϊκός (mesaraïkós) (in Galen), from μεσάραιον (mesáraion, “mesaraeum”).

Blood is a hot, sweet, temperate, red humour, prepared in the meseraic veins, and made of the most temperate parts of the chylus in the liver […].


meseraic

it entreth not the veins with those electuaries, wherein it is mixed: but taketh leave of the permeant parts, at the mouths of the Meseraicks, or Lacteal Vessels, and accompanieth the inconvertible portion unto the siege.

1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:


macerozyme

(biochemistry) An enzyme used experimentally to digest cell walls prior to organelle isolation.


endoglucanase

(biochemistry) Any glucanase/cellulase that is active within the organism that produced it.


lyticase

(biochemistry) A complex of endoglucanase and protease catalyzes yeast cell lysis


plugger

A dental instrument used to insert fillings.


neuroglobin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of vertebrate globins involved in cellular oxygen homeostasis


perisylvian

(anatomy) Around the sylvian fissure in the cerebral cortex


pectolyase

(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that degrade pectin


postpubis

(anatomy) The posterior part of the pubis


preflower

(botany) A growth in the internode of a plant that develops into a flower


premaxilla

en-noun

premaxilla (plural premaxillas or premaxillae)

premaxillas (plural)
premaxillae (plural)

(anatomy) Either of a pair of bones in front of the maxillary bones in the upper vertebrate jaw


preorbital

(anatomy) Situated in front of the orbit.


rostrodorsal

(anatomy) Near the back of the beak or of any beak-like projection


vacuolin

(biochemistry) Any of several small proteins that bind to cytoplasmic surfaces


synergid

(botany) Either of two naked nucleated cells at the top of the embryo sac that cooperate with the oosphere in the production of the embryo.


surangular

en-adj

surangular (comparative more surangular, superlative most surangular)

more surangular (comparative)
most surangular (superlative)

(anatomy) Above the angular bone; supra-angular


surangular

(anatomy) A bone of the lower jaw in many reptiles and birds.


pyrophosphohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of pyrophosphate


glutaminase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of glutamine to glutamic acid and ammonia


arteriolar

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an arteriole.


pro-protein

posttranslational modification
posttranslational modification

(biochemistry) Any inactive protein that can be activated by posttranslational modification


pro-peptide

(biochemistry) Any inactive peptide that can be activated by posttranslational modification


polyamine oxidase

en-noun

polyamine oxidase (plural polyamine oxidases)

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of a polyamine, but especially of acetylspermine to acetylspermidine and aminopropanal


mesioproximal

mesiodistal

near neither the speaker nor the addressee but not far off

(dentistry, prosthodontics) Of or relating to the mesial and the proximal surfaces of a tooth.


glans clitoridis

glans clitoridis (plural glandes clitoridis)

Directly from Latin glans clitoridis (“glans of the clitoris”), clitoridis being a genitive.

der

Holonym: clitoris

Comeronyms: corpus cavernosum clitoridis, praeputium clitoridis

Coordinate term: glans penis


clitoral glans

en-noun

clitoral glans (plural clitoral glandes or (rare) clitoral glans)

clitoral glandes (plural)
clitoral glans (plural rare)

(anatomy) An external part of the clitoris covered by the clitoral hood.


resolvase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that repress transposases


carpale

From New Latin ōs carpāle, from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).

[…] this being the case the bone in question contains at any rate the centrale, and I see no reason why the carpale 2 should have quite disappeared.

1891, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, page 201:

This indicates that the pisiform is really a secondary component which became the carpale during phylogenesis.

1973, Radomír Čihák, Ontogenesis of the skeleton and intrinsic muscles of the human hand and foot, page 36:

The dorsal interossei are sometimes found to originate more proximal at the base of the metacarpals or even at the carpalia.

2012, Jin Bo Tang, Peter C. Amadio, Jean Claude Guimberteau, Tendon Surgery of the Hand, page 10:

(anatomy) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, especially one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.


morphoanatomy

(botany, anatomy) The study of anatomical forms and structures with emphasis on characteristics useful in distinguishing the species.


perineal raphe

(anatomy) The visible line that extends from the anus, through the mid-line of the scrotum and upwards through the posterior mid-line aspect of the penis


aerodontalgia

aerodontalgia (countable and uncountable, plural aerodontalgias)

(dentistry) Pain in the teeth caused by changes in air pressure.


unclipped

From Middle English unclipped, equivalent to un- + clipped.

unclipped toenails

The thick growth of the fine old trees, and the unclipped shrubs, shut out all but the small portion of shrubbery, which was like one bright and blooming spot in a wilderness.

1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 91–92:


posterodorsal

(anatomy) Relating to the back of the upper surface of an organ etc


quinoprotein

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that have quinones as cofactors.


boat race

Cockney rhyming slang
Cockney rhyming slang


kininogen

(biochemistry) Any of a set of proteins defined by their primary role as precursors for kinin


kallikrein

kallikrein (countable and uncountable, plural kallikreins)

From Ancient Greek κᾰλλίκρεᾰς (kăllíkreăs, “sweetbread, pancreas”) + -in, from κᾰλλί- (kăllí-, “beautiful”) + κρέᾰς (kréăs, “flesh, meat”).

af

(biochemistry) A hypotensive protease that liberates kinins from blood plasma proteins and is used therapeutically for vasodilation.


marumage

A round knotted hairstyle traditionally worn by married women in Japan.


rascette

From Middle French rachette, rascette, from Late Latin racheta, rasceta (“wrist, ankle”), diminutive of rasca, from Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa, “palm of the hand”).


leptomeningeal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the leptomeninges


leptomeninges

(anatomy) The innermost layers of the meninges; the pia mater and the arachnoid


hematoencephalic

(anatomy) Pertaining to the interface between bloodstream and the brain.


blood-brain barrier

en-noun

blood-brain barrier (plural blood-brain barriers)

The brain and spinal cord are insulated by a tight cellular seal called the blood-brain barrier that prevents foreign chemicals from easily getting into the brain.

2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 147:

(anatomy) A structure in the central nervous system (CNS) that keeps various substances found in the bloodstream out of the brain while allowing in the substances essential to metabolic function, e.g. oxygen.


plastination

plastination (usually uncountable, plural plastinations)

(anatomy) A technique for preserving bodies or body parts by replacing the water and fat with certain plastics.


articulator

(dentistry) A mechanical device to which casts of the teeth are fixed, reproducing recorded positions of the mandible in relation to the maxilla.

artikulaattori

dentistry: mechanical device to which casts of the teeth are fixed


limaille

This absence of blood, which was in accordance with the external phenomena, led to the disuse of mercury, and to the substitution of the internal use of iron, ( limaille porphyrisée, ) in the dose of a “gros" daily, under the form of opiate, with tonics.

1833, John Forbes, The Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine:

[I]f, therefore, a measured half-pint of limaille be submitted to the process, however rich or poor in quality, four fluid ounces of hydrochloric acid and sixteen of water would be such proportions as I think would meet every case.

1858, Transactions of the Odontological Society of Great Britain, page 19:

I have with much pleasure listened to Mr. Bennett's paper on refining gold, and the reduction of limaille, but as I consider every dentist may not have the means of applying the dry process, allow me to state the mode I recommend, as being the less elaborate, and the less expensive. Limaille generally consists of gold, silver, iron, lead, tin, zinc, and bone filings.

1858, Quarterly Journal of Dental Science - Volume 1, page 379:

(dentistry, obsolete) Bits of waste metal mixed with bone, dust, etc.; lemel.


parvalbumin

parvalbumin (countable and uncountable, plural parvalbumins)

(biochemistry) A small albumin protein of the nervous system that binds calcium.


protocorm

Orchids rely on fungi to reproduce. Their tiny seeds don't have any on-board nutrients (like beans and apples) and will not germinate until they are infected by a symbiotic fungus which supplies them with food. Known as a protocorm, this tiny orchid-fungus ball grows, turns green and eventually starts to photosynthesise.

2014 April 5, “Quite interesting: A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week; QI orchids you not”, in The Daily Telegraph (Weekend), page W22:

(botany) A tuberous mass of cells that is the embryonic form of orchids and club mosses


creatine kinase

creatine kinase (plural creatine kinases)

adenosine triphosphate
adenosine triphosphate

adenosine diphosphate
adenosine diphosphate

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of creatine and uses adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to create phosphocreatine and adenosine diphosphate (ADP).


mastology

(anatomy, pathology) The study of breasts.


ileocaecal

ileocaecal fold

The images of food plopping into the stomach, passing through the pyloric sphincter into the small intestine and then squirting through the ileocaecal valve are eerie and astounding; they may not be for everyone, but if you want reality, it doesn’t get any more real than this.

2007 September 15, Mike Hale, “A Voyage From Head to Toe (Strong Stomachs Needed)”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the connection between the final segment of the small intestine (ileum) and large intestine (colon).


hypertelorism

hypertelorism (countable and uncountable, plural hypertelorisms)

(anatomy) An abnormally increased distance between two organs or body parts, usually the eyes.


hypospadias

hypospadias (countable and uncountable, plural hypospadiases)

From Ancient Greek ὑποσπαδίᾱς (hupospadíās, “one who has the orifice of the urethra too low”).

der

This condition, hypospadias, may be examined ad stuporem in the hundreds of photographs of Hugh Hampton Young's pioneering text, Genital Abnormalities, Hermaphroditism, and Related Adrenal Diseases (1937).

At the same time, they corrected Jack’s hypospadias, a condition that meant his urethra opened at the base of his penis, moving it further up so he could pee more like a boy.

2016 July 2, Jenny Kleeman, The Guardian:

(anatomy) A congenital condition in males in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis.


undereye

Lips that have thinned over time may cause a person to appear irritable or tense, a naturally elevated brow may suggest judgment or skepticism, and undereye shadows can make a person appear weary and burdened.

2007 August 2, Laurel Naversen Geraghty, “I Am Not a Crab: When Wrinkles Lie”, in New York Times:


hepatorenal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the liver and the kidneys

epatorenale

of or pertaining to the liver and the kidneys


ginglymus

/ˈɡɪŋɡlɪməs/

/ˈdʒɪŋɡlɪməs/

From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek γίγγλυμος (gínglumos, “hinge”).

The Bones of the Fingers are articulated by Ginglymus, and are fifteen in each Hand.

1702, de La Vauguion, A Compleat Body of Chirurgical Operations, Containing The Whole Practice of Surgery, 2nd edition, page 408:

The Ginglymus is, when a Bone receives and is received; and the Property of this Sort of Articulation is to admit only of the Motions of the Flexion and Extension: It is called by Tradesmen Charnall, and it is commonly used in Hinges.

1723, James Keill, The Anatomy of the Human Body Abridg'd, or A Short and full View of all the Parts of the Body, 7th edition, pages 224–225:


hirudin

en-noun

hirudin (countable and uncountable, plural hirudins)

(biochemistry) A peptide, obtained from the salivary glands of leeches, that is used as an anticoagulant.

هيرودين

peptide obtained from the salivary glands of leeches


intrahepatic

/ˌɪntɹəhəˈpætɪk/


interpupillary

In connexion with a somewhat extensive research into the state of refraction, visual acuity, and interpupillary distance in the girls of a school in Heidelberg, Beselin (Arch. f. Augenh., xiv. 2) gives the following results with reference to the dynamic relations of the muscles […]

1884, “The Dynamic State of the Lateral Ocular Muscles in Girls from 5 to 18 years of age”, in Edinburgh Medical Journal, volume 30, page 481:

I use a Bausch and Lomb Interpupillary Distance Gauge, which will give give^([sic]) the correct interpupillary distances for distance, intermediate, and close visions.

1921 June 2, John A. Spengler, “Advantages of trifocal lenses and reasons why they should be worn”, in American Journal of Ophthalmology, volume 4, number 6, page 405:

The eyepiece tubes are adjusted for the correct interpupillary distance, that is, the distance between the pupils of one's eyes.

2001, B. L. Bramfitt, Metallographer's Guide: Practice and Procedures for Irons and Steels, page 123:

(anatomy) Between the pupils of the eyes.


caudothalamic

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or connecting the caudate nucleus and the thalamus


sialyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of sialic acid moieties (especially to certain glycolipids)


oropharynx

oropharynx (plural oropharynxes or oropharynges)

oropharynxes (plural)
oropharynges (plural)

He snaked the flexible endoscope into the patient’s nose, through the oropharynx and then down his throat.

2007 May 6, Lisa Sanders, M.D., “A Nervous Case”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) The oral part of the pharynx, reaching from the uvula to the level of the hyoid bone.


infundibulopelvic

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the infundibulum and the pelvis.

infundibulopelviano

of or pertaining to the infundibulum and the pelvis


hypogastric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium.


maxilloorbital

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the jaw and the orbits of the eyes


jejeunum

(anatomy) Alternative spelling of jejunum


genioglossus

/d͡ʒɪˌnʌɪ.əˈɡlɒs.əs/

Borrowed from New Latin genīoglōssus, clipping of musculus genīoglōssus (“genioglossal muscle”).

clipping

(anatomy) A flat, fan-shaped muscle that originates from the superior mental spine and inserts onto the undersurface of the tongue and onto the hyoid bone, acting mainly to extend, protrude or depress the tongue.


myometrium

From myo- + Late Latin metrium (“womb”), from Ancient Greek μήτριον (mḗtrion, “of a mother”).

der

(anatomy) The smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus.


neuraxial

From neuraxis + -al. By surface analysis, neur- + axial.

CNS

in adjunctive position, as for example in CNS neuropathy or CNS dysfunction

central nervous system
central nervous system#Noun

(anatomy, medicine) Of or pertaining to the neuraxis, as:

(anatomy, medicine) Of or pertaining to the central nervous system.

(anatomy, medicine) Of or pertaining to a certain embryologic subset of the central nervous system.


soymilk

en-noun

soymilk (countable and uncountable, plural soymilks)

Childless readers who fear the un-cooling effects of parenthood will be relieved to learn kids, born slam dancers, really dig the Ramones, and will be heartened to see that Pollack, despite drinking chai with soymilk and listening to NPR, hasn’t become Mr. Rogers in a Black Sabbath T-shirt.

2007 January 7, Elissa Schappell, “Exile on Sesame Street”, in New York Times:

Soybeans can be used to make soyburgers, souffles, fritters, casseroles, soysages, soymilk, ice bean, tofu (Japanese bean curd), tempeh (Indonesian cultured soy cake), spreads, dips and soups and many more.

2013, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, History of Whole Dry Soybeans:


crepey

en-adj

crepey (comparative more crepey, superlative most crepey)

more crepey (comparative)
most crepey (superlative)

Mix a little moisturiser with foundation under the eyes and over the neck if the skin is crepey: this will thin out the foundation a little...

2003, Janet Simms, A practical guide to beauty therapy:

The patient had a crepey appearance of skin prior to blepharoplasty.

2004, Joseph A Mauriello, Techniques in Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery:

My fat cells went condo and my skin is all crepey.

2007 January 14, Henry Alford, “Books on Broadway”, in New York Times:

(of skin) Saggy and crinkly, like crepe paper.


oesophagogastric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.


parametrium

(anatomy) All the connective tissue of the pelvic floor


parametrial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the parametrium


sternocleid

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the clavicle


retrolental

(anatomy) Situated behind a lens (of the eye).


reticulin

(biochemistry) A scleroprotein, similar to collagen, found in lymphatic connective tissue


thoracoabdominal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the thorax and the abdomen


scleroprotein

(biochemistry) Any of many fibrous proteins found in connective tissue etc.


visceroparietal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the viscera and the wall of the abdomen.


ependyma

From Ancient Greek ἐπένδυμα (epénduma), "upper garment", from ἐπενδύνω (ependúnō, “I put on over”) + -μα (-ma, noun suffix), from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, over”) + ἐνδύνω (endúnō, “I put on (clothes)”).

af

(anatomy) The thin membrane of glial cells lining the ventricles of the brain and the central canal of the spinal cord.


vocalis

Borrowed from Latin vōcālis (“sounding, vocal”), clipping of mūsculus vōcālis (“vocal muscle”). Doublet of vocal and vowel.

clipping

thyroarytenoid muscle
thyroarytenoid muscle

(anatomy) A triangular band of muscle that is the medial part of the thyroarytenoid muscle, originates in the lamina of the thyroid cartilage, and inserts into the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage; it lies parallel with the vocal ligament to which it is adherent and modulates the tension of the true vocal cords.


buccinator

en-noun

buccinator (plural buccinators or buccinatores)

buccinators (plural)
buccinatores (plural)

Borrowed from Latin buccinātor (“trumpeter”), from buccinō (“blow the trumpet”) + -tor (“-ator, -er”).

af

Until now there has been no definitive anatomical study describing the area where the parotid duct enters the buccinator muscle.

(anatomy) A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.


lipoprotein lipase

en-noun

lipoprotein lipase (plural lipoprotein lipases)

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a lipoprotein


nephrogenic

(medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney


amicyanin

(biochemistry) A specific protein that plays a role in electron transfer, containing a copper atom.


plastocyanin

plastocyanin (countable and uncountable, plural plastocyanins)

(biochemistry) An important copper-containing protein, involved in electron transfer


maxillo-

(anatomy) Of or relating to the maxilla (jaw).


abducens nerve

From New Latin nervus abdūcēns (“nerve leading away”).

der

(neuroanatomy) Each of the sixth pair of cranial nerves that are the motor nerves supplying the lateral rectus in the eye.


tergite

From Latin tergum (“back(side)”), + -ite.

(anatomy) The dorsal portion of an articulate animal's arthromere or somite.


McBurney's point

en-noun

McBurney's point (plural McBurney's points)

Named for Charles McBurney, American surgeon who described the point.

(anatomy) A point of the skin one-third of the distance from the ASIS to the umbilicus, which corresponds to the most common location of the base of the appendix.


splenorenal

splenorenal ligament

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the spleen and kidneys.

splenorenale

of or pertaining to the spleen and the kidneys


ventromedially

en-adv

ventromedially (comparative more ventromedially, superlative most ventromedially)

more ventromedially (comparative)
most ventromedially (superlative)


blowdryer

(US, Philippines) Alternative spelling of blow-dryer


aldolase

(biochemistry) An enzyme, present in some tissue, that catalyses the conversion of phosphates of fructose to those of glyceraldehyde and dihydroxyacetone


sandek

From Yiddish סנדק (sandek), from Hebrew סנדק (sandák), most likely from Ancient Greek σύντεκνος (súnteknos, literally “companion of child”), from συν- (sun-) + τέκνον (téknon).

der

(Judaism) A person honoured at a Jewish brit milah by holding the baby boy in his lap as the mohel performs the circumcision.


pterygial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pterygium


saccular

(anatomy) Having the form of a series of sacs or pouches; sacculate.


pelve

Calcium phosphate may form gravel and small calculi in the pelve of the kidney; the calculi are smooth and facetted, and of various de grees of hardness.

1887, Ernst Ziegler, Sir Donald MacAlister, A Text-book of Pathological Anatomy and Pathogenesis:

The pregnancy had reached term. The fetal head was plunged in the pelve for a greater part; the back was found in the left part of the womans abdomen; heart-beats were not heard.

1947, Gynaecologia - Volumes 123-124, page 59:

The pubis was often chopped off from the pelve at Wardell (Pl. 7e, f), a method which was rarely used at Glenrock. The reason is unclear, although it may have been done to break the connection between the pelves at the pubis symphysis.

The pelve is wider, and so is its pelvic inlet bone.

2018, Gloria H. Giroux, Crucifixion Thorn: Volume Two of the Arizona Trilogy, →ISBN:


diphosphatase

(biochemistry, especially in combination) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of the diphosphate of a specific nucleotide or other biochemical compound


jejunal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the jejunum


extrapancreatic

(anatomy, medicine) Originating outside of the pancreas


epithelial duct

en-noun

epithelial duct (plural epithelial ducts)

(anatomy) Any duct lined with epithelium


euglobulin

(biochemistry) A fraction of serum proteins obtained as a precipitate by adjusting salt levels and pH.


meatal

Of, pertaining to or resembling a meatus.

meatal

of, pertaining to or resembling a meatus


dichoptic

(anatomy, of eyes) Widely separated near the top of the head


laryngopharynx

(anatomy) The part of the pharynx below and behind the larynx

laringofaringe

anatomy: the part of the pharynx below and behind the larynx


wedding tackle

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This is a coy way of describing a bulbous false proboscis that makes Tom Mannion's visage look, shall we say, very well-hung. As a cubist caprice, Dame Nature here seems to have stationed his wedding tackle between his eyes.

1992 September 26, Paul Taylor, “Theatre: Who're you looking at, Jacques?: Communicado's Glaswegian production of Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 2020-07-11:

The poor guy even got painfully kicked in the groin, or the "wedding tackle" — as it was called on the Mike & Mike show.

2013 November 26, Maureen Dowd, “Pigskin Pride and Prejudice”, in New York Times, retrieved 2020-07-11:

(colloquial, humorous) The male genitals.


barber pole

A type of sign indicating a barber's shop, most traditionally a pole with a helix of red and white stripes, in the US including blue, sometimes moving.


germinal matrix

(anatomy) A highly cellular and highly vascularized region in the brain from which cells migrate out during brain development.


nonshedding

So-called designer dogs became popular a decade ago, beginning with the Labradoodle and other poodle crosses that sought to affix the poodle’s relatively nonshedding coat to other breeds.

2007 February 4, Jon Mooallem, “The Modern Kennel Conundrum”, in New York Times:

However, unless you have a nonshedding, nonlicking breed, there's no such thing as a truly hypoallergenic dog. How about a nice goldfish instead?

2017, Howard Bennett, The Fantastic Body: What Makes You Tick & How You Get Sick:


webspace

The first webspace flap has been classified into 4 types based on this versatility […]

2014, Ian A. Trail, Andrew N. M. Fleming, Disorders of the Hand: Volume 1: Hand Injuries, page 159:

Digital contractures and webspace contractures of the foot are dealt with using the same principles and techniques as in the digits of the hand.

2016, David G. Greenhalgh, Burn Care for General Surgeons and General Practitioners, page 163:

Injury to the median nerve during CTR commonly involves the nerve to the third webspace, the recurrent motor branch, or the palmar cutaneous branch (seen with more radially placed incisions).

2017, Scott F. M. Duncan, Ryosuke Kakinoki, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Related Median Neuropathies:

Usually one will want to open the tip or the pad of the finger and attend to additional trimming about flexion creases and webspaces […]

2020, Terri M. Skirven, A. Lee Osterman, Jane Fedorczyk, Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity, page 1534:

(anatomy) One of the spaces between the fingers or toes that contains a web of skin.


subpentagonal

(anatomy, botany) Having five sides, but not forming a regular pentagon

subpentagonale

having five sides, but not forming a regular pentagon


bug out

en-verb

bug out (third-person singular simple present bugs out, present participle bugging out, simple past and past participle bugged out)

bugs out (present singular third-person)
bugging out (participle present)
bugged out (participle past)
bugged out (past)

Attested 1950, popularized in the Korean War (1950–53) in such phrases as “bug-out fever” (rout) and “the big bug out” (November/December 1950 retreat) and entered civilian slang by mid 1950s. Likely originated in World War II, perhaps based on 1930s cartoons featuring bugs fleeing an impending foot or boot. Ultimately based on the rapid, disorderly flight of bugs when discovered, particularly their scattering if several are discovered at once, such as under a rock or can. Compare chicken out.

She gets her nails done every Friday, so I know she's bugging out by now because her polish has moved up from the cuticle just a tiny bit, indicating that her nails ain't fresh. “Mickey, how the hell I'm just gone walk up to someone and[…]

2006 September 26, L. Divine, Drama High: The Fight, Dafina Young Adult, →ISBN:

"That's 'cause I'm taking the train into the city right now," I said, "and she's bugging out about my missing it."

2012 November 13, 50 Cent, Laura Moser, Playground, Penguin, →ISBN, page 89:

(slang, intransitive) To freak out, to go crazy, e.g. from worry.


jelly roll

(US) A cylindrical cake containing jelly (jam).

(by extension, US slang) The female genitalia, sexual intercourse, or a lover.

a male hairstyle, common in the 1950s USA, a roll of greased hair longitudinally aligned front to back at the middle of the head

(finance) An options position consisting of two calls and two puts, which can be seen as a combination of synthetic long and short positions with different expiries, or a combination of a put time spread and a call time spread.


TSH

But I had my blood levels taken at the laboratory about a month ago, and I had an unusually high concentration of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)—about ten times the normal amount—which means that the lithium is wreaking havoc on my glands, which means that I could end up in a really bad physical state.

1994, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, page 4:

thyroid-stimulating hormone
thyroid-stimulating hormone#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of thyroid-stimulating hormone.


rectouterine

(anatomy) Located between the rectum and uterus.


beardy

en-adj

beardy (comparative beardier or more beardy, superlative beardiest or most beardy)

beardier (comparative)
more beardy (comparative)
beardiest (superlative)
most beardy (superlative)

From beard + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian boartich (“bearded”), Dutch baardig (“bearded”), German bärtig (“bearded”).

The plump John Bull, the sallow Frenchman, the beardy Italian, and still more-beardy Jew, the high-boned Scotchman the merry-faced Irishman, the turbaned Turk — a specimen of the human animal from almost every clime under heaven — are passing and repassing before you in the course of every ten minutes.

1852, William Kidd, Kidd's Own Journal: For Inter-Communications on Natural History, Popular Science, and Things in General, volume 2, page 31:

His beard covered his face and rested upon his still more beardy bosom, but its darkness gave an excellent color to his deep-red face.

1855, By John Ballou, The Lady of the West: Or, The Gold Seekers, page 391:

1967 May, The Siege of Witch-Hobble Island, Boys' Life, page 44,
But his left foot was caught in that blame noose in the end of the rope, so only his beardy head went underwater and he was dragged along like that for a few wet yards.

"Very hairy, beardy, toothy kinds of heads," said Ardan. "I remember them, and they used to get hairier and beardier and toothier every second day.

1970, James Stephens, Deirdre, page 152:

The biggest, oldest, beardiest, reddest-faced of them addressed Professor Bellbuckle.

2008, Howard Whitehouse, Bill Slavin, The Island of Mad Scientists: Being an Excursion to the Wilds of Scotland, page 42:


trimethyltransferase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the transfer of three methyl groups


supereruption

/ˌsuːpəɹɨˈɹʌpʃn̩/

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introitus vaginæ

en-noun

introitus vaginæ (plural introitus vaginæ or introitus vaginarum)

introitus vaginæ (plural)
introitus vaginarum (plural)

ĭntrōʹĭtəs vəjīʹnē

/ɪnˈtɹəʊ.ɪtəs vəˈdʒaɪniː/

From Latin introitus vāgīnæ (“entrance of [a/the] vagina”).

bor

A great many prostitutes can contract their introitus vaginæ at will, and you will find the action of a hypertrophied ring, constrictor cunni, around the outlet of the vagina, and in a great many prostitutes you will find prolapse, too.

1909, Transactions of the Chicago Gynecological Society, W. Wood & Co., page 56:

Your women get hysterectomies, their introitus vaginae tightened, and take estrogen to begin again. I don’t know what you men do.

1978, Arnold J. Mandell, Coming of Middle Age: A Journey, Summit Books, →ISBN, page 143, →ISBN:


urinary meatus

en-noun

urinary meatus (plural urinary meatuses)

(anatomy) The external orifice of the urethra, from which urine is ejected during urination and semen is ejected during ejaculation.


cisterna chyli

(anatomy) A dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct into which lymph from the intestinal trunk and two lumbar lymphatic trunks flows


stache

Only one show has succeeded in keeping a kid in the lead for a decade: "The Simpsons" with the animated Bart Simpson. Watching Bart never mature is considered a key to its enduring appeal. "Early on, I know that the powers that be decided that no one would age," said Tim Long, the show's current head writer. "A kid with a starter ‘stache, that would just be unpleasant," he added.

2003 July 28, “Don't Wanna Grow Up Cuz Puberty Isn't Funny”, in The New York Times:

[The candidate] may face an entirely different challenge in his quest for the mayoralty: his mustache. [...] The perils of the ‘stache may be hard to define, but analysts say that looks matter in politics, where facial hair is frequently considered verboten.

2005 May 23, “Democrats Still Searching for a Stronger Challenger”, in The New York Times:


bulbospongiosus

(anatomy) One of the superficial muscles of the perineum, covering the bulb of the penis in males and the vestibular bulb in females


zygomatic arch

zygomatic arch (plural zygomatic arches)

(anatomy) An arch formed by the zygomatic process of the temporal bone and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone.


zygomatic process

zygomatic process (plural zygomatic processes)

(anatomy) A protrusion from the rest of the skull, most of it belonging to the zygomatic bone, but also contributed to by the frontal bone, maxilla and temporal bone.


arthromere

From arthro- (“joint”) + -mere (“part”).

(anatomy) Any of the constitutive body segments of a jointed animal.

lichaamsgeleding

any of the constitutive body segments of a jointed animal


galectin

(biochemistry) A lectin that binds galactosides


pars distalis

First attested in English in 1913 or prior: from scientific Latin pars distālis, from classical Latin pars (“part”) + post-classical Latin distālis (“~distant”).

(anatomy) The distal part of the adenohypophysis, which contains the majority of its hormone-secreting cells.


mesosternum

(anatomy) The middle portion, or body, of the sternum.


arboreous

The arboreous ramification of the Meditallium of the Cerebellum appearing, being cut right downwards.

1695, Humphrey Ridley, The Anatomy of the Brain Containing its Mechanism and Physiology, London: S. Smith and B. Walford, Chapter 17, figure 7:

1698, William Cowper, The Anatomy of Humane Bodies, Oxford: S. Smith and B. Walford, Table 56,
[…] [the] Internal Concave Surface [of the Placenta Uterina] next the Amnios, Appears Cover’d with the Chorion; under which the Arboreous Disposition of its Blood-Vessels are elegantly Exprest.

(obsolete, anatomy) Having a tree-like, branching structure.


scapha

From Latin scapha (“light boat; skiff”).

(anatomy) The scaphoid fossa of the helix of the ear.


opisthenar

From opistho- (“behind, back”) + thenar (“palm of the hand”).

prefix

Blood samples were obtained from the opisthenar vein for measurements of lactate.

1998, Koichi Okita et al., “Skeletal Muscle Metabolism Limits Capacity in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure”, in Circulation, volume 98, number 18, pages 1886–1891:

Her mother favored a multiyear project: obscenities carved in intricate and clever juxtapositions, descending every finger, curling in lettered whorls across the palm, fanning in offensive rays across the opisthenar, which is the name for the back of the hand, a word that Leilani knew because she had studied the structure of the human hand in detail, the better to understand her difference.

2001, Dean R. Koontz, One Door Away from Heaven, Random House, →ISBN, page 497:

The handstrap includes an opisthenar-surrounding strap portion (3) which attaches to a handgrip (1) by way of transmission straps (4, 5) extending under the palm and thumb.

2002, Taisto Manninen et al., "Handgrip for a Skiing, Walking or Skating Pole and Handstrap Fastened to the Same" (U.S. patent application), abstract

Seventy seconds after iodine contrast medium […] was injected at 1.0 ml/sec (total 100 ml) from^([sic]) the opisthenar vein, the whole breast was examined […]

2002, Hiroshi Nakahara et al., “Extension of Breast Cancer: Comparison of CT and MRI”, in Radiation Medicine, volume 20, number 1, page 17:

(medicine, anatomy, rare) The back of the hand.


safety razor

A razor, designed for safety, that protects the skin from all but the very edge of the blade (as opposed to a straight razor).


shoulder bone

From Middle English schuldre bon; equivalent to shoulder + bone.


basal ganglion

(neuroanatomy) Any of a group of nuclei in the brain interconnected with the cerebral cortex, thalamus and brainstem.


saccule

Borrowed from Latin sacculus (“a little sack or bag”), diminutive of saccus (“a bag, sack”). Doublet of sacculus.

(biology, anatomy) A small sac, pouch, or cyst.

(anatomy) The smaller of the two fluid-filled sacs forming part of the labyrinth of the inner ear (the other being the utricle). It contains a region of hair cells and otoliths which send signals to the brain concerning the orientation of the head.


microgenesis

(biology, anatomy, medicine) The condition of a body part which has developed abnormally small.


rotator cuff

In my quest for world records, I ruined both my rotator cuffs. The cuff, a group of four relatively small (but important) shoulder muscles which control inward and outward rotation of the humerus, is particularly vulnerable to the kind of trauma gymnastics, weighlifting and powerlifting inflict.

1988, Frederick C. Hatfield, “Powersource: Ties that bind”, in Ironman, 47 (6): 21:

A set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder responsible for rotating the humerus (upper arm bone).


funicle

From Latin fūniculus (“cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“cord”) + -culus.

The elaiosome emerges from the funicle.

(botany) The stalk or stem of an ovule or seed.


naked seed

(botany) A gymnosperm seed which isn't enclosed in a plant ovary.


seed coat

(botany) The protective outer cover of a seed


moon-eyed

en-adj

moon-eyed (comparative more moon-eyed, superlative most moon-eyed)

more moon-eyed (comparative)
most moon-eyed (superlative)

From moon + eyed; parallel to the cognate, but non-synonymous, Dutch maanoog.

His moon-eyed gaze was disarming and mysterious.


foliole

Diminutive of Latin folium (“leaf”). Compare French foliole.

(botany) One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet.


amylopsin

(biochemistry) A pancreatic form of amylase.


endbrain

(neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the telencephalon.


prefrontal cortex

(neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the frontal lobes of the mammalian brain, lying in front of the motor and premotor areas.

aivokuoren etuosa

the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain


myelencephalon

(neuroanatomy) The portion of the brain composed of the medulla oblongata.


colicin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins, secreted by certain strains of bacteria, that kill but do not lyse other strains


middle body

Buttocks, lower back, and perineum burns occur when a child's middle body is forcibly held under hot water.

2006, Julia A. McMillan et al., chapter 17, in Oski's Pediatrics, →ISBN, page 149:


pseudocholinesterase

en-noun

pseudocholinesterase (countable and uncountable, plural pseudocholinesterases)

(biochemistry) One of the two types of cholinesterase (the other being acetylcholinesterase), found primarily in the liver where it hydrolyses butyrylcholine.


lingula

From Latin lingula (“tonguelet, small unit of volume”), from lingua (“tongue”) + -ula (“-ule: forming diminutives”).

bor

(anatomy) Any of several tongue-shaped bony structures, especially that which forms the anterior border of the mandibular foramen.

(anatomy) Any small, fleshy tongue-shaped structure, such as in the anatomy of the brain or the human left lung, or in the whitefly vasiform orifice.


protoderm

(botany) the primary meristem from which the epidermis develops


cryoglobulin

A protein that becomes insoluble at low temperatures.


antibrachium

(anatomy) Alternative spelling of antebrachium


brachium

Borrowed from Latin bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of braccio.


vestibulocochlear

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the vestibule and the cochlea in the inner ear.

前庭耳蝸的 /前庭耳蜗的

relating to the vestibule and the cochlea


blood donor

A person who donates blood for use in transfusion.


arthrology

(anatomy) The branch of anatomy dealing with the joints


arteriology

(anatomy) The branch of angiology dealing with the arteries.


racemase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the stereochemical inversion of the configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having only one center of asymmetry.


clinoid

From Ancient Greek κλίνη (klínē, “bed”) + -oid.

af

(anatomy) Like a bed; relating to the clinoid process.


clinoid

The lateral contributions are by the lateral cartilages, namely, the orbitosphenoid, which forms lesser wing of sphenoid, anterior clinoids, and planum sphenoidale, the alisphenoid that forms the greater wing of sphenoid and the medial pterygoid plate.

2015 August 5, Venkatesh Gokuldas Kamath et al., “Binary Logistic Regression Analysis of Foramen Magnum Dimensions for Sex Determination”, in Anatomy Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:


archenteron

en-noun

archenteron (plural archenterons or archentera)

archenterons (plural)
archentera (plural)

arch- from Latin archi- from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + enteron from Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “gut”).


tarsale

(anatomy) One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus, especially one of the series articulating with the metatarsals.


halorhodopsin

halorhodopsin (countable and uncountable, plural halorhodopsins)

(biochemistry) A light-driven ion pump, specific to chloride ions, found in phylogenetically ancient archaea known as halobacteria.


areole

Borrowed from French aréole, from Latin areola: a small area. Doublet of areola.


coxal

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or Late Latin coxalis, from Latin coxa.


to a hair

/tuː‿ə ˈhɛə/

A reference to the very small diameter of a strand of hair: compare hair's breadth.

Pand[arus]. Youle remember your brothers excuſe? / Par[is]. To a hayre.

c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

As to our own representative, the well-known athlete and international Rugby football player, E. D. Malone, he looks trained to a hair, and as he surveyed the crowd a smile of good-humored contentment pervaded his honest but homely face.

1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, “‘A Procession! A Procession!’”, in The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 298:

(idiomatic) To a high degree of precision; with the utmost exactness; to a nicety.


diploe

diploe (countable and uncountable, plural diploes)

From Ancient Greek διπλόη (diplóē, “literally, a fold”), noun use of feminine of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”).

uder

(anatomy) The thin layer of soft, spongy, or cancellate tissue between the bone plates which constitute the skull.


seed leaf

(botany) One of the first leaves a seed plant's embryo develops.


seed vessel

(botany) The ripened and otherwise modified wall of a plant ovary


atlastin

en-noun

atlastin (countable and uncountable, plural atlastins)

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins whose function is to fuse cell membranes


neurogranin

(biochemistry) A protein, produced in the brain, that binds calmodulin.


moon-faced

en-adj

moon-faced (comparative more moon-faced, superlative most moon-faced)

more moon-faced (comparative)
most moon-faced (superlative)

The creased moon-faced Chinese grinned above his glass of beer[.]

1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 233:

"I looked at this moon-faced, smooth skinned, slimy fraud, with his patronising smile."

1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 83:


rete testis

seminiferous tubules
seminiferous tubules

(anatomy) A hilar testicular network that collects produced sperm from the seminiferous tubules, and connects with the efferent ducts.


forearm bone

(Anatomy course supervisor) And put those forearm bones away will you, we are finished with'em.

(anatomy) Either of the two bones, i.e. ulna and radius, that make up the skeletal part of the forearm.


hypothenar

hypothenar (comparative more hypothenar, superlative most hypothenar)

more hypothenar (comparative)
most hypothenar (superlative)

/haɪˈpɒθɪnə/

From Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) + θέναρ (thénar, “palm of the hand”).

(anatomy) Of the ulnar fleshy side of the palm.

hypothenair

of the ulnar side of the palm and underlying muscles

(anatomy) Of the muscles of the little finger.


retroussé

retroussé (comparative more retroussé, superlative most retroussé)

more retroussé (comparative)
most retroussé (superlative)

/ɹəˈtɹuːseɪ/

/ˌɹɛtɹuˈseɪ/

From French retroussé, past participle of retrousser (“to hitch up, hike up”), from re- (from Latin re- (“back, backwards; again”), from Proto-Italic *wre (“again”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) or *ure- (“back”)) + trousser (“to fold up, hitch up”).

[...] Roxelane [...] would never have been espoused by the Sultan [Suleiman the Magnificent] had not her nose been retroussé, thus[…]. / It may be noted that to this day a retroussé nose is known in France as a nose a la Roxelane.

1903 April, “Sir Oracle” [pseudonym], The Era: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Literature and of General Interest, volume XI, number 4, Philadelphia, Pa.: Henry T. Coates & Co., →OCLC, page 303:

"A tight little craft," was Austin's invariable comment on the matron;[…]. Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.

1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “A Novice”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 363:

You know, a touch of character – slightly retroussé nose, big mouth, perhaps a couple of freckles.

1967, Michael Gilbert, “Part Two: Tendresse v. Lucille”, in The Dust and the Heat, London: Hodder & Stoughton; republished Looe, Cornwall: House of Stratus, 2004, →ISBN, page 128:

Luminous silver gray eyes outlined in sooty lashes; a pert retroussé nose and faintly carmine tinted lips, slightly full, finished the oval face.

2004, Anita-Louise Johnson, chapter 1, in Faithful, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 3:

She shares with this woman the same retroussé nose and half-moon eyes, the same asymmetrical smile.

2008, Fiona Capp, Musk & Byrne, Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, →ISBN:

I would simply waffle about her small, almost perfectly upswept, retroussé nose, and you'd consider me insane, and put me back.

2009, Jasper Fforde, “The Word”, in Shades of Grey, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →OCLC:

Turned up, especially when describing the nose.


enthesis

From Ancient Greek ἔνθεσις (énthesis, “putting in, insertion”).

uder

Like arthritis, peripheral enthesitis occurs predominantly in the lower extremities, particularly in the foot, at single sites at onset, and then at several entheses throughout the course of the disease.

2004, Erbil Ünsal, “Chapter II: Andersson Lesion in Early Juvenile Spondyloarthropathies”, in Frank Columbus, editor, Focus On Arthritis Research, page 26:

Functional entheses occur where tendinous and ligamentous structures, while not actually attaching to bone, are adjacent and in a close relationship to the underlying bone.

2007, Philip Helliwell, James Woodburn, The Foot And Ankle in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Comprehensive Guide, page 64:

Inflammation of the enthesis, when associated with arthritis in children, is called the syndrome of seronegative enthesopathy associated with arthritis (SEA). The entheses most commonly involved in children are the plantar aponeurosis, calcaneal enthesis, and distal and proximal patellar ligament insertions.

2010, Richard J. Wakefield, Maria Antonietta D′Agostino, Essential Applications of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Rheumatology, page 211:

(anatomy) The insertion point at which a tendon, ligament, or muscle inserts into a bone.

èntesi

point at which a tendon, etc., inserts into a bone


ethmoidal

/ɛθˈmɔɪ.dəl/

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the ethmoid bone.


syndesmosis

He was diagnosed with syndesmosis in his left ankle, the same injury that cost Ryan Hoffman a place in last year's grand final.

2009 August 19, Russell Gould, “Storm dismisses any talk of Greg Inglis returning”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 2009-08-20:

(anatomy) A slightly movable articulation or joint where the contiguous bony surfaces are rough and are united by an interosseous ligament (e.g. between the fibula and tibia at the ankle).


hyperfusion

Increased perfusion of blood through an organ


lobuloalveolar

(anatomy) Pertaining to the lobules and alveoli of mammary tissue


reticulon

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins found in the endoplasmic reticulum that have a variety of functions.


sublamina

en-noun

sublamina (plural sublaminas or sublaminae)


antecubital

(anatomy) Pertaining to, or situated in the anterior or inner part of the elbow (cubitus)

antecubital

pertaining to or situated in the anterior part of the elbow


calponin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that bind calcium.


formyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyses the transfer of a formyl group


formamidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of formylkynurenine to kynurenine and formate during the metabolism of tryptophan


tapetum

(anatomy) The pigmentary layer of the retina.


fimbrin

(biochemistry) A protein of the calponin family


retroposition

retroposition (countable and uncountable, plural retropositions)

(anatomy) backward displacement of a body part


tropomyosin

/ˌtɹəʊ.pəʊˈmʌɪ.əs.ɪn/

/ˌtɹəʊ.pəˈmʌɪ.əs.ɪn/

From Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “turn”, noun) + myosin.

af

(biochemistry) A protein involved in muscle contraction. It is related to myosin and occurs together with troponin in the thin filaments of muscle tissue.

tropomyosine

biochemistry: protein involved in muscle contraction


hydrophobin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of small, cysteine-rich proteins that are expressed only by filamentous fungi, known for their capability of forming a hydrophobic coating on the surface of an object


gyrase

en-noun

gyrase (countable and uncountable, plural gyrases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that supercoils DNA.


sarcomeric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to sarcomeres


overpermed

en-adj

overpermed (comparative more overpermed, superlative most overpermed)

more overpermed (comparative)
most overpermed (superlative)

She looked pretty much as I'd imagined she would: loose cotton smock, overpermed hair, tobacco-stained teeth.

2004, Linda Lael Miller, Never Look Back:


hydroxocobalamin

(biochemistry) A natural analog of vitamin B₁₂, a basic member of the cobalamin family of compounds, with an intense red color.


aconitase

en-noun

aconitase (countable and uncountable, plural aconitases)

The enzyme system bringing about the reversible hydration of cisaconitic acid has been shown to be different from fumarase and termed "aconitase".

1939 June 1, William Arthur Johnson, “Aconitase”, in Biochemical Journal, volume 33, number 6, page 1046:

These are: aconitase, isocitric dehydrogenase, alpha-ketoglutaric dehydrogenase, succinic dehydrogenase, fumarase, malic dehydrogenase, DPHN-oxidase, and cytochrome oxidase.

1959, Virginia Commission of Fisheries, Report of the Commission of Fisheries of Virginia, page 54:

The best-characterized member of iron-sulfur isomerases is mitochondrial aconitase.

2000, Louis J. Ignarro, Nitric Oxide: Biology and Pathobiology, page 301:

tricarboxylic acid cycle
tricarboxylic acid cycle

(biochemistry) Aconitate hydratase, an enzyme that catalyses the stereospecific isomerization of citrate to isocitrate via cis-aconitate in the tricarboxylic acid cycle.


archenteric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an archenteron.


aspartylglucosaminidase

A human gene and amidohydrolase enzyme involved in the catabolism of N-linked oligosaccharides of glycoproteins.


tuberoinfundibular

(neuroanatomy) Of or pertaining to the tuberal and infundibular regions of the brain.


trochlear nerve

trochlear nerve (plural trochlear nerves)

superior oblique muscle
superior oblique muscle

(neuroanatomy) Each of the fourth pair of cranial nerves that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the eye with motor fibers.


-zygous

(anatomy) Having a specified state of physical pairing of structures.


reelin

From reel + -in, from the abnormal gait of reeler mice, later found to be deficient in this protein.

(biochemistry) A protein that helps to regulate processes of neuronal migration and positioning in the developing brain.


calbindin

calbindin (countable and uncountable, plural calbindins)

(biochemistry) Any of a class of calcium-binding proteins first described as the vitamin D-dependent calcium binding proteins in intestine and kidney.


calretinin

calretinin (countable and uncountable, plural calretinins)

(biochemistry) A vitamin D-dependent calcium-binding protein involved in calcium signalling and abundantly expressed in neurons; it stains mesothelioma and can help to identify lung tumours.


supraorbital

(anatomy) Located immediately above the eye sockets, where in humans the eyebrows are located.

眶上

located immediately above the eye sockets


protoporphyrinogen oxidase

protoporphyrinogen IX
protoporphyrinogen IX

(biochemistry) An enzyme responsible for the seventh step in heme production, removing hydrogen atoms from protoporphyrinogen IX to form protoporphyrin IX.


phycoerythrocyanin

phycoerythrocyanin (countable and uncountable, plural phycoerythrocyanins)

(biochemistry) A phycobiliprotein involved in photosynthesis, notably in Cyanobacteria and red algae.


ferrochelatase

ferrochelatase (countable and uncountable, plural ferrochelatases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme, localized to the mitochondrion, that catalyses the terminal (eighth) step in the biosynthesis of heme, converting protoporphyrin IX into heme


carpometacarpus

(anatomy) The fusion of digits (carpals and metacarpals) that forms the wing in birds.


tonsillolith

In a 2008 case report from India, doctors described removing a giant tonsillolith that was making it painful for a young patient to swallow.

2009 September 1, Elizabeth Svoboda, “In Tonsils, a Problem the Size of a Pea”, in New York Times:

(dentistry) A calculus that forms in the rear of the mouth, in the crevasses of the palatine tonsils.


apyrase

(biochemistry) Any of a family of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of ATP, releasing phosphate and available energy

apirase

any of a family of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of ATP


phototropin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of photoreceptor flavoproteins that mediate phototropism in higher plants.


amphiphysin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of protein associated with the cytoplasmic surface of synaptic vesicles

anfifisina

any of a class of protein associated with the cytoplasmic surface of synaptic vesicles


eyestalk

(anatomy) A motile stalk having an eye at the tip.


chondroitinase

Animals that were given the treatment produced an enzyme called chondroitinase which breaks down scar tissue and allows the broken nerves to reconnect with each other.

(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans.


endophilin

(biochemistry) An accessory protein that has several functions associated with cell membranes


epsin

(biochemistry) A protein that has a function in maintaining cell membrane curvature


fascin

(biochemistry) An actin-bundling protein.


glycohydrolase

glycohydrolase (countable and uncountable, plural glycohydrolases)

(biochemistry) Any of many enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of glycosides


griffithsin

(biochemistry) A protein, isolated from the red alga Griffithsia, that may have some use as a microbicide.


thermolysin

thermolysin (countable and uncountable, plural thermolysins)

(biochemistry) A thermostable neutral metalloproteinase enzyme produced by the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus thermoproteolyticus.


nexin

(biochemistry) A protein that constitutes a link between microtubules in cilia and flagella.


prohibitin

prohibitin (countable and uncountable, plural prohibitins)

(biochemistry) A protein, found in almost all living things, thought to have multiple functions.


tensin

tensin (countable and uncountable, plural tensins)

(biochemistry) A multidomain protein that binds to actin filaments.


innexin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins used to create gap junctions in invertebrates


deiodinase

deiodinase (countable and uncountable, plural deiodinases)

(biochemistry) iodide peroxidase, an enzyme that is involved in the activation or deactivation of thyroid hormones


betacyanin

betacyanin (countable and uncountable, plural betacyanins)

Amaranthus tricolor
Amaranthus tricolor#Translingual

Any of the betalain pigments which appear reddish to violet, found in beets, chard, and Amaranthus tricolor


betaxanthin

betaxanthin (countable and uncountable, plural betaxanthins)

From translingual Beta (“beet genus”) + xanth- + -in.

af

Any of the betalain pigments which appear yellow to orange.